1998 Florida Gators football team

The 1998 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season was the Florida Gators football team's ninth under head coach Steve Spurrier. Spurrier's 1998 Florida Gators compiled an overall record of 10–2 and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 7–1, placing second among the six teams of the SEC Eastern Division.[2]

1998 Florida Gators football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 31–10 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 5
1998 record	10–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Spurrier
Defensive coordinator	Bob Stoops (3rd season)
Home stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Capacity: 83,000)[1]

1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Tennessee x$#		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 5 Florida %		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 14 Georgia		6	–	2					9	–	3
Kentucky		4	–	4					7	–	5
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					2	–	9
South Carolina		0	–	8					1	–	10
Western Division
Mississippi State xy		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 16 Arkansas x		6	–	2					9	–	3
Alabama		4	–	4					7	–	5
Ole Miss		3	–	5					7	–	5
LSU		2	–	6					4	–	7
Auburn		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Tennessee 24, Mississippi State 14
– BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	The Citadel*	No. 3	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	PPV	W 49–10	85,061
September 12	Northeast Louisiana*	No. 3	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	PPV	W 42–10	85,228
September 19	at No. 6 Tennessee	No. 2	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	CBS	L 17–20 ^OT	107,653
September 26	No. 25 Kentucky	No. 8	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	CBS	W 51–35	85,011
October 3	at Alabama	No. 8	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	JPS	W 16–10	83,818
October 10	No. 11 LSU	No. 6	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 22–10	85,404
October 17	Auburn	No. 5	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 24–3	85,557
October 31	vs. No. 11 Georgia	No. 5	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 38–7	84,321
November 7	at Vanderbilt	No. 5	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 45–13	33,576
November 14	South Carolina	No. 4	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	JPS	W 33–14	85,528
November 21	at No. 5 Florida State*	No. 4	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 12–23	81,614
January 2, 1999	vs. No. 18 Syracuse*	No. 7	Orange Bowl Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	ABC	W 31–10	67,919
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[2]

References

1. University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 1998 Football Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
2. 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.