1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; + – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1998 Virginia Cavaliers football
1998 Virginia Cavaliers football
Peach Bowl, L 3–35 vs. Georgia
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 18
1998 record	9–3 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach	George Welsh (17th season);
Defensive coordinator	Rick Lantz (8th season)
Captain	Aaron Brooks, Anthony Poindexter
Home stadium	Scott Stadium; (capacity: 42,000)
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was George Welsh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:00 pm	at No. 25 Auburn*	No. 16	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	ESPN	W 19–0	78,315
September 12	12:00 pm	Maryland	No. 12	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	JPS	W 31–19	42,800
September 19	3:30 pm	Clemson	No. 10	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 20–18	42,000
September 26	12:00 pm	at Duke	No. 11	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	W 24–0	24,380
October 3	1:00 pm	San Jose State*	No. 10	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 52–12	41,100
October 17	3:30 pm	at No. 25 Georgia Tech	No. 7	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	L 38–41	46,018
October 24	3:30 pm	NC State	No. 16	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 23–13	45,900
October 31	3:30 pm	at Wake Forest	No. 15	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 38–17	22,718
November 7	3:30 pm	at No. 6 Florida State	No. 12	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ABC	L 14–45	81,120
November 14	3:30 pm	North Carolina	No. 21	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ABC	W 30–13	47,000
November 28	12:00 pm	at No. 20 Virginia Tech*	No. 16	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 36–32	53,207
December 31	5:00 pm	vs. No. 19 Georgia*	No. 13	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	ESPN	L 33–35	72,876
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB		Aaron Brooks

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

v t Virginia Cavaliers football
Venues	Madison Hall Field (1888–1912) Lambeth Field (1913–1930) Scott Stadium (1931–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Florida State: Jefferson-Eppes Trophy Maryland North Carolina: South's Oldest Rivalry Virginia Tech: Commonwealth Cup
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" Cavalier Marching Band 1990 Georgia Tech game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders W. A. Lambeth
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
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