1998 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team information
American college football season
1998Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
Conference
Independent
Ranking
Sports Network
No. 19
Record
7–4
Head coach
Jack Harbaugh (10th season)
Home stadium
L. T. Smith Stadium
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Morehead State
–
9
–
2
Davidson
–
8
–
2
No. 20 Hofstra
–
8
–
3
No. 22 South Florida
–
8
–
3
No. 19 Western Kentucky
–
7
–
4
Samford
–
6
–
5
Liberty
–
5
–
6
Southern Utah
–
5
–
6
Austin Peay
–
4
–
7
Buffalo
–
4
–
7
Jacksonville
–
4
–
5
La Salle
–
3
–
6
Cal Poly
–
3
–
8
Charleston Southern
–
3
–
8
Saint Mary's
–
2
–
8
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
The 1998 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by All-American quarterback Willie Taggart and head coach Jack Harbaugh. This would be the team's last year as an independent, the next year they would rejoin the Ohio Valley Conference as a football only member.[1] The Hilltoppers primarily ran an option offense and were ranked 3rd in rush offense for NCAA Division I-AA. They missed returning to the NCAA Playoffs and finished the season ranked 19th in final 1AA postseason national poll.[2]
Western Kentucky's roster included future NFL players Joseph Jefferson, Rod “He Hate Me” Smart, and Ben Wittman. Patrick Goodman, Andy Hape, and Taggart were named to the AP All American team and Taggart was also named I-AA Independent Offensive Player of the Year. The I-AA Independent All-Star Team included Goodman, Hape, Taggart, Delvechio Walls, Bryan Daniel, and Trae Hackett.[3]
^2017 OVC Football Media Guide, retrieved 30 April 2020
^"Final Div. I-AA poll". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. December 22, 1998. p. 7C. Retrieved May 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.
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