1998 Robert Morris Colonials football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1998

| team = Robert Morris Colonials

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Northeast Conference

| short_conf = NEC

| record = 4–6

| conf_record = 4–1

| head_coach = Joe Walton

| hc_year = 5th

| off_coach =

| oc_year =

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Dan Radakovich

| dc_year = 4th

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Moon Stadium

| champion = NEC co-champion

}}

{{1998 Northeast Conference football standings}}

The 1998 Robert Morris Colonials football team represented Robert Morris College, now Robert Morris University, as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Colonials were led by 5th-year head coach Joe Walton and played their home games at Moon Stadium on the campus of Moon Area High School. The Colonials finished the 1998 season with their third consecutive NEC championship.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| attend = y

| timezone = Eastern

| September 5 | at | {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Buffalo State Bengals|title=Buffalo State}} | Coyer Field | Buffalo, NY | L 20–30 | 762

| September 12 | at | {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Dayton Flyers|title=Dayton}} | Welcome Stadium | Dayton, OH | L 22–31 | 4,376

| September 26 | | {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Central Connecticut State Blue Devils|title=Central Connecticut State}} | Moon Stadium | Moon Township, PA | W 42–17 | 2,673

| October 3 | at | Wagner | Wagner College Stadium | Staten Island, NY | W 42–17 | 1,194

| October 10 | | {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Valparaiso Crusaders|title=Valparaiso}} | Moon Stadium | Moon Township, PA | L 17–19 | 1,649

| October 17 | | {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Sacred Heart Pioneers|title=Sacred Heart}} | Moon Stadium | Moon Township, PA | W 44–7 | 1,081

| October 24 | | Monmouth | Moon Stadium | Moon Township, PA | L 26–27 | 1,258

| November 7 | at | {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Saint Francis Red Flash|title=Saint Francis}} | Pine Bowl | Loretto, PA | W 35–3 | 819

| November 14 | | {{cfb link|year=1998|team=New Haven Chargers|title=New Haven}} | Moon Stadium | Moon Township, PA | L 24–26 | 1,192

| November 21 | at | {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Duquesne Dukes|title=Duquesne}} | Rooney Field | Pittsburgh, PA | L 22–24 | 2,872

}}

{{cite web |title=2018 RMU Football Fact Book |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/rmu.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/3/22/2018_RMU_FOOTBALL_FACT_BOOK_1_.pdf |publisher=Robert Morris University |accessdate=July 24, 2020 |pages=9}}{{cite web |title=1998 Football Schedule |url=https://rmucolonials.com/sports/football/schedule/1998 |website=Robert Morris University Athletics |language=en |accessdate=July 24, 2020}}

References

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