1998 Duke Blue Devils football team

American college football season

1998 Duke Blue Devils football

Conference| Atlantic Coast Conference
Record| 4–7 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach|

* Fred Goldsmith (5th season)

Offensive coordinator| Les Koenning (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Bob Trott (3rd season)
MVP| Scottie Montgomery
Captain| Lennie Friedman, Dawud Rasheed, Eric Scanlan
Home stadium| Wallace Wade Stadium

Seasons

<- 1997

1999 ->

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 3 Florida State $+  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 2  |
No. 9 Georgia Tech \+  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 2  |
No. 18 Virginia |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
North Carolina |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
NC State |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Duke |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Wake Forest |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Clemson |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Maryland |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |

* $ - BCS representative as conference champion
* \+ - Conference co-champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The team was led by head coach Fred Goldsmith, who was fired after the end of the season.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 5| 7:00 pm| Western Carolina*|

* Wallace Wade Stadium
* Durham, NC

| | W 24–10| 22,460
September 12| 12:00 pm| at Northwestern*|

* Ryan Field
* Evanston, IL

| ESPN+| W 44–10| 40,178
September 19| 7:00 pm| at No. 11 Florida State|

* Doak Campbell Stadium
* Tallahassee, FL

| PPV| L 13–62| 80,032
September 26| 12:00 pm| No. 11 Virginia|

* Wallace Wade Stadium
* Durham, NC

| JPS| L 0–24| 24,380
October 3| 12:00 pm| at Georgia Tech|

* Bobby Dodd Stadium
* Atlanta, GA

| JPS| L 13–41| 35,724
October 10| 6:30 pm| at Wake Forest|

* Groves Stadium
* Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)

| | W 19–16| 22,037
October 17| 12:00 pm| at NC State|

* Carter–Finley Stadium
* Raleigh, NC (rivalry)

| JPS| L 24–27| 50,200
October 24| 1:30 pm| Clemson|

* Wallace Wade Stadium
* Durham, NC

| | W 28–23| 30,630
October 31| 2:00 pm| at Vanderbilt*|

* Vanderbilt Stadium
* Nashville, TN

| | L 33–36| 27,214
November 14| 12:00 pm| Maryland|

* Wallace Wade Stadium
* Durham, NC

| JPS| L 20–42| 15,272
November 21| 12:00 pm| North Carolina|

* Wallace Wade Stadium
* Durham, NC (Victory Bell)

| JPS| L 6–28| 25,740

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "1998 Football Statistics". goduke.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2000. Retrieved December 4, 2012.

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Duke Blue Devils football

Venues|

* Hanes Field (c. 1913–1928)
* Wallace Wade Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* North Carolina: Victory Bell

Culture & lore|

* History
* Blue Devil
* "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!"
* Blue and White (Duke fight song)
* Marching band

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* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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