1998 Liberty Flames football team

1998 Liberty Flames football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–6
Head coach	Sam Rutigliano (10th season)
Home stadium	Williams Stadium

1998 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings

	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 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University as an independent during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Sam Rutigliano, the Flames compiled an overall record of 5–6.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5		at Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 19–28	13,161
September 19		South Florida	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 21–24	11,689
September 26		Glenville State	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 21–7
October 3	7:30 p.m.	Charleston Southern	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 28–21 OT	12,623
October 10		at No. 3 Hampton	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	L 0–21	3,019
October 17		at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 53–21
October 24		Buffalo	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 27–24 OT	10,831
October 31		at Elon	Burlington Memorial Stadium Burlington, NC	L 14–36
November 7		Norfolk State	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 45–12	7,321
November 14		at Hofstra	Hofstra Stadium Hempstead, NY	L 24–38
November 21		at Cal Poly	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 35–45
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time