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1998 LSU

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Gerry DiNardo.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1998, game by game: won vs. Arkansas State 42–6; won at Auburn 31–19; won vs. Idaho 53–20; lost vs. No. 12 Georgia 27–28; lost at No. 6 Florida 10–22; lost vs. Kentucky 36–39; won vs. No. 24 Mississippi State 41–6; lost at Ole Miss 31–37; lost vs. Alabama 16–22; lost at No. 10 Notre Dame 36–39; lost at No. 13 Arkansas 14–41+36−27Won 42–6 vs. Arkansas State+36Arkansas StateWon 31–19 at Auburn+12AuburnWon 53–20 vs. Idaho+33IdahoLost 27–28 vs. No. 12 Georgia-1No. 12 GeorgiaLost 10–22 at No. 6 Florida-12No. 6 FloridaLost 36–39 vs. Kentucky-3KentuckyWon 41–6 vs. No. 24 Mississippi State+35No. 24 Mississippi Sta…Lost 31–37 at Ole Miss-6Ole MissLost 16–22 vs. Alabama-6AlabamaLost 36–39 at No. 10 Notre Dame-3No. 10 Notre DameLost 14–41 at No. 13 Arkansas-27No. 13 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsArkansas StateW 42–⁠687%
Sep 19atAuburnW 31–⁠1944%
Sep 26vsIdahoW 53–⁠2082%
Oct 3vs12GeorgiaL 27–⁠2857%
Oct 10at6FloridaL 10–⁠2232%
Oct 17vsKentuckyL 36–⁠3973%
Oct 24vs24Mississippi StateW 41–⁠659%
Oct 31atOle MissL 31–⁠3754%
Nov 7vsAlabamaL 16–⁠2268%
Nov 21at10Notre DameL 36–⁠3933%
Nov 27at13ArkansasL 14–⁠4138%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 41–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 7
  3. Wk 3: 7
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 6
  6. Wk 6: 11
  7. Wk 7: 21

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
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 6
Points
337–⁠279
Coach
Gerry DiNardo
Elo
1559 −51 this season
SP+ rating
11.8 No. 30 of 112; offense No. 19, defense No. 48
SRS
9.1 No. 30 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Morris Watts
Defensive coordinator
Lou Tepper
Offense
Multiple pro sets
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 1Anthony McFarland DTTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 2Kevin Faulk RBNew England Patriots
Rd 7Todd McClure CAtlanta Falcons

All-SEC

3 first team

First 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.