1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 106th overall and 8th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 19th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 5–2 in the Big East) and with a loss against Missouri in the Insight.com Bowl.

1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Insight.com Bowl, L 31–34 vs. Missouri
Conference	Big East Conference
1998 record	8–4 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach	Don Nehlen (19th season)
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field (Capacity: 63,500)

1998 Big East Conference football standings
	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Ohio State*	No. 11	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	CBS	L 17–34	68,409
September 19	6:00 p.m.	Maryland*	No. 19	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 42–20	52,279
September 26	Noon	Tulsa*	No. 19	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	ESPN+	W 44–21	48,819
October 3	Noon	at Navy*	No. 16	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland	ESPN+	W 45–24	36,009
October 10	Noon	at Temple	No. 16	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia		W 37–7	14,851
October 24	3:30 p.m.	Miami (FL)	No. 13	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	CBS	L 31–34	60,081
October 31	Noon	at No. 20 Virginia Tech	No. 21	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia (Black Diamond Trophy)	ESPN+	L 13–27	52,807
November 7	6:30 p.m.	No. 15 Syracuse		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)	ESPN	W 35–28	54,655
November 14	Noon	at Rutgers		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey		W 28–14	26,740
November 21	Noon	Boston College		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	ESPN+	W 35–10	40,573
November 27	2:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh		Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh (Backyard Brawl)	CBS	W 52–14	42,254
December 26	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 23 Missouri*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona (Insight.com Bowl)	ESPN	L 31–34	36,147
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Reference:[1]

Personnel

1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 4 Marc Bulger Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Don Nehlen Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "WVU 1998 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved June 21, 2012.