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1998 Boston College

4–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Big East), coached by Tom O’Brien.

Schedule and results

Boston College in 1998, game by game: won at Georgia Tech 41–31; won vs. Rutgers 41–14; won vs. Temple 31–7; lost at Louisville 28–52; lost vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech 0–17; lost vs. No. 23 Syracuse 25–42; lost vs. Navy 31–32; lost at No. 25 Miami 17–35; lost vs. No. 13 Notre Dame 26–31; won at Pittsburgh 23–15; lost at West Virginia 10–35+27−25Won 41–31 at Georgia Tech+10Georgia TechWon 41–14 vs. Rutgers+27RutgersWon 31–7 vs. Temple+24TempleLost 28–52 at Louisville-24LouisvilleLost 0–17 vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech-17No. 17 Virginia TechLost 25–42 vs. No. 23 Syracuse-17No. 23 SyracuseLost 31–32 vs. Navy-1NavyLost 17–35 at No. 25 Miami-18No. 25 MiamiLost 26–31 vs. No. 13 Notre Dame-5No. 13 Notre DameWon 23–15 at Pittsburgh+8PittsburghLost 10–35 at West Virginia-25West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atGeorgia TechW 41–⁠3130%
Sep 12vsRutgersW 41–⁠1476%
Sep 19vsTempleW 31–⁠775%
Sep 26atLouisvilleL 28–⁠5260%
Oct 8vs17Virginia TechL 0–⁠1732%
Oct 17vs23SyracuseL 25–⁠4232%
Oct 24vsNavyL 31–⁠3253%
Oct 31at25MiamiL 17–⁠3523%
Nov 7vs13Notre DameL 26–⁠3127%
Nov 14atPittsburghW 23–⁠1538%
Nov 21atWest VirginiaL 10–⁠3521%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to West Virginia 35–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big East.

In program history: The 97th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

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.

Consensus All-AmericanMike Cloud, RB

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
273–⁠311
Coach
Tom O’Brien
Elo
1414 −22 this season
SP+ rating
0.0 No. 59 of 112; offense No. 51, defense No. 65
SRS
0.5 No. 51 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jeff Jagodzinski
Defensive coordinator
Tim Rose
Captains
Doug Brzezinski and Brian Maye
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 1Damien Woody CNew England Patriots
Rd 2Mike Cloud RBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 3Doug Brzezinski OGPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Big East

4 first team, 1 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 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Syracuse6–⁠18–⁠425
Miami5–⁠29–⁠320
Virginia Tech5–⁠29–⁠323
West Virginia5–⁠28–⁠4
Boston College3–⁠44–⁠7
Rutgers2–⁠55–⁠6
Temple2–⁠52–⁠9
Pittsburgh0–⁠72–⁠9

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