1998 Clemson Tigers football team

1998 Clemson Tigers football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	3–8 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach	Tommy West (6th season)
Captains	Donald Broomfield Holland Postell
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (c. 81,473, grass)

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Florida State $+		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 9 Georgia Tech +		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 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 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	1:00 p.m.	Furman*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 33–0	70,855
September 12	1:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		L 0–37	66,431
September 19	3:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	L 18–20	42,000
September 26	Noon	Wake Forest	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ABC	L 19–29	61,632
October 3	3:30 p.m.	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 14–21	56,650
October 10	Noon	Maryland	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	W 23–0	69,215
October 17	6:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 0–48	80,310
October 24	1:30 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 23–28	30,630
October 31	Noon	NC State	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	JPS	L 39–46	63,624
November 12	8:00 p.m.	No. 22 Georgia Tech	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	L 21–24	62,012
November 21	6:30 p.m.	South Carolina*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN2	W 28–19	84,423
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time