1998 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1998 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDon Patterson (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Elliott (3rd season)
MVPs
Captains
  • Michael Burger
  • Jared DeVries
  • Matt Hughes
  • Derek Rose
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
1998 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Wisconsin $+  7 1   11 1  
No. 2 Ohio State %+  7 1   11 1  
No. 12 Michigan +  7 1   10 3  
No. 24 Purdue  6 2   9 4  
No. 17 Penn State  5 3   9 3  
Michigan State  4 4   6 6  
Indiana  2 6   4 7  
Minnesota  2 6   5 6  
Illinois  2 6   3 8  
Iowa  2 6   3 8  
Northwestern  0 8   3 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led Hayden Fry in his 20th and final season as head coach, the Hawkeyes compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing in a fourth-way tie for seventh in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.