1998 Philadelphia Eagles season

1998 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner	Jeffrey Lurie
Head coach	Ray Rhodes
Home field	Veterans Stadium
Results
Record	3–13
Division place	5th NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	None

The 1998 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 66th season in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous output of 6–9–1, winning only three games. Head coach Ray Rhodes was fired at end of season, finishing his four-year tenure with a record of 29–34–1.

The Eagles’ 161 points-scored (10.06 per game) is tied for the third-lowest total in a 16-game schedule. Philadelphia’s three quarterbacks—Bobby Hoying, Koy Detmer, and Rodney Peete—each won one game, and threw for only seven total touchdowns combined.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1998 NFL draft

The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

1998 Philadelphia Eagles draft
Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	11	Tra Thomas	OT	Florida State
2	41	Traded to Pittsburgh
3	72	Jeremiah Trotter	LB	Stephen F. Austin	via Dallas
	85	Allen Rossum	CB	Notre Dame
4	102	Traded to Miami
	112	Brandon Whiting	DT	California	From Miami
	116	Clarence Love	S	Toledo
5	134	Traded to NY Jets
	142	Ike Reese	LB	Michigan State
6	163	Traded to NY Jets
7	199	Traded to Atlanta from Carolina via Pittsburgh
	220	Chris Akins	DT	Texas	Compensatory pick
	240	Melvin Thomas	OG	Colorado	Compensatory pick

Staff

1998 Philadelphia Eagles staff

Front office Owner/chief executive officer – Jeffrey Lurie Executive vice-president – Joe Banner Director of football operations – Tom Modrak Director of college scouting – John Goeller Pro personnel coordinator – Mike McCartney Head coaches Head coach – Ray Rhodes Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Dana Bible Offensive coordinator/offensive assistant – Bill Musgrave Quarterbacks – Sean Payton Running backs – Ted Williams Wide receivers – Gerald Carr Tight ends – Jim Bollman Offensive line – Juan Castillo Offensive assistant – Ken Zampese

Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Emmitt Thomas Defensive line – Mike Trgovac Linebackers – Joe Vitt Defensive backs – Danny Smith Defensive assistant – Chuck Knox Jr. Special teams coaches Special teams – John Harbaugh Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Mike Wolf Assistant strength and conditioning – Tom Kanavy

Roster

1998 Philadelphia Eagles roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 10 Koy Detmer  7 Bobby Hoying  9 Rodney Peete Running backs (RB) 27 James Bostic 39 Mike Reed 22 Duce Staley 34 Kevin Turner FB 29 Corey Walker KR Wide receivers (WR) 80 Irving Fryar 81 Jeff Graham 82 Karl Hankton 83 Dietrich Jells 88 Kevin McKenzie 84 Freddie Solomon PR Tight ends (TE) 85 Chris Fontenot 49 Andrew Jordan

Offensive linemen (OL) 62 Ian Beckles G 76 Barrett Brooks T 77 Richard Cooper T 66 Jerry Crafts G/T 61 Steve Everitt C 69 George Hegamin G 71 Jermane Mayberry G 65 Bubba Miller C 72 Tra Thomas T Defensive linemen (DL) 53 Hugh Douglas DE 90 Jon Harris DE 74 Ed Jasper DT 79 Greg Jefferson DE 73 Steve Martin DT 95 Henry Slay DT 96 Al Wallace DE 98 Brandon Whiting DE/DT

Linebackers (LB) 56 Mike Caldwell OLB 57 James Darling OLB 52 Jon Haskins MLB 58 Ike Reese OLB 51 William Thomas OLB 54 Jeremiah Trotter MLB 50 James Willis MLB Defensive backs (DB) 20 Brian Dawkins FS 31 Al Harris CB 28 Clarence Love CB 35 Anthony Marshall SS 24 Tim McTyer CB/S 20 Allen Rossum CB 21 Bobby Taylor CB 23 Troy Vincent CB 37 Sean Woodson FS 36 Mike Zordich SS Special teams 18 Chris Boniol K  4 Tom Hutton P 68 Morris Unutoa LS

Practice squad  3 Nick Gallery P 86 Harvey Middleton WR 42 Marcus Wimberly S 63 Steve Zahursky G/T Reserve 93 Chris Akins DT (NF-Inj.) 87 Jason Dunn TE (IR) 30 Charlie Garner RB (IR) 97 Rhett Hall DT (IR) 33 Aaron Hayden RB (IR) 94 Bill Johnson DT (IR) 59 Mike Mamula DE (IR) 89 Kaseem Sinceno TE (IR) 78 Hollis Thomas DT (IR) 75 Melvin Thomas G (NF-Inj.) 53 active, 10 inactive, 4 practice squad Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 6	Seattle Seahawks	L 0–38	0–1	Veterans Stadium	66,418
2	September 13	at Atlanta Falcons	L 12–17	0–2	Georgia Dome	46,456
3	September 20	at Arizona Cardinals	L 3–17	0–3	Sun Devil Stadium	39,782
4	September 27	Kansas City Chiefs	L 21–24	0–4	Veterans Stadium	66,675
5	October 4	at Denver Broncos	L 16–41	0–5	Mile High Stadium	73,218
6	October 11	Washington Redskins	W 17–12	1–5	Veterans Stadium	66,183
7	October 18	at San Diego Chargers	L 10–13	1–6	Qualcomm Stadium	56,967
8	Bye
9	November 2	Dallas Cowboys	L 0–34	1–7	Veterans Stadium	67,002
10	November 8	Detroit Lions	W 10–9	2–7	Veterans Stadium	66,785
11	November 15	at Washington Redskins	L 3–28	2–8	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium	57,704
12	November 22	at New York Giants	L 0–20	2–9	Giants Stadium	65,763
13	November 29	at Green Bay Packers	L 16–24	2–10	Lambeau Field	59,862
14	December 3	St. Louis Rams	W 17–14	3–10	Veterans Stadium	66,155
15	December 13	Arizona Cardinals	L 17–20 (OT)	3–11	Veterans Stadium	62,176
16	December 20	at Dallas Cowboys	L 9–13	3–12	Texas Stadium	62,722
17	December 27	New York Giants	L 10–20	3–13	Veterans Stadium	66,596

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
(3) Dallas Cowboys	10	6	0	.625	381	275	W2
(6) Arizona Cardinals	9	7	0	.563	325	378	W3
New York Giants	8	8	0	.500	287	309	W4
Washington Redskins	6	10	0	.375	319	421	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	3	13	0	.188	161	344	L3

External links

• 1998 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com