1998 Hampton Pirates football team

American college football season

1998 Hampton Pirates football

MEAC champion

NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 34–42 at Connecticut

Conference| Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Ranking
Sports Network| No. 11
Record| 9–3 (7–1 MEAC)
Head coach|

* Joe Taylor (7th season)

Offensive coordinator| Donald Hill-Eley (2nd season)
Home stadium| Armstrong Stadium

Seasons

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1999 ->

1998 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 5 Florida A&M +^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 2  |
No. 11 Hampton +^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
No. 18 Bethune–Cookman |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  |
North Carolina A&T |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  |
Howard |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
South Carolina State |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Norfolk State |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
Morgan State |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 10  |
Delaware State |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 11  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant

Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1998 Hampton Pirates football team represented Hampton University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Joe Taylor, the Pirates compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, winning the MEAC title. Hampton advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, were the Pirates lost in the first round to Connecticut. The team played home games at Armstrong Stadium in Hampton, Virginia.

## Schedule

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September 5| at No. 17 Florida A&M*| No. 10|

* Bragg Memorial Stadium
* Tallahassee, FL

| W 21–14| 18,805| [1]
September 12| at No. 20 Howard| No. 10|

* RFK Stadium
* Washington DC (rivalry)

| W 38–31| | [2][3][4][5]
September 20| North Carolina A&T| No. 5|

* Armstrong Stadium
* Hampton, VA

| W 23–10| | [6]
September 27| vs. Grambling State*| No. 5|

* Giants Stadium
* East Rutherford, NJ (Whitney Young Memorial Classic)

| W 28–15| 54,564| [7]
October 10| Liberty| No. 3|

* Armstrong Stadium
* Hampton, VA

| W 21–0| 3,019| [8]
October 17| Norfolk State*| No. 4|

* Armstrong Stadium
* Hampton, VA

| W 59–14| | [9]
October 24| at South Carolina State| No. 2|

* Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
* Orangeburg, SC

| W 20–7| | [10]
October 31| No. 12 William & Mary*| No. 2|

* Armstrong Stadium
* Hampton, VA

| L 34–41| 10,704| [11]
November 7| Bethune–Cookman| No. 8|

* Armstrong Stadium
* Hampton, VA

| L 13–14| | [12]
November 15| at Delaware State| No. 14|

* Alumni Stadium
* Dover, DE

| W 41–13| | [13]
November 22| at Morgan State| No. 10|

* Hughes Stadium
* Baltimore, MD

| W 55–0| | [14]
November 29| at No. 8 Connecticut*| No. 9|

* Memorial Stadium
* Storrs, CT (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)

| L 34–42| | [15]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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## References

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1. ^ "HU sinks Rattlers". Daily Press. September 6, 1998. Retrieved April 16, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Daily Press 13 Sep 1998, page Page 31". Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "1998 Football Schedule".
4. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/05/22/howard-football-schedule-set/50b69fa9-34df-42f5-ba66-79c345891826/
5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150914211840/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/h/howard/opponents_records.php?teamid=1357
6. ^ "Daily Press 20 Sep 1998, page Page 35". Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Errors plague Grambling". Newsday. September 27, 1998. Retrieved March 20, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Pirates' 'D' is grade A in shutout". Daily Press. October 11, 1998. Retrieved April 7, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Daily Press 18 Oct 1998, page Page 37". Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "The Roanoke Times 25 Oct 1998, page 28". Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "The Roanoke Times 01 Nov 1998, page 28". Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Daily Press 08 Nov 1998, page Page 40". Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Daily Press 15 Nov 1998, page Page 36". Newspapers.com.
14. ^ "Daily Press 22 Nov 1998, page Page 33". Newspapers.com.
15. ^ "Daily Press 29 Nov 1998, page Page 39". Newspapers.com.
16. ^ "1998 Football Schedule". Hampton University Athletics.

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* Armstrong Stadium (1928–present)

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National championship seasons in bold

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Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions

* Morgan State (1971)
* North Carolina Central (1972)
* North Carolina Central (1973)
* South Carolina State (1974)
* South Carolina State & North Carolina A&T (1975)
* Morgan State & South Carolina State (1976)
* South Carolina State (1977)
* South Carolina State (1978)
* Morgan State (1979)
* South Carolina State (1980)
* South Carolina State (1981)
* South Carolina State (1982)
* South Carolina State (1983)
* Bethune–Cookman (1984)
* Delaware State (1985)
* North Carolina A&T (1986)
* Delaware State (1987)
* Bethune–Cookman, Delaware State, & Florida A&M (1988)
* Delaware State (1989)
* Florida A&M (1990)
* Delaware State & North Carolina A&T (1991)
* North Carolina A&T (1992)
* Howard (1993)
* South Carolina State (1994)
* Florida A&M (1995)
* Florida A&M (1996)
* Hampton (1997)
* Hampton & Florida A&M (1998)
* North Carolina A&T (1999)
* Florida A&M (2000)
* Florida A&M (2001)
* Bethune–Cookman (2002)
* North Carolina A&T (2003)
* Hampton & South Carolina State (2004)
* Hampton (2005)
* Hampton (2006)
* Delaware State (2007)
* South Carolina State (2008)
* South Carolina State (2009)
* Bethune–Cookman†, Florida A&M, & South Carolina State (2010)
* Norfolk State (vacated) (2011)
* Bethune–Cookman (2012)
* Bethune–Cookman†, South Carolina State (2013)
* Bethune–Cookman, Morgan State†, North Carolina Central, North Carolina A&T, & South Carolina State (2014)
* North Carolina A&T†, North Carolina Central, & Bethune–Cookman (2015)
* North Carolina Central (2016)
* North Carolina A&T (2017)
* North Carolina A&T (2018)
* North Carolina A&T† & South Carolina State (2019)
* No champion (2020)
* South Carolina State (2021)
* Howard & North Carolina Central† (2022)
* Howard (2023)

National championships in bold
† Denotes postseason representative via conference tiebreaker

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1998 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

* Appalachian State
* Colgate
* Connecticut
* Florida A&M
* Georgia Southern
* Hampton
* Illinois State
* Lehigh
* UMass
* McNeese State
* Montana
* Northwestern State
* Richmond
* Tennessee State
* Troy State
* Western Illinois

Champion – Massachusetts Minutemen

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