1998 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1998 North Carolina Tar Heels football
File:North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg
Las Vegas Bowl champion
Las Vegas Bowl, W 20–13 vs. San Diego State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1998 record	7–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Carl Torbush
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,000)
Seasons « 1997 1999 »

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 champion § – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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 Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 10–13	60,100
September 19	6:30 p.m.	at Stanford*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FSN	L 34–37	34,198
September 26	7:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	L 21–43	59,500
October 3	3:30 p.m.	Clemson		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 21–14	56,650
October 10	1:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 29–10	50,900
October 24	12:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston Salem, NC (rivalry)	JPS	W 38–31	25,841
October 31	7:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	L 13–39	80,050
November 7	12:00 p.m.	Maryland		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	W 24–13	51,200
November 14	3:30 p.m.	at No. 21 Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ABC	L 13–30	47,000
November 21	12:00 p.m.	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	JPS	W 28–6	25,740
November 28	1:00 p.m.	vs. NC State		Ericsson Stadium Charlotte, NC (Carolina–State Rivalry)	ABC	W 37–34	68,797
December 19	6:00 p.m.	vs. San Diego State*		Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ESPN2	W 20–13	21,249
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time