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1998 Duke

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Fred Goldsmith.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1998, game by game: won vs. Western Carolina 24–10; won at Northwestern 44–10; lost at No. 11 Florida State 13–62; lost vs. No. 11 Virginia 0–24; lost at Georgia Tech 13–41; won at Wake Forest 19–16; lost at NC State 24–27; won vs. Clemson 28–23; lost at Vanderbilt 33–36; lost vs. Maryland 25–42; lost vs. North Carolina 6–28+34−49Won 24–10 vs. Western Carolina+14Western CarolinaWon 44–10 at Northwestern+34NorthwesternLost 13–62 at No. 11 Florida State-49No. 11 Florida StateLost 0–24 vs. No. 11 Virginia-24No. 11 VirginiaLost 13–41 at Georgia Tech-28Georgia TechWon 19–16 at Wake Forest+3Wake ForestLost 24–27 at NC State-3NC StateWon 28–23 vs. Clemson+5ClemsonLost 33–36 at Vanderbilt-3VanderbiltLost 25–42 vs. Maryland-17MarylandLost 6–28 vs. North Carolina-22North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsWestern CarolinaW 24–⁠1071%
Sep 12atNorthwesternW 44–⁠1023%
Sep 19at11Florida StateL 13–⁠6215%
Sep 26vs11VirginiaL 0–⁠2433%
Oct 3atGeorgia TechL 13–⁠4125%
Oct 10atWake ForestW 19–⁠1634%
Oct 17atNC StateL 24–⁠2726%
Oct 24vsClemsonW 28–⁠2349%
Oct 31atVanderbiltL 33–⁠3655%
Nov 14vsMarylandL 25–⁠4270%
Nov 21vsNorth CarolinaL 6–⁠2829%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 28–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 95th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
229–⁠319
Coach
Fred Goldsmith
Elo
1356 −16 this season
SP+ rating
-11.7 No. 88 of 112; offense No. 80, defense No. 83
SRS
−6.3 No. 77 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Les Koenning
Defensive coordinator
Bob Trott
Captains
Lennie Friedman, Dawud Rasheed and Eric Scanlan
Most valuable player
Scottie Montgomery

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 2Lennie Friedman OGDenver Broncos

All-ACC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Sims LenhardtKAP-2

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.