1998 Liberty Flames football team

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.

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

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	7:30 p.m.	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