1998 NFL season





















































1998 National Football League season
Regular season
Duration September 6 – December 28, 1998
Playoffs
Start date January 2, 1999
AFC Champions Denver Broncos
NFC Champions Atlanta Falcons
Super Bowl XXXIII
Date January 31, 1999
Site
Pro Player Stadium, Miami

Champions Denver Broncos
Pro Bowl
Date February 7, 1999
Site Aloha Stadium



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The 1998 NFL season was the 79th regular season of the National Football League.


The season culminated with Super Bowl XXXIII, with the Denver Broncos defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34–19 at Pro Player Stadium. The Broncos had won their first thirteen games, the best start since the undefeated 1972 Dolphins, and were tipped by some to have a realistic chance at winning all nineteen games.[1][2]The Minnesota Vikings became the first team since the 1968 Baltimore Colts to win all but one of their regular season games and not win the Super Bowl. After no team had won 14 regular season games since the 1992 49ers, three teams went 14–2 or better for the only time in a 16-game season.


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Contents






  • 1 Major rule changes


  • 2 Referee changes


  • 3 Stadiums


  • 4 New uniforms


  • 5 Coaching changes


  • 6 Television


  • 7 Final regular season standings


    • 7.1 Tiebreakers




  • 8 Playoffs


  • 9 Statistical leaders


    • 9.1 Team


    • 9.2 Individual




  • 10 Awards


  • 11 Draft


  • 12 External links


  • 13 References





Major rule changes



  • The officiating position titles of back judge and field judge were swapped to become more consistent with college and high school football. The field judge is now 20 yards deep, positioned on the same sideline as the line judge, while the back judge is 25 yards from the line of scrimmage near the center of the field.

  • Tinted visors on players' facemasks are banned except for medical need.

  • A defensive player can no longer flinch before the snap in an attempt to draw movement from an offensive lineman.

  • A team will be penalized immediately for having 12 players in a huddle even if the 12th player goes straight to the sideline as the huddle breaks.

  • During the season, the rules regarding the coin toss were changed to where the visiting team must make the call before the coin is tossed instead of while it was in the air. On Thanksgiving, the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions went to overtime. During the coin toss, Steelers running back Jerome Bettis was heard calling "tails" but referee Phil Luckett claimed he said "heads". The coin landed on tails, and the Lions won the toss and eventually the game on a Jason Hanson field goal. It was later revealed that Bettis had changed his mind during the call and was originally going to call "heads" but stopped.[4] Thus, the rule change was adopted to prevent any further confusion.



Referee changes


Dale Hamer and Gary Lane returned to head linesman and side judge, respectively. Tony Corrente and Ron Winter were promoted to referee.



Stadiums




  • Tennessee Oilers – Moved from Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis to Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville while awaiting construction of the new (Adelphia Coliseum) in Nashville.


  • Baltimore Ravens – Departed from Memorial Stadium to PSINet Stadium.


  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Departed from Houlihan's Stadium to Raymond James Stadium.



New uniforms




  • Baltimore Ravens – Removed black pants from road uniforms.


  • New York Jets – Re-adopted their 1960s logo and uniform design.


  • Jacksonville Jaguars – Removed black side panels on uniforms.


  • San Diego Chargers – Returned navy pants on road uniforms.


  • San Francisco 49ers – New gold pants.


  • Detroit Lions – New Honolulu blue numbers on road uniforms and Honolulu blue road pants with gray socks.



Coaching changes




  • Oakland Raiders – Jon Gruden; replaced Joe Bugel, who was fired after the '97 season.


  • Indianapolis Colts – Jim Mora; replaced Lindy Infante, who was fired after the '97 season.


  • Dallas Cowboys – Chan Gailey; replaced Barry Switzer, who resigned after the '97 season.


  • Buffalo Bills – Wade Phillips; replaced Marv Levy, who retired after the '97 season.



Television


This was the first season that CBS held the rights to televise American Football Conference games, taking over the package from NBC. Meanwhile, this was the first time that ESPN broadcast all of the Sunday night games throughout the season (this was also the first season in which ESPN's coverage used the Monday Night Football themes, before reverting to using an original theme in 2001). This was also the first season were the late games kickoff at 4:05pm ET & 4:15pm ET due to the 1:00pm games still going on pass 4pm to give more time for viewers to finish the 1pm games before they catch the late games before they kickoff. The 4:15pm games lasted until the 2011 season.



Final regular season standings











Tiebreakers



  • Miami finished ahead of Buffalo in the AFC East based on better net division points (6 to Bills’ 0).

  • Oakland finished ahead of Seattle in the AFC West based on head-to-head sweep (2–0).

  • Carolina finished ahead of St. Louis in the NFC West based on head-to-head sweep (2–0).



Playoffs

















































































































































































































































 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Jan. 3 – Alltel Stadium
 
Jan. 10 – Giants Stadium
 
 

 
 
 




 6
 New England
 10

 3
 Jacksonville
 24

 3
 Jacksonville
 25
 
 
Jan. 17 – Mile High Stadium

 2
 NY Jets
 34
 




AFC

Jan. 2 – Pro Player Stadium
 2
 NY Jets
 10

Jan. 9 – Mile High Stadium

 
 1
 Denver
 23
 


 5
 Buffalo
 17

AFC Championship

 4
 Miami
 3

 4
 Miami
 24
 
Jan. 31 – Pro Player Stadium

 1
 Denver
 38
 


Wild card playoffs
 


Divisional playoffs

Jan. 3 – 3Com Park
 A1
 Denver
 34

Jan. 9 – Georgia Dome

 
 N2
 Atlanta
 19


 5
 Green Bay
 27

Super Bowl XXXIII

 4
 San Francisco
 18

 4
 San Francisco
 30
 
 
Jan. 17 – Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

 2
 Atlanta
 20
 




NFC

Jan. 2 – Texas Stadium
 2
 Atlanta
 30*

Jan. 10 – Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

 
 1
 Minnesota
 27
 


 6
 Arizona
 20

NFC Championship

 6
 Arizona
 21

 3
 Dallas
 7
 

 1
 Minnesota
 41
 




* Indicates overtime victory




Statistical leaders



Team



































Points scored Minnesota Vikings (556)
Total yards gained San Francisco 49ers (6,800)
Yards rushing San Francisco 49ers (2,544)
Yards passing Minnesota Vikings (4,328)
Fewest points allowed Miami Dolphins (265)
Fewest total yards allowed San Diego Chargers (4,208)
Fewest rushing yards allowed San Diego Chargers (1,140)
Fewest passing yards allowed Philadelphia Eagles (2,720)


Individual



























































Scoring
Gary Anderson, Minnesota (164 points)
Touchdowns
Terrell Davis, Denver (23 TDs)
Most field goals made
Al Del Greco, Tennessee (36 FGs)
Rushing Terrell Davis, Denver (2,008 yards)
Passing
Randall Cunningham, Minnesota, (106.0 rating)
Passing touchdowns
Steve Young, San Francisco (36 TDs)
Pass receiving
O.J. McDuffie, Miami (90 catches)
Pass receiving yards
Antonio Freeman, Green Bay (1,424)
Receiving touchdowns
Randy Moss, Minnesota (17 touchdowns)
Punt returns
Deion Sanders, Dallas (15.6 average yards)
Kickoff returns
Terry Fair, Detroit (28.0 average yards)
Interceptions
Ty Law, New England (8)
Punting
Craig Hentrich, Tennessee (47.2 average yards)
Sacks
Michael Sinclair, Seattle (16.5)


Awards







































Most Valuable Player
Terrell Davis, Running back, Denver
Coach of the Year
Dan Reeves, Atlanta
Offensive Player of the Year Terrell Davis, Running back, Denver
Defensive Player of the Year
Reggie White, Defensive end, Green Bay
Offensive Rookie of the Year
Randy Moss, Wide receiver, Minnesota
Defensive Rookie of the Year
Charles Woodson, Cornerback, Oakland
NFL Comeback Player of the Year
Doug Flutie, Quarterback, Buffalo
NFL Man of the Year
Dan Marino, Quarterback, Miami
Super Bowl Most Valuable Player
John Elway, Quarterback, Denver


Draft


The 1998 NFL Draft was held from April 17 to 18, 1998 at New York City's Theater at Madison Square Garden. With the first pick, the Indianapolis Colts selected quarterback Peyton Manning from the University of Tennessee.



External links



  • Football Outsiders 1998 DVOA Ratings and Commentary

  • Pro Football Reference.com – 1998



References





  1. ^ "New York eyes 19–0, but there's no rush" in Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 16, 1998


  2. ^ Freeman, Mike; "Chasing Perfection and Taking Questions; Voluble Broncos Are 13–0 and Ready to Talk" in The New York Times, December 9, 1998


  3. ^ 1998 DVOA Ratings and Commentary


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