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1998 Wake Forest

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Caldwell.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1998, game by game: lost at Air Force 0–42; won vs. Navy 26–14; won at Clemson 29–19; lost vs. App State 27–30; lost vs. Duke 16–19; won at Maryland 20–10; lost vs. North Carolina 31–38; lost vs. No. 15 Virginia 17–38; lost at NC State 27–38; lost vs. No. 5 Florida State 7–24; lost at No. 21 Georgia Tech 35–63+12−42Lost 0–42 at Air Force-42Air ForceWon 26–14 vs. Navy+12NavyWon 29–19 at Clemson+10ClemsonLost 27–30 vs. App State-3App StateLost 16–19 vs. Duke-3DukeWon 20–10 at Maryland+10MarylandLost 31–38 vs. North Carolina-7North CarolinaLost 17–38 vs. No. 15 Virginia-21No. 15 VirginiaLost 27–38 at NC State-11NC StateLost 7–24 vs. No. 5 Florida State-17No. 5 Florida StateLost 35–63 at No. 21 Georgia Tech-28No. 21 Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atAir ForceL 0–⁠4227%
Sep 10vsNavyW 26–⁠1441%
Sep 26atClemsonW 29–⁠1935%
Oct 3vsApp StateL 27–⁠3081%
Oct 10vsDukeL 16–⁠1966%
Oct 17atMarylandW 20–⁠1054%
Oct 24vsNorth CarolinaL 31–⁠3839%
Oct 31vs15VirginiaL 17–⁠3830%
Nov 7atNC StateL 27–⁠3827%
Nov 14vs5Florida StateL 7–⁠2413%
Nov 21at21Georgia TechL 35–⁠6318%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 63–⁠35; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 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
2–⁠6 tied for 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
235–⁠335
Coach
Jim Caldwell
Elo
1403 −41 this season
SP+ rating
-5.3 No. 76 of 112; offense No. 67, defense No. 72
SRS
−4.3 No. 68 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Hank Small
Defensive coordinator
James Bell
Captains
Desmond Clark, Brian Kuklick, Kelvin Moses and Jeffrey Muyres
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 6Desmond Clark TEDenver Broncos

All-ACC

1 second 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.