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1998 Philadelphia Eagles season
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NFL team season
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Philadelphia Eagles 1998 3–13 5th NFC East Ray Rhodes Jeffrey Lurie Veterans Stadium Did not qualify None Eagles seasons
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.1998 Philadelphia Eagles 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.Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1978 to 2012, in the regular season, sorted by ascending Points For. 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
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 ThomasOT Florida State 2 41 Traded to Pittsburgh 3 72 Jeremiah Trotter LBStephen 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 ReeseLBMichigan 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 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 coach – Ray Rhodes 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 coordinator – Emmitt Thomas
Defensive line – Mike Trgovac
Linebackers – Joe Vitt
Defensive backs – Danny Smith
Defensive assistant – Chuck Knox Jr. Special teams – John Harbaugh Strength and conditioning – Mike Wolf
Assistant strength and conditioning – Tom Kanavy
Roster
1998 Philadelphia Eagles 10 Koy Detmer
7 Bobby Hoying
9 Rodney Peete 27 James Bostic
39 Mike Reed fullback y
22 Duce Staley
34 Kevin Turner running back FB
29 Corey Walker KR 80 Irving Fryar
81 Jeff Graham
82 Karl Hankton
83 Dietrich Jells
88 Kevin McKenzie American football y
84 Freddie Solomon PR 85 Chris Fontenot y
49 Andrew Jordan American football 62 Ian Beckles G
76 Barrett Brooks T
77 Richard Cooper American football 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 y T 53 Hugh Douglas American football DE
90 Jon Harris American football DE
74 Ed Jasper DT
79 Greg Jefferson DE
73 Steve Martin defensive tackle DT
95 Henry Slay y DT
96 Al Wallace DE
98 Brandon Whiting y DE/DT 56 Mike Caldwell linebacker OLB
57 James Darling American football OLB
52 Jon Haskins y MLB
58 Ike Reese y OLB
51 William Thomas linebacker OLB
54 Jeremiah Trotter y MLB
50 James Willis American football MLB 20 Brian Dawkins FS
31 Al Harris cornerback CB
28 Clarence Love y CB
35 Anthony Marshall American football SS
24 Tim McTyer CB/S
20 Allen Rossum y CB
21 Bobby Taylor American football CB
23 Troy Vincent CB
37 Sean Woodson American football FS
36 Mike Zordich SS 18 Chris Boniol K
4 Tom Hutton American football P
68 Morris Unutoa LS 93 Chris Akins defensive tackle y DT NF-Inj.
87 Jason Dunn American football TE IR
30 Charlie Garner RB IR
97 Rhett Hall DT IR
33 Aaron Hayden American football RB IR
94 Bill Johnson defensive tackle DT IR
59 Mike Mamula DE IR
89 Kaseem Sinceno y TE IR
78 Hollis Thomas DT IR
75 Melvin Thomas football y G NF-Inj.
53 active, 10 inactive, 4 practice squad 3 Nick Gallery P
86 Harvey Middleton American football y WR
42 Marcus Wimberly S
63 Steve Zahursky y G/T
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, 1998 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, 1998 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
References
External links
1998 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com
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