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1998 Maryland

3–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Ron Vanderlinden.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1998, game by game: won vs. James Madison 23–15; lost at No. 12 Virginia 19–31; lost at No. 19 West Virginia 20–42; won vs. Temple 30–20; lost vs. No. 9 Florida State 10–24; lost at Clemson 0–23; lost vs. Wake Forest 10–20; lost vs. No. 23 Georgia Tech 14–31; lost at North Carolina 13–24; won at Duke 42–25; lost vs. NC State 21–35+17−23Won 23–15 vs. James Madison+8James MadisonLost 19–31 at No. 12 Virginia-12No. 12 VirginiaLost 20–42 at No. 19 West Virginia-22No. 19 West VirginiaWon 30–20 vs. Temple+10TempleLost 10–24 vs. No. 9 Florida State-14No. 9 Florida StateLost 0–23 at Clemson-23ClemsonLost 10–20 vs. Wake Forest-10Wake ForestLost 14–31 vs. No. 23 Georgia Tech-17No. 23 Georgia TechLost 13–24 at North Carolina-11North CarolinaWon 42–25 at Duke+17DukeLost 21–35 vs. NC State-14NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsJames MadisonW 23–⁠1570%
Sep 12at12VirginiaL 19–⁠3118%
Sep 19at19West VirginiaL 20–⁠4226%
Sep 26vsTempleW 30–⁠2062%
Oct 3vs9Florida StateL 10–⁠2417%
Oct 10atClemsonL 0–⁠2331%
Oct 17vsWake ForestL 10–⁠2046%
Oct 31vs23Georgia TechL 14–⁠3124%
Nov 7atNorth CarolinaL 13–⁠2413%
Nov 14atDukeW 42–⁠2530%
Nov 21vsNC StateL 21–⁠3530%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to NC State 35–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 110th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 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
202–⁠290
Coach
Ron Vanderlinden
Elo
1350 −31 this season
SP+ rating
-8.6 No. 81 of 112; offense No. 91, defense No. 58
SRS
−4.6 No. 70 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Craig Johnson
Defensive coordinator
Wally Ake

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 5Eric Barton LBOakland Raiders
Rd 6Kendall Ogle LBCleveland Browns

All-ACC

1 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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

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.