1998 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1998 Big East Conference football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1998 Syracuse Orangemen football
1998 Syracuse Orangemen football
Big East champion; Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Orange Bowl, L 10–31 vs. Florida
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 25
1998 record	8–4 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach	Paul Pasqualoni (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Rogers (2nd as OC, 8th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	George DeLeone (1st as DC, 13th overall season)
Captain	Scott Kiernan, Rob Konrad, Donovan McNabb, Jason Poles
Home stadium	Carrier Dome; (Capacity: 49,262)
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Syracuse Orangemen football team competed in football on behalf of Syracuse University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Orangemen were coached by Paul Pasqualoni and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:30 pm	No. 10 Tennessee*	No. 17	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN	L 33–34	49,550
September 12	3:30 pm	at No. 13 Michigan*	No. 19	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	W 38–28	111,012
September 19	12:00 pm	Rutgers	No. 13	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN+	W 70–14	42,716
October 1	8:00 pm	at NC State*	No. 11	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPN	L 17–38	51,200
October 10	5:30 pm	Cincinnati*	No. 24	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	W 63–21	47,251
October 17	3:30 pm	at Boston College	No. 23	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	CBS	W 42–25	43,413
October 31	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	No. 17	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN+	W 45–28	49,012
November 7	7:30 pm	at West Virginia	No. 15	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN	L 28–35	54,655
November 14	8:00 pm	No. 16 Virginia Tech		Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	W 28–26	49,336
November 21	4:00 pm	at Temple	No. 24	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA		W 38–7	12,483
November 28	3:30 pm	No. 19 Miami (FL)	No. 21	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	CBS	W 66–13	49,521
January 2	8:00 pm	vs. No. 7 Florida*	No. 18	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	ABC	L 10–31	67,919
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ 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	17	19	13	12	11	24	23	21	17	15T	RV	24	21	18	18	25
Coaches Poll	14	18	13	13	11	24	22	22	19	17	25T	24	22	18	17	24
BCS	Not released								20	17	NR	NR	NR	15	15	Not released

Roster[]

1998 Syracuse Orange football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense 73 Kaloyanides, Erik OL Fr. 6-3 276 Reading, MA (Reading)

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL	`59`	Mark Baniewicz	Jr
RB	`6`	Dee Brown	So
WR	`12`	Kevin Johnson	Sr
RB	`32`	Kyle Johnson	So
WR	`85`	Sean Kennedy	Fr
OL	`61`	Scott Kiernan	Sr
OL	`62`	Emerson Kilgore	So
FB	`44`	Rob Konrad	Sr
RB	`28`	Kyle McIntosh	Sr
QB	`5`	Donovan McNabb	Sr
RB	`23`	James Mungro	Fr

Defense 50 Glisker, Tim LB Jr. 6-3 222 Garden City, NY (Westminister (CT) Prep)

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`25`	Will Allen	So
LB	`33`	Keith Bulluck	Jr
DB	`37`	Charles Burton	Fr
DE	`54`	Dwight Freeney	Fr
LB	`52`	Morlon Greenwood	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Paul Pasqualoni

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1999-02-18

References[]

^ 2017 Syracuse football media guide pg. 151
^ "1998 Football Schedule". Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-09-11.

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[1] 2017 Syracuse football media guide pg. 151

[2] "1998 Football Schedule". Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-09-11.

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1998 Syracuse Orangemen football

Big East champion Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Orange Bowl, L 10–31 vs. Florida
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 25
1998 record	8–4 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach	Paul Pasqualoni (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Rogers (2nd as OC, 8th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	George DeLeone (1st as DC, 13th overall season)
Captain	Scott Kiernan, Rob Konrad, Donovan McNabb, Jason Poles^[1]
Home stadium	Carrier Dome (Capacity: 49,262)
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Big East Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 25 Syracuse $		6	–	1		8	–	4
No. 20 Miami (FL)		5	–	2		9	–	3
No. 23 Virginia Tech		5	–	2		9	–	3
West Virginia		5	–	2		8	–	4
Boston College		3	–	4		4	–	7
Rutgers		2	–	5		5	–	6
Temple		2	–	5		2	–	9
Pittsburgh		0	–	7		2	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll