American college football season
1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Big Ten Conference Coaches No. 15 AP No. 17 1998 record 9–3 (5–3 Big Ten) Head coach Joe Paterno (33rd season)Offensive coordinator Fran Ganter Defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky Home stadium Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 93,967)Seasons
The 1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season .[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania .
Schedule [ ]
Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Indiana and Iowa this year.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 3:30 p.m. No. 21 Southern Miss * No. 13 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ABC W 34–696,617
September 12 12:00 p.m. Bowling Green * No. 9 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ESPN+ W 48–396,291
September 19 3:30 p.m. at Pittsburgh * No. 8 CBS W 20–1356,743
October 3 12:00 p.m. at No. 1 Ohio State No. 7 ABC L 9–2893,479
October 10 3:30 p.m. at Minnesota No. 13 ABC W 27–1740,546
October 17 3:30 p.m. Purdue No. 12 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ABC W 31–1397,034
October 31 12:00 p.m. Illinois No. 10 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ESPN+ W 27–096,508
November 7 12:00 p.m. at No. 22 Michigan No. 9 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI ABC L 0–27111,019
November 14 12:00 p.m. Northwestern No. 19 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ESPN2 W 41–1096,382
November 21 3:00 p.m. at No. 13 Wisconsin No. 16 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN L 3–2478,964
November 28 1:00 p.m. Michigan State No. 23 ABC W 51–2896,358
11:00 a.m. vs. Kentucky No. 22 ESPN W 26–1466,005
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
13
9
8
7
7
13
12
10
10
9
19
16
23
22
22
17
Coaches Poll
13
9
8
7
7
13
11
9
10
9
17
14
21
20
20
15
BCS
Not released
10
9
18
17
NR
NR
NR
Not released
Roster [ ]
1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
P
41
Pat Pidgeon
Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Post season [ ]
NFL Draft [ ]
Two Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1999 NFL Draft .
References [ ]
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