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1998 Navy

3–⁠8, coached by Charlie Weatherbie.

Schedule and results

Navy in 1998, game by game: lost at Wake Forest 14–26; won vs. Kent State 38–24; lost at Tulane 24–42; lost vs. No. 16 West Virginia 24–45; lost at Air Force 7–49; won vs. Colgate 42–35; won at Boston College 32–31; lost vs. Rutgers 33–36; lost vs. No. 12 Notre Dame 0–30; lost vs. SMU 11–24; lost vs. Army 30–34+14−42Lost 14–26 at Wake Forest-12Wake ForestWon 38–24 vs. Kent State+14Kent StateLost 24–42 at Tulane-18TulaneLost 24–45 vs. No. 16 West Virginia-21No. 16 West VirginiaLost 7–49 at Air Force-42Air ForceWon 42–35 vs. Colgate+7ColgateWon 32–31 at Boston College+1Boston CollegeLost 33–36 vs. Rutgers-3RutgersLost 0–30 vs. No. 12 Notre Dame-30No. 12 Notre DameLost 11–24 vs. SMU-13SMULost 30–34 vs. Army-4Army
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atWake ForestL 14–⁠2659%
Sep 19vsKent StateW 38–⁠2482%
Sep 26atTulaneL 24–⁠4235%
Oct 3vs16West VirginiaL 24–⁠4551%
Oct 10atAir ForceL 7–⁠4923%
Oct 17vsColgateW 42–⁠3580%
Oct 24atBoston CollegeW 32–⁠3147%
Nov 7vsRutgersL 33–⁠3673%
Nov 14vs12Notre DameL 0–⁠3024%
Nov 21vsSMUL 11–⁠2457%
Dec 5vsArmyL 30–⁠3454%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Army 34–⁠30; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 121st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 139 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
255–⁠376
Coach
Charlie Weatherbie
Elo
1382 −161 this season
SP+ rating
-15.0 No. 95 of 112; offense No. 73, defense No. 99
SRS
−12.7 No. 93 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ken Niumatalolo
Defensive coordinator
Dick Bumpas
Captains
Jason Wolf and Jason Snider
Most valuable player
Jason Snider
Offense
Triple option
Defense
4–⁠2–⁠5