1998 Richmond Spiders football team

The 1998 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 115th season and they finished as Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) champions after posting a 7–1 record in conference play. The Spiders earned a berth as the #3 seed into the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs, but were upset in the first round to 14-seed Lehigh, 23–24. Richmond was led by fourth-year head coach Jim Reid.

1998 Richmond Spiders football
A-10 champion
A-10 Mid-Atlantic Division champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 23–24 vs. Lehigh
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 10
Record9–3 (7–1 A-10)
Head coach
Captains
  • Eric King
  • Marc Megna
  • Winston October
Home stadiumUR Stadium
1998 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
New England Division
No. 1 UMass x^  6 2   12 3  
No. 9 Connecticut x^  6 2   10 3  
Maine  3 5   6 5  
New Hampshire  3 5   4 7  
Rhode Island  2 6   3 8  
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 10 Richmond x$^  7 1   9 3  
No. 23 Delaware  4 4   7 4  
Villanova  4 4   6 5  
No. 17 William & Mary  4 4   7 4  
Northeastern  3 5   5 6  
James Madison  2 6   3 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
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