1998, penn, state, nittany, lions, football, team, represented, pennsylvania, state, university, 1998, ncaa, division, football, season, team, coached, paterno, played, home, games, beaver, stadium, university, park, pennsylvania, 1998, penn, state, nittany, l. 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 1998 Penn State Nittany Lions footballLambert Meadowlands TrophyOutback Bowl championOutback Bowl W 26 14 vs KentuckyConferenceBig Ten ConferenceRankingCoachesNo 15APNo 17Record9 3 5 3 Big Ten Head coachJoe Paterno 33rd season Offensive coordinatorFran GanterDefensive coordinatorJerry SanduskyHome stadiumBeaver Stadium Capacity 93 967 Seasons 19971999 1998 Big Ten Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L No 2 Ohio State 7 1 11 1 No 6 Wisconsin 7 1 11 1 No 12 Michigan 7 1 10 3 No 24 Purdue 6 2 9 4 No 17 Penn State 5 3 9 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 conference champion BCS at large representative Conference co championsRankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Schedule 2 Rankings 3 Roster 4 Post season 4 1 NFL Draft 5 ReferencesSchedule editDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 53 30 p m No 21 Southern Miss No 13Beaver StadiumUniversity Park PAABCW 34 696 617September 1212 00 p m Bowling Green No 9Beaver StadiumUniversity Park PAESPN PlusW 48 396 291September 193 30 p m at Pittsburgh No 8Pitt StadiumPittsburgh PA rivalry CBSW 20 1356 743October 312 00 p m at No 1 Ohio StateNo 7Ohio StadiumColumbus OH rivalry College GameDay ABCL 9 2893 479October 103 30 p m at MinnesotaNo 13Hubert H Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis MN rivalry ABCW 27 1740 546October 173 30 p m Purdue nbsp No 12Beaver StadiumUniversity Park PAABCW 31 1397 034October 3112 00 p m IllinoisNo 10Beaver StadiumUniversity Park PAESPN PlusW 27 096 508November 712 00 p m at No 22 MichiganNo 9Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor MI rivalry ABCL 0 27111 019November 1412 00 p m NorthwesternNo 19Beaver StadiumUniversity Park PAESPN2W 41 1096 382November 213 00 p m at No 13 WisconsinNo 16Camp Randall StadiumMadison WIESPNL 3 2478 964November 281 00 p m Michigan StateNo 23Beaver StadiumUniversity Park PA rivalry ABCW 51 2896 358January 1 199911 00 a m vs Kentucky No 22Raymond James StadiumTampa FL Outback Bowl ESPNW 26 1466 005 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern timeRankings editSee also 1998 NCAA Division I A football rankings Ranking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked WeekPollPre1234567891011121314FinalAP139877131210109191623222217Coaches Poll13987713119109171421202015BCSNot released1091817 Not releasedRoster edit1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassFB 36 Mike Cerimele SoWR 13 Sam Crenshaw SoWR 20 Eddie Drummond FrWR 2 Chafie Fields JrWR 21 Joe Nastasi SrQB 16 Kevin Thompson JrG 69 Floyd Wedderburn Sr Defense Pos Name ClassLB 11 LaVar Arrington SoDE 86 Courtney Brown JrCB 19 Anthony King JrCB 27 David Macklin JrSS 4 Derek Fox JrDE 5 Brad Scioli SrLB 43 Brandon Short Jr Special teams Pos Name ClassP 41 Pat Pidgeon Jr Head coachJoe PaternoCoordinators assistant coachesLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp RedshirtPost season editNFL Draft edit Two Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1999 NFL Draft Round Pick Overall Name Position Team5th 5 138 Brad Scioli Defensive end Indianapolis Colts5th 7 140 Floyd Wedderburn Offensive guard Seattle SeahawksReferences edit Penn State Yearly Results 1995 1999 College Football Data Warehouse David DeLassus Archived from the original on August 5 2015 Retrieved July 26 2015 nbsp This college football 1990s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a sports team in Pennsylvania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team amp oldid 1188681000, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,