1998 Chicago Bears season












1998 Chicago Bears season
Head coachDave Wannstedt
Home fieldSoldier Field
Results
Record4–12
Division place5th NFC Central
Playoff finishdid not qualify

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The 1998 Chicago Bears season was their 79th regular season completed in the National Football League (NFL). The club posted a 4–12 record under head coach Dave Wannstedt. It was the club's second straight 4–12 finish, which ultimately cost Wannstedt his job.




Contents





  • 1 Offseason

    • 1.1 NFL draft



  • 2 Personnel

    • 2.1 Staff


    • 2.2 Roster



  • 3 Regular season

    • 3.1 Schedule


    • 3.2 Standings



  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Offseason



NFL draft


























































1998 Chicago Bears draft
Round
Pick
Player
Position
College
Notes
1
5

Curtis Enis 

Running back

Penn State

2
35

Tony Parrish 

Safety

Washington

3
64

Olin Kreutz * 

Center
Washington

4
94

Alonzo Mayes 

Tight end

Oklahoma State

6
157

Chris Draft 

Linebacker

Stanford

6
189

Patrick Mannelly 

Offensive tackle

Duke

7
217

Chad Overhauser 
Offensive tackle

UCLA

7
232

Moses Moreno 

Quarterback

Colorado State


      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[1]



Personnel



Staff







1998 Chicago Bears staff



Front office
  • Chairman of the Board – Ed McCaskey

  • President and Chief Executive Officer – Michael McCaskey

  • Vice President of Operations – Ted Phillips

  • Vice President of Player Personnel – Mark Hatley

  • Director of College Scouting – Bill Rees

  • Director of Pro Personnel – Rick Spielman

Head coaches


  • Head Coach – Dave Wannstedt

  • Assistant Head Coach – Tony Wise

Offensive coaches


  • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Matt Cavanaugh

  • Running Backs – Joe Brodsky

  • Wide Receivers – Ivan Fears

  • Tight Ends – Tom Rossley

  • Offensive Line – Tony Wise




Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator – Bob Slowik

  • Defensive Line – Clarence Brooks

  • Linebackers – Carlos Mainord

  • Defensive Backs – Greg Schiano

Special teams coaches


  • Special Teams – Keith Armstrong

Strength and conditioning


  • Physical Development Coordinator – Russ Riederer

  • Assistant Physical Development Coordinator – Steve Little


Roster










1998 Chicago Bears roster



Quarterbacks

  •  4 Moses Moreno


  • 12 Erik Kramer


  • 18 Steve Stenstrom

Running backs



  • 20 James Allen


  • 32 Edgar Bennett


  • 38 Robert Chancey FB


  • 39 Curtis Enis


  • 49 Ty Hallock FB


  • 24 Glyn Milburn KR/PR


  • 33 Bam Morris

Wide receivers



  • 82 Fabien Bownes


  • 80 Curtis Conway


  • 81 Bobby Engram


  • 86 Chris Penn


  • 88 Marcus Robinson

Tight ends



  • 84 John Allred


  • 85 Alonzo Mayes


  • 89 Ryan Wetnight



Offensive linemen

  • 64 Andy Heck T


  • 74 Jimmy Herndon T


  • 67 Greg Huntington G


  • 57 Olin Kreutz C


  • 75 Todd Perry G


  • 58 Chris Villarrial G


  • 60 Casey Wiegmann C


  • 71 James Williams T

Defensive linemen



  • 99 Jim Flanigan DT


  • 93 Paul Grasmanis DT


  • 76 Shawn Lee DE


  • 68 Carl Reeves DE


  • 98 Bryan Robinson DE


  • 91 John Thierry DE


  • 95 Mark Thomas DE


  • 97 Mike Wells DT



Linebackers

  • 52 Andre Collins OLB


  • 96 Chris Draft LB


  • 53 Lemanski Hall OLB


  • 55 Sean Harris OLB


  • 54 Ricardo McDonald OLB


  • 92 Barry Minter MLB


  • 59 Jim Schwantz MLB

Defensive backs



  • 36 Ray Austin FS


  • 30 Ricky Bell CB


  • 23 Marty Carter SS


  • 25 Tom Carter CB


  • 21 Terry Cousin CB


  • 46 Marlon Forbes SS


  • 27 Walt Harris CB


  • 47 Randy Hilliard CB


  • 26 John Mangum FS


  • 37 Tony Parrish FS


  • 29 Frankie Smith CB

Special teams



  •  2 Mike Horan P


  •  1 Jeff Jaeger K


  • 65 Patrick Mannelly LS


  • 16 Todd Sauerbrun P



Reserve lists



Rookies in italics


[2]



Regular season



Schedule










































































































Week
Date
Opponent
Result
TV Time
Attendance
1
September 6, 1998

Jacksonville Jaguars
L 24–23
CBS 12:00pm

55,614
2
September 13, 1998
at Pittsburgh Steelers
L 17–12
FOX 12:00pm

59,084
3
September 20, 1998
at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
L 27–15
FOX 3:15pm

64,328
4
September 27, 1998

Minnesota Vikings
L 31–28
FOX 3:15pm

57,783
5
October 4, 1998

Detroit Lions
W 31–27
FOX 12:00pm

66,944
6
October 11, 1998
at Arizona Cardinals
L 20–7
FOX 3:05 pm

50,495
7
October 18, 1998

Dallas Cowboys
W 13–12
FOX 3:15pm

59,201
8
October 25, 1998
at Tennessee Oilers
W 23–20
FOX 3:15pm

40,089
9

Bye
10
November 8, 1998

St. Louis Rams
L 20–12
FOX 12:00pm

50,263
11
November 15, 1998
at Detroit Lions
L 26–3
ESPN 7:15pm

63,152
12
November 22, 1998
at Atlanta Falcons
L 20–13
FOX 12:00pm

60,804
13
November 29, 1998

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
L 31–17
FOX 12:00pm

51,938
14
December 6, 1998
at Minnesota Vikings
L 48–22
ESPN 7:15pm

64,247
15
December 13, 1998
at Green Bay Packers
L 26–20
FOX 12:00pm

59,813
16
December 20, 1998

Baltimore Ravens
W 24–3
CBS 12:00pm

40,853
17
December 27, 1998

Green Bay Packers
L 16–13
FOX 12:00pm

58,393


Standings



















































NFC Central



W

L

T

PCT

PF

PA

STK
(1) Minnesota Vikings
15
1
0
.938
556
296
W8
(5) Green Bay Packers
11
5
0
.688
408
319
W3

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8
8
0
.500
314
295
W1

Detroit Lions
5
11
0
.313
306
378
L4

Chicago Bears
4
12
0
.250
276
368
L1


References




  1. ^ "1998 Chicago Bears draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "1998 Chicago Bears starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2014.




External links





  • 1998 Chicago Bears at Pro-Football-Reference.com








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