1998 LSU Tigers football team

The 1998 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by Gerry DiNardo. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In the beginning of the season, expectations were high as LSU had tied for the SEC West title but lost tiebreakers the previous two seasons. After a 3–0 start and No. 6 national ranking, the Tigers' season stunningly fell apart. They finished 1–7 in the last eight games of the season with many close losses, and finished 4–7, their seventh losing season out of the last ten.

1998 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record4–7 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMorris Watts (4th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorLou Tepper (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
(Capacity: 79,940)
1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

The loss at Ole Miss was LSU's first overtime game.

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