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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1998
| team = North Carolina Tar Heels
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]
| short_conf = ACC
| record = 7–5
| conf_record = 5–3
| head_coach = [[Carl Torbush]]
| hc_year = 1st
| off_coach = Darrell Moody
| oc_year = 1st
| off_scheme = [[Pro-style offense|Pro-style]]
| def_scheme = [[4–3 defense|4–3]]
| captain = [[Na Brown]]
| captain2 = [[Ebenezer Ekuban]]
| captain3 = [[Deon Dyer]]
| captain4 = [[Keith Newman]]
| captain5 = [[Brandon Spoon]]
| stadium = [[Kenan Memorial Stadium]]
| champion = Las Vegas Bowl champion
| bowl = [[1998 Las Vegas Bowl|Las Vegas Bowl]]
| bowl_result = W 20–13 vs. [[1998 San Diego State Aztecs football team|San Diego State]]
}}
{{1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings}}
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==
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1998
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 5
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = 12
| opponent = [[1998 Miami Redhawks football team|Miami (OH)]]
| site_stadium = [[Kenan Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill, NC]]
| score = 10–13
| attend = 60,100
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-redhawks-stun-no/152157479/|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|title=RedHawks stun No. 12 Tar Heels|date=September 6, 1998|accessdate=July 27, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| time = 6:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1998 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]
| site_stadium = [[Stanford Stadium|Stanford Stadium (I)]]
| site_cityst = [[Stanford, California|Stanford, CA]]
| tv = [[Fox Sports Networks|FSN]]
| score = 34–37
| attend = 34,198
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-stanford-win/152157605/|work=The San Francisco Examiner|title=Stanford win worth the wait|date=September 20, 1998|accessdate=July 27, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away =
| opponent = [[1998 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| tv = [[ESPN College Football|ESPN]]
| score = 21–43
| attend = 59,500
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-back-on-their-heels-jac/152141517/|work=News and Record|title=Back on their Heels; Jackets send UNC, Torbush to 0–3 start|date=September 27, 1998|accessdate=July 27, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1998 Clemson Tigers football team|Clemson]]
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| tv = [[College Football on ABC|ABC]]
| score = 21–14
| attend = 56,650
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/anderson-independent-mail-tigers-sad-sl/152157726/|work=Anderson Independent-Mail|title=Tigers' sad slide sinks deeper as UNC prevails|date=October 4, 1998|accessdate=July 27, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1998 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| score = 29–10
| attend = 50,900
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rocky-mount-telegram-tar-heels-smother-p/152157811/|work=Rocky Mount Telegram|title=Tar Heels smother Panthers|date=October 11, 1998|accessdate=July 27, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = [[1998 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|Wake Forest]]
| site_stadium = [[Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium|Groves Stadium (II)]]
| site_cityst = [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston Salem, NC]]
| gamename = [[North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry|rivalry]]
| tv = [[Jefferson Pilot Sports|JPS]]
| score = 38–31
| attend = 25,841
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-sun-tar-heels-hang-on-against/152157962/|work=The Herald-Sun|title=Tar Heels hang on against Demon Deacons|date=October 25, 1998|accessdate=July 27, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1998 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]]
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = [[Doak Campbell Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee, FL]]
| tv = ESPN
| score = 13–39
| attend = 80,050
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-sun-noles-pour-it-on-heels/152139982/|work=The Herald-Sun|title='Noles pour it on Heels|date=November 1, 1998|accessdate=July 26, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = [[1998 Maryland Terrapins football team|Maryland]]
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| tv = [[ESPN2]]
| score = 24–13
| attend = 51,200
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salisbury-post-quiet-assassin-na-br/152158131/|work=The Salisbury Post|title=Quiet assassin; Na Brown leads UNC over Maryland 24–13|date=November 8, 1998|accessdate=July 26, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia]]
| opprank = 21
| site_stadium = [[Scott Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville, VA]]
| gamename = [[South's Oldest Rivalry]]
| tv = ABC
| score = 13–30
| attend = 47,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-uva-sticks-it-to-tar-heels/152157050/|work=Daily Press|title=U.Va. sticks it to Tar Heels|date=November 15, 1998|accessdate=July 26, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = [[1998 Duke Blue Devils football team|Duke]]
| site_stadium = [[Wallace Wade Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham, NC]]
| gamename = [[Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina)|Victory Bell]]
| tv = JPS
| score = 28–6
| attend = 25,740
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal-tar-heels-rip-blue/152158249/|work=Winston-Salem Journal|title=Tar Heels rip Blue Devils|date=November 22, 1998|accessdate=July 26, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 28
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1998 NC State Wolfpack football team|NC State]]
| site_stadium = [[Bank of America Stadium|Ericsson Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte, NC]]
| gamename = [[North Carolina–NC State football rivalry|rivalry]]
| tv = ABC
| score = 37–34
| overtime = OT
| attend = 68,797
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-unc-bounces-back-to-nip-n/152158362/|work=The Clarion-Ledger|title=UNC bounces back to nip N.C. State 37–34 in overtime|date=November 29, 1998|accessdate=July 26, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 19
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1998 San Diego State Aztecs football team|San Diego State]]
| site_stadium = [[Sam Boyd Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Whitney, Nevada|Whitney, NV]]
| gamename = [[1998 Las Vegas Bowl|Las Vegas Bowl]]
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 20–13
| attend = 21,249
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-aztecs-get-blown-aw/152158478/|work=Reno Gazette-Journal|title=Aztecs get blown away in Las Vegas|date=December 20, 1998|accessdate=July 26, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}

==Rankings==
{{See also|1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings}}
{{Ranking movements
| poll1title = [[AP poll|AP]]
| poll1firstweek = 0
| poll1lastweek = 15
| poll1_0=12
| poll1_1=NR
| poll1_2=NR
| poll1_3=NR
| poll1_4=NR
| poll1_5=NR
| poll1_6=NR
| poll1_7=NR
| poll1_8=NR
| poll1_9=NR
| poll1_10=NR
| poll1_11=NR
| poll1_12=NR
| poll1_13=NR
| poll1_14=NR
| poll1_15=NR
| poll2title = [[Coaches Poll|Coaches]]
| poll2firstweek = 0
| poll2lastweek =15
| poll2_0=11
| poll2_1=24
| poll2_2=NR
| poll2_3=NR
| poll2_4=NR
| poll2_5=NR
| poll2_6=NR
| poll2_7=NR
| poll2_8=NR
| poll2_9=NR
| poll2_10=NR
| poll2_11=NR
| poll2_12=NR
| poll2_13=NR
| poll2_14=NR
| poll2_15=NR
| poll3title = [[Bowl Championship Series|BCS]]
| poll3firstweek =8
| poll3lastweek =14
| poll3_8=NR
| poll3_9=NR
| poll3_10=NR
| poll3_11=NR
| poll3_12=NR
| poll3_13=NR
| poll3_14=NR
}}

==Game summaries==
===Miami (OH)===
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|Road='''RedHawks'''
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|Home=No. 12 Tar Heels
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{{see also|1998 Miami RedHawks football team}}

{{Clear}}

===at Stanford===
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|Road=Tar Heels
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|Home='''Cardinal'''
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{{see also|1998 Stanford Cardinal football team}}

{{Clear}}

===Georgia Tech===
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|Road='''Yellow Jackets'''
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|Home=Tar Heels
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{{see also|1998 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team}}

{{Clear}}

===Clemson===
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|Road=Tigers
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|Home='''Tar Heels'''
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{{see also|1998 Clemson Tigers football team}}

{{Clear}}

===Pittsburgh===
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|Road=Panthers
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{{see also|1998 Pittsburgh Panthers football team}}

{{Clear}}

===at Wake Forest===
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|Road='''Tar Heels'''
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|Home=Demon Deacons
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{{see also|1998 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry}}

{{Clear}}

===at No. 5 Florida State===
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|Road=Tar Heels
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|Home='''No. 5 Seminoles'''
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{{see also|1998 Florida State Seminoles football team}}

{{Clear}}

===Maryland===
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|Road=Terrapins
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|Home='''Tar Heels'''
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{{see also|1998 Maryland Terrapins football team}}

{{Clear}}

===at No. 21 Virginia (South's Oldest Rivalry)===
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|Home='''No. 21 Cavaliers'''
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{{see also|1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team|South's Oldest Rivalry}}

{{Clear}}

===at Duke (Victory Bell)===
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|Road='''Tar Heels'''
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|Home=Blue Devils
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{{see also|1998 Duke Blue Devils football team|Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina)}}

{{Clear}}

===vs. NC State===
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Wolfpack
|R1=
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|Home='''Tar Heels'''
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{{see also|1998 NC State Wolfpack football team|North Carolina–NC State football rivalry}}

{{Clear}}

===vs. San Diego State (Las Vegas Bowl)===
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Aztecs
|R1=
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|Home='''Tar Heels'''
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}}
{{see also|1998 San Diego State Aztecs football team|1998 Las Vegas Bowl}}

{{Clear}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football season|North Carolina]]
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[[Category:Las Vegas Bowl champion seasons]]
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