American college football season
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.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 21 Southern Miss* | No. 13 | | ABC | W 34–6 | 96,617 |
September 12 | 12:00 p.m. | Bowling Green* | No. 9 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| ESPN Plus | W 48–3 | 96,291 |
September 19 | 3:30 p.m. | at Pittsburgh* | No. 8 | | CBS | W 20–13 | 56,743 |
October 3 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 1 Ohio State | No. 7 | | ABC | L 9–28 | 93,479 |
October 10 | 3:30 p.m. | at Minnesota | No. 13 | | ABC | W 27–17 | 40,546 |
October 17 | 3:30 p.m. | Purdue![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 12 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| ABC | W 31–13 | 97,034 |
October 31 | 12:00 p.m. | Illinois | No. 10 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| ESPN Plus | W 27–0 | 96,508 |
November 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Michigan | No. 9 | | ABC | L 0–27 | 111,019 |
November 14 | 12:00 p.m. | Northwestern | No. 19 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| ESPN2 | W 41–10 | 96,382 |
November 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 13 Wisconsin | No. 16 | | ESPN | L 3–24 | 78,964 |
November 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Michigan State | No. 23 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA (rivalry)
| ABC | W 51–28 | 96,358 |
| 11:00 a.m. | vs. Kentucky* | No. 22 | | ESPN | W 26–14 | 66,005 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | 13 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 17 |
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Coaches Poll | 13 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
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BCS | Not released | 10 | 9 | 18 | 17 | — | — | — | Not released |
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Roster
1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
Pos. |
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Name |
Class
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P
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41
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Pat Pidgeon
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Jr
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
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Post season
NFL Draft
Two Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1999 NFL draft.
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