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1998 North Carolina

7–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Carl Torbush.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1998, game by game: lost vs. Miami (OH) 10–13; lost at Stanford 34–37; lost vs. Georgia Tech 21–43; won vs. Clemson 21–14; won vs. Pittsburgh 29–10; won at Wake Forest 38–31; lost at No. 5 Florida State 13–39; won vs. Maryland 24–13; lost at No. 21 Virginia 13–30; won at Duke 28–6; won vs. NC State 37–34; won vs. San Diego State 20–13+22−26Lost 10–13 vs. Miami (OH)-3Miami (OH)Lost 34–37 at Stanford-3StanfordLost 21–43 vs. Georgia Tech-22Georgia TechWon 21–14 vs. Clemson+7ClemsonWon 29–10 vs. Pittsburgh+19PittsburghWon 38–31 at Wake Forest+7Wake ForestLost 13–39 at No. 5 Florida State-26No. 5 Florida StateWon 24–13 vs. Maryland+11MarylandLost 13–30 at No. 21 Virginia-17No. 21 VirginiaWon 28–6 at Duke+22DukeWon 37–34 vs. NC State+3NC StateWon 20–13 vs. San Diego State+7San Diego State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsMiami (OH)L 10–⁠1367%
Sep 19atStanfordL 34–⁠3771%
Sep 26vsGeorgia TechL 21–⁠4373%
Oct 3vsClemsonW 21–⁠1470%
Oct 10vsPittsburghW 29–⁠1070%
Oct 24atWake ForestW 38–⁠3161%
Oct 31at5Florida StateL 13–⁠3922%
Nov 7vsMarylandW 24–⁠1387%
Nov 14at21VirginiaL 13–⁠3036%
Nov 21atDukeW 28–⁠671%
Nov 28vsNC StateW 37–⁠3453%
Dec 19Bowls & playoffvsSan Diego StateLas Vegas BowlW 20–⁠1363%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat San Diego State 20–⁠13 in the Las Vegas Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The tied 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12

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
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
288–⁠283
Coach
Carl Torbush
Elo
1631 −29 this season
SP+ rating
3.7 No. 49 of 112; offense No. 61, defense No. 44
SRS
2.7 No. 43 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Darrell Moody
Captains
Na Brown, Ebenezer Ekuban, Deon Dyer, Keith Newman and Brandon Spoon
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 1Ebenezer Ekuban DEDallas Cowboys
Rd 2Dre’ Bly DBSt. Louis Rams
Rd 2Russell Davis DTChicago Bears
Rd 4Keith Newman LBBuffalo Bills
Rd 4Na Brown WRPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 7Mike Pringley DEDetroit Lions

All-ACC

2 first team, 3 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

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.