1998 Duke Blue Devils football team

1998 Duke Blue Devils football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1998 record	4–7 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach	Fred Goldsmith
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium (Capacity: 33,941)

1998 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Florida State $+		7	–	1		11	–	2
#9 Georgia Tech +		7	–	1		10	–	2
#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

The 1998 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The team was led by head coach Fred Goldsmith, who was fired after the end of the season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 PM	Western Carolina*	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC		W 24–10	22,460
September 12	12:00 PM	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 44–10	40,178
September 19	7:00 PM	at No. 11 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	PPV	L 13–62	80,032
September 26	12:00 PM	No. 11 Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	JPS	L 0–24	24,380
October 3	12:00 PM	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	JPS	L 13–41	35,724
October 10	6:30 PM	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC		W 19–16	22,037
October 17	12:00 PM	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	JPS	L 24–27	50,200
October 24	1:30 PM	Clemson	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC		W 28–23	30,630
October 31	2:00 PM	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		L 33–36	27,214
November 14	12:00 PM	Maryland	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC (Rivalry)	JPS	L 20–42	15,272
November 21	12:00 PM	North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC (Victory Bell Game)	JPS	L 6–28	25,740
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

↑ "1998 Football Statistics". goduke.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2000. Retrieved December 4, 2012.

Duke Blue Devils football

Venues	Wallace Wade Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games North Carolina (Victory Bell)

Culture & lore	Blue Devil "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" Blue and White (Duke fight song) Marching band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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