1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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.

1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 26–14 vs. Kentucky
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 17
1998 record9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coachJoe Paterno (33rd season)
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
(Capacity: 93,967)
1998 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Ohio State %+  7 1     11 1  
No. 6 Wisconsin $+  7 1     11 1  
No. 12 Michigan +  7 1     10 3  
No. 24 Purdue  6 2     9 4  
No. 17 Penn State  5 3     9 3  
Michigan State  4 4     6 6  
Minnesota  2 6     5 6  
Indiana  2 6     4 7  
Illinois  2 6     3 8  
Iowa  2 6     3 8  
Northwestern  0 8     3 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Indiana and Iowa this year.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 53:30 p.m.No. 21 Southern Miss*No. 13ABCW 34–696,617
September 1212:00 p.m.Bowling Green*No. 9
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN+W 48–396,291
September 193:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh*No. 8CBSW 20–1356,743
October 312:00 p.m.at No. 1 Ohio StateNo. 7
ABCL 9–2893,479
October 103:30 p.m.at MinnesotaNo. 13ABCW 27–1740,546
October 173:30 p.m.PurdueNo. 12
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABCW 31–1397,034
October 3112:00 p.m.IllinoisNo. 10
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN+W 27–096,508
November 712:00 p.m.at No. 22 MichiganNo. 9ABCL 0–27111,019
November 1412:00 p.m.NorthwesternNo. 19
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN2W 41–1096,382
November 213:00 p.m.at No. 13 WisconsinNo. 16ESPNL 3–2478,964
November 281:00 p.m.Michigan StateNo. 23
ABCW 51–2896,358
January 1, 199911:00 a.m.vs. KentuckyNo. 22ESPNW 26–1466,005
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 36 Mike Cerimele So
WR 13 Sam Crenshaw So
WR 20 Eddie Drummond Fr
WR 2 Chafie Fields Jr
WR 21 Joe Nastasi Sr
QB 16 Kevin Thompson Jr
G 69 Floyd Wedderburn Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 11 LaVar Arrington So
DE 86 Courtney Brown Jr
CB 19 Anthony King Jr
CB 27 David Macklin Jr
SS 4 Derek Fox Jr
DE 5 Brad Scioli Sr
LB 43 Brandon Short Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
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.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
5th5138Brad ScioliDefensive endIndianapolis Colts
5th7140Floyd WedderburnOffensive guardSeattle Seahawks
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References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1995-1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.


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