1998 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1998 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Co-defensive coordinators
  • Jerry Brown (2nd season)
  • Vince Okruch (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumRyan Field
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 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Gary Barnett, who resigned at the conclusion of the regular season to become the head coach at Colorado.