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1998 Clemson

3–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Tommy West.

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1998, game by game: won vs. Furman 33–0; lost vs. Virginia Tech 0–37; lost at No. 10 Virginia 18–20; lost vs. Wake Forest 19–29; lost at North Carolina 14–21; won vs. Maryland 23–0; lost at No. 6 Florida State 0–48; lost at Duke 23–28; lost vs. NC State 39–46; lost vs. No. 22 Georgia Tech 21–24; won vs. South Carolina 28–19+33−48Won 33–0 vs. Furman+33FurmanLost 0–37 vs. Virginia Tech-37Virginia TechLost 18–20 at No. 10 Virginia-2No. 10 VirginiaLost 19–29 vs. Wake Forest-10Wake ForestLost 14–21 at North Carolina-7North CarolinaWon 23–0 vs. Maryland+23MarylandLost 0–48 at No. 6 Florida State-48No. 6 Florida StateLost 23–28 at Duke-5DukeLost 39–46 vs. NC State-7NC StateLost 21–24 vs. No. 22 Georgia Tech-3No. 22 Georgia TechWon 28–19 vs. South Carolina+9South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsFurmanW 33–⁠086%
Sep 12vsVirginia TechL 0–⁠3755%
Sep 19at10VirginiaL 18–⁠2030%
Sep 26vsWake ForestL 19–⁠2965%
Oct 3atNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠2130%
Oct 10vsMarylandW 23–⁠069%
Oct 17at6Florida StateL 0–⁠4814%
Oct 24atDukeL 23–⁠2851%
Oct 31vsNC StateL 39–⁠4646%
Nov 12vs22Georgia TechL 21–⁠2434%
Nov 21vsSouth CarolinaW 28–⁠1964%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 28–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The tied 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
218–⁠272
Coach
Tommy West
Elo
1444 −104 this season
SP+ rating
-3.1 No. 67 of 112; offense No. 82, defense No. 48
SRS
−2.1 No. 65 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Ensminger
Defensive coordinator
Les Herrin
Captains
Donald Broomfield and Holland Postell

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 1Antuan Edwards DBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 2Rahim Abdullah LBCleveland Browns
Rd 5Adrian Dingle DESan Diego Chargers
Rd 5Chris Jones LBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 7O.J. Childress LBNew York Giants
Rd 7Donald Broomfield DTCincinnati Bengals

All-ACC

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Antwan EdwardsDB

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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State7–⁠111–⁠23
Georgia Tech7–⁠110–⁠29
Virginia6–⁠29–⁠318
NC State5–⁠37–⁠5
North Carolina5–⁠37–⁠5
Duke2–⁠64–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠63–⁠8
Maryland1–⁠73–⁠8
Clemson1–⁠73–⁠8

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