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1998 Alabama

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Mike DuBose.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1998, game by game: won vs. BYU 38–31; won vs. Vanderbilt 32–7; lost at Arkansas 6–42; lost vs. No. 8 Florida 10–16; won vs. Ole Miss 20–17; won vs. East Carolina 23–22; lost at No. 3 Tennessee 18–35; won vs. Southern Miss 30–20; won at LSU 22–16; lost at Mississippi State 14–26; won vs. Auburn 31–17; lost vs. Virginia Tech 7–38+25−36Won 38–31 vs. BYU+7BYUWon 32–7 vs. Vanderbilt+25VanderbiltLost 6–42 at Arkansas-36ArkansasLost 10–16 vs. No. 8 Florida-6No. 8 FloridaWon 20–17 vs. Ole Miss+3Ole MissWon 23–22 vs. East Carolina+1East CarolinaLost 18–35 at No. 3 Tennessee-17No. 3 TennesseeWon 30–20 vs. Southern Miss+10Southern MissWon 22–16 at LSU+6LSULost 14–26 at Mississippi State-12Mississippi Sta…Won 31–17 vs. Auburn+14AuburnLost 7–38 vs. Virginia Tech-31Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsBYUW 38–⁠3157%
Sep 12vsVanderbiltW 32–⁠777%
Sep 26atArkansasL 6–⁠4251%
Oct 3vs8FloridaL 10–⁠1631%
Oct 10vsOle MissW 20–⁠1749%
Oct 17vsEast CarolinaW 23–⁠2255%
Oct 24at3TennesseeL 18–⁠3517%
Oct 31vsSouthern MissW 30–⁠2044%
Nov 7atLSUW 22–⁠1632%
Nov 14atMississippi StateL 14–⁠2643%
Nov 21vsAuburnW 31–⁠1761%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsVirginia TechMusic City BowlL 7–⁠3840%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia Tech 38–⁠7 in the Music City Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 24
  2. Wk 4: 22

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1998.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
251–⁠287
Coach
Mike DuBose
Elo
1545 +22 this season
SP+ rating
9.0 No. 36 of 112; offense No. 57, defense No. 22
SRS
3.2 No. 42 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinators
Neil Callaway and Charlie Stubbs
Defensive coordinator
Ellis Johnson
Captains
Calvin Hall, John David Phillips, Daniel Pope, Kelvin Sigler and Trevis Smith

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 1Fernando Bryant DBJacksonville Jaguars

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1998 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1998 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee8–⁠013–⁠01
Florida7–⁠110–⁠25
Georgia6–⁠29–⁠314
Arkansas6–⁠29–⁠316
Mississippi State6–⁠28–⁠5
Alabama4–⁠47–⁠5
Kentucky4–⁠47–⁠5
Ole Miss3–⁠57–⁠5
LSU2–⁠64–⁠7
Auburn1–⁠73–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠72–⁠9
South Carolina0–⁠81–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.