# 1998 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1998 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Carl Torbush.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Miami (OH)* | No. 12 | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | | L 10–13 | 60,100 |
| September 19 | 6:30 p.m. | at Stanford* | | Stanford Stadium (I)Stanford, CA | FSN | L 34–37 | 34,198 |
| September 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech | | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | ESPN | L 21–43 | 59,500 |
| October 3 | 3:30 p.m. | Clemson | | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | ABC | W 21–14 | 56,650 |
| October 10 | 1:30 p.m. | Pittsburgh* | | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | | W 29–10 | 50,900 |
| October 24 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | | Groves Stadium (II)Winston Salem, NC (rivalry) | JPS | W 38–31 | 25,841 |
| October 31 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 5 Florida State | | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | ESPN | L 13–39 | 80,050 |
| November 7 | 12:00 p.m. | Maryland | | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | ESPN2 | W 24–13 | 51,200 |
| November 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 21 Virginia | | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry) | ABC | L 13–30 | 47,000 |
| November 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Duke | | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC (Victory Bell) | JPS | W 28–6 | 25,740 |
| November 28 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. NC State | | Ericsson StadiumCharlotte, NC (rivalry) | ABC | W 37–34 $^{OT}$ | 68,797 |
| December 19 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. San Diego State* | | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl) | ESPN2 | W 20–13 | 21,249 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches Poll | 11 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |

## Game summaries
### Miami (OH)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| RedHawks | | | | | 0 |
| No. 12 Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |

### at Stanford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |
| Cardinal | | | | | 0 |

### Georgia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yellow Jackets | | | | | 0 |
| Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |

### Clemson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | | | | | 0 |
| Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |

### Pittsburgh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | | | | | 0 |
| Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |

### at Wake Forest

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |
| Demon Deacons | | | | | 0 |

### at No. 5 Florida State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |
| No. 5 Seminoles | | | | | 0 |

### Maryland

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Terrapins | | | | | 0 |
| Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |

### at No. 21 Virginia (South's Oldest Rivalry)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |
| No. 21 Cavaliers | | | | | 0 |

### at Duke (Victory Bell)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |
| Blue Devils | | | | | 0 |

### vs. NC State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wolfpack | | | | | 0 |
| Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |

### vs. San Diego State (Las Vegas Bowl)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aztecs | | | | | 0 |
| Tar Heels | | | | | 0 |