1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee and finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9, 1–7 in the SEC).

1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	2–9 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Woody Widenhofer (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Crosby (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (2nd season)
Captain	4 Rahim Batten Clay Condrey Jared McGrath Fred Vinson
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium

1998 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Tennessee x$#		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 5 Florida  %		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 14 Georgia		6	–	2					9	–	3
Kentucky		4	–	4					7	–	5
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					2	–	9
South Carolina		0	–	8					1	–	10
Western Division
Mississippi State xy		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 16 Arkansas x		6	–	2					9	–	3
Alabama		4	–	4					7	–	5
Ole Miss		3	–	5					7	–	5
LSU		2	–	6					4	–	7
Auburn		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Tennessee 24, Mississippi State 14
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	5:00 p.m.	at Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, MS	ESPN2	L 0–42	32,150
September 12	11:30 a.m.	at Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	JPS	L 7–32	83,091
September 19	11:30 a.m.	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	JPS	L 6–30	31,482
October 3	6:00 p.m.	at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		L 16–19 2OT	26,210
October 10	1:00 p.m.	Western Michigan*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 24–27	26,432
October 17	11:30 a.m.	at No. 13 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	JPS	L 6–31	83,911
October 24	6:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 17–14	29,721
October 31	1:00 p.m.	Duke*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 36–33	27,214
November 7	1:00 p.m.	No. 5 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 13–45	33,576
November 14	12:30 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		L 17–55	57,521
November 28	2:30 p.m.	No. 1 Tennessee	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 0–41	41,600
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time