1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

	1998 Big Ten football standings
	† – BCS representative as champion ; ‡ – BCS at-large representative ; § – Conference co-champions ; *All wins for Penn State (9-3, 5-3) vacated due to scandal. ; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll ;

Penn State Nittany Lions football
	1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy; Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 26–14 vs. Kentucky
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 17
1998 record	9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Paterno (33rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Fran Ganter
Defensive coordinator	Jerry Sandusky
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium; (Capacity: 93,967)
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

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.

ScheduleEdit

Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Indiana and Iowa this year.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	3:30 p.m.	No. 21 Southern Miss*	No. 13	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	W 34–6	96,617
September 12	12:00 p.m.	Bowling Green*	No. 9	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN+	W 48–3	96,291
September 19	3:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh*	No. 8	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	CBS	W 20–13	56,743
October 3	12:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Ohio State	No. 7	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 9–28	93,479
October 10	3:30 p.m.	at Minnesota	No. 13	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Governor's Victory Bell)	ABC	W 27–17	40,546
October 17	3:30 p.m.	Purdue	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+	W 27–0	96,508
November 7	12:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Michigan	No. 9	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	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	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN	L 3–24	78,964
November 28	1:00 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 23	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy)	ABC	W 51–28	96,358
January 1, 1999	11:00 a.m.	vs. Kentucky	No. 22	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	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

1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FB	`36`	Cerimele, MikeMike Cerimele	3.0 !So
WR	`13`	Crenshaw, SamSam Crenshaw	3.0 !So
WR	`20`	Drummond, EddieEddie Drummond	1.0 !Fr
WR	`2`	Fields, ChafieChafie Fields	5.0 !Jr
WR	`21`	Nastasi, JoeJoe Nastasi	7.0 !Sr
QB	`16`	Thompson, KevinKevin Thompson	5.0 !Jr
G	`69`	Wedderburn, FloydFloyd Wedderburn	7.0 !Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`11`	Arrington, LaVarLaVar Arrington	3.0 !So
DE	`86`	Brown, CourtneyCourtney Brown	5.0 !Jr
CB	`19`	King, AnthonyAnthony King	5.0 !Jr
CB	`27`	Macklin, DavidDavid Macklin	5.0 !Jr
SS	`4`	Fox, DerekDerek Fox	5.0 !Jr
DE	`5`	Scioli, BradBrad Scioli	7.0 !Sr
LB	`43`	Short, BrandonBrandon Short	5.0 !Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`41`	Pidgeon, PatPat Pidgeon	5.0 !Jr

Two Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1999 NFL Draft.

Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Position	Team
5th	5	138	Brad Scioli	Defensive end	Indianapolis Colts
5th	7	140	Floyd Wedderburn	Offensive guard	Seattle Seahawks

v · d · e
1998 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
#2/2 Ohio State ‡§	7	–	1	11	–	1
#6/5 Wisconsin †§	7	–	1	11	–	1
#12/12 Michigan §	7	–	1	10	–	3
#24/23 Purdue	6	–	2	9	–	4
#17/15 Penn State*	0	–	3*	0	–	3*
Michigan State	4	–	4	6	–	6
Minnesota	2	–	6	5	–	6
Indiana	2	–	6	4	–	7
Illinois	2	–	6	3	–	8
Iowa	2	–	6	3	–	8
Northwestern	0	–	8	3	–	9

† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative § – Conference co-champions *All wins for Penn State (9-3, 5-3) vacated due to scandal. Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll