1998 Final Statistics
Overall Record: 2-9;
C-USA Record: 1-5;
Home: 2-4;
Away: 0-5;
Neutral: 0-0
1998 RESULTS
| Date | Opponent | Score | Attendance |
| 9/5 | at Mississippi | L, 10-31 | 46,191 |
| 9/12 | Mississippi State | L, 6-14 | 28,467 |
| 9/19 | atMinnesota | L, 14-41 | 35,919 |
| 10/3 | at Houston | L,14-35 | 13,140 |
| 10/10 | Arkansas | L, 9-23 | 42,766 |
| 10/17 | Cincinnati | W, 41-23 | 17,252 |
| 10/24 | at Louisville | L, 32-35 | 39,247 |
| 10/31 | Arkansas State | W, 35-19 | 18,142 |
| 11/7 | Tulane | L, 31-41 | 18,192 |
| 11/14 | at Southern Miss | L,3-45 | 19,132 |
| 11/21 | East Carolina | L, 31-34 | 16,052 |
Overall Attendance: 294,500 (26,773)
Home Attendance: 140,871 (23,478)
Away Attendance: 153,269 (30,726)
SCORE BY QUARTERS
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Game |
| U of M | 62 | 47 | 44 | 73 | 226 | 20.5 |
| OPP | 89 | 102 | 71 | 78 | 340 | 30.9 |
TEAM STATISTICS
| | U of M | OPP |
| First Downs | | 184 | 244 |
| Rushing/Passing | 84/89 | 95/132 |
| Penalty | 11 | 17 |
| Total Net Yards | | 3589 | 5008 |
| Total Plays | 716 | 817 |
| Plays per Game | 65.1 | 74.3 |
| Avg per Play | 5.0 | 6.1 |
| Avg per Game | 326.3 | 455.3 |
| Net Rushing Yards | | 1534 | 1918 |
| Rushing Yds Gained | 1878 | 2242 |
| Rushing Yds Lost | 344 | 324 |
| Total Attempts | 396 | 447 |
| Avg per Play | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Avg per Game | 139.5 | 174.4 |
| Net Passing Yards | | 2055 | 3090 |
| Att/Comp/Int | 320/147/12 | 370/224/8 |
| Avg per Att | 6.4 | 8.4 |
| Avg per Comp | 14.0 | 13.8 |
| Avg per Game | 186.8 | 280.9 |
| Punts/Avg/Blk | | 71/39.4/1 | 49/39.1/1 |
| Avg Punts per Game | 6.4 | 4.5 |
| Punt Ret/Yds/Avg | | 13/72/5.5 | 36/293/8.1 |
| Net Punting | 35.3 | 37.6 |
| Kickoff Ret/Yds/Avg | | 50/1025/20.5 | 38/711/18.7 |
| Returns Per Game | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| Interceptions/Yds | | 8/108 | 12/271 |
| Avg Yds Per Ret | 13.5 | 22.3 |
| Fumbles/Lost | | 17/7 | 17/12 |
| Penalties/Yds | | 75/651 | 93/794 |
| Yds Penalized/Game | 59.1 | 72.1 |
| 3rd Dwn Cnv/Att/Pct | | 42/158/27.0 | 72/168/43.0 |
| Time of Possession | | 28:13 | 31:47 |
| 2 PT Safety | | 0 | 0 |
RUSHING
| G | ATT | YDG | YDL | YDS | AVG | TD | LG |
| Gerard Arnold | 11 | 208 | 1113 | 54 | 1059 | 5.1 | 6 | 41 |
| Teofilo Riley | 11 | 78 | 509 | 24 | 485 | 6.2 | 6 | 55 |
| Jeremy Scruggs | 10 | 24 | 119 | 6 | 113 | 4.7 | 2 | 29 |
| Rashad Bailey | 6 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Damien Dodson | 10 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Brandon Tucker | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Torri Harmon | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Floyd | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cande | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Graves | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | -13 | -13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Step. Galbraith | 5 | 17 | 40 | 58 | -18 | -1.1 | 0 | 12 |
| Kenton Evans | 7 | 27 | 46 | 77 | -31 | -1.1 | 1 | 9 |
| Neil Suber | 7 | 24 | 13 | 86 | -73 | -3.0 | 0 | 2 |
| MEM | 11 | 396 | 1878 | 344 | 1534 | 3.9 | 15 | 55 |
| OPP | 11 | 447 | 2242 | 324 | 1918 | 4.3 | 18 | 93 |
PASSING
| G | ATT | COM | INT | YDS | PCT | TD | LG |
| Kenton Evans | 7 | 161 | 72 | 6 | 877 | 44.7 | 2 | 43 |
| Neil Suber | 7 | 124 | 61 | 4 | 930 | 49.2 | 5 | 82 |
| Steph. Galbraith | 5 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 231 | 38.2 | 3 | 92 |
| Michael Harris | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1.000 | 0 | 17 |
| MEM | 11 | 320 | 147 | 12 | 2055 | 45.9 | 10 | 92 |
| OPP | 11 | 370 | 224 | 8 | 3090 | 60.5 | 21 | 77 |
RECEIVING
| G | NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | AVG/G |
| Damien Dodson | 10 | 42 | 753 | 17.9 | 2 | 92 | 75.3 |
| Boo Blevins | 10 | 30 | 375 | 12.5 | 2 | 29 | 37.5 |
| Richie Floyd | 11 | 29 | 437 | 15.1 | 2 | 34 | 39.7 |
| Billy Kendall | 11 | 19 | 252 | 13.3 | 2 | 51 | 25.2 |
| Al Sermon | 7 | 8 | 122 | 15.2 | 1 | 52 | 17.4 |
| Gerard Arnold | 11 | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 1 | 9 | 2.7 |
| Patrick Willis | 4 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 9 | 4.0 |
| Teofilo Riley | 11 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 22 | 2.3 |
| Ken Coutain | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 15 | 5.0 |
| Jeremy Scruggs | 10 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 1.8 |
| Tavares Middlebrooks | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.4 |
| Rashad Bailey | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 |
| MEM | 11 | 147 | 2055 | 14.0 | 10 | 92 | 186.8 |
| OPP | 11 | 224 | 3090 | 13.8 | 21 | 77 | 280.9 |
PUNTING
| G | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BK | IN20 |
| Ben Graves | 7 | 40 | 1551 | 38.8 | 51 | 0 | 8 |
| Jim Cande | 6 | 30 | 1249 | 41.6 | 59 | 1 | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MEM | 11 | 71 | 2800 | 39.4 | 59 | 1 | 12 |
| OPP | 11 | 49 | 1916 | 39.1 | 57 | 1 | 14 |
PUNT RETURNS
| G | NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LG |
| Damien Dodson | 10 | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 0 | 15 |
| Boo Blevins | 10 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| MEM | 11 | 13 | 72 | 5.5 | 0 | 16 |
| OPP | 11 | 36 | 293 | 8.1 | 1 | 31 |
FIELD GOALS
| G | 10-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | TOT | LG | BLK |
| Ryan White | 11 | 4-4 | 8-8 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 16-16 | 52 | 0 |
| MEM | 11 | 4-4 | 8-8 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 16-16 | 52 | 0 |
| OPP | 11 | 5-5 | 3-8 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 12-20 | 48 | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS
| G | NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LG |
| Keith Cobb | 10 | 19 | 432 | 22.7 | 0 | 58 |
| P.T. Jones | 7 | 15 | 314 | 20.9 | 0 | 37 |
| Boo Blevins | 10 | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 0 | 24 |
| Teofio Riley | 11 | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 0 | 38 |
| Torri Harmon | 11 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 21 |
| Jeremy Scruggs | 10 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Jeremy Stewart | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| MEM | 11 | 50 | 1025 | 20.5 | 0 | 58 |
| OPP | 11 | 38 | 711 | 18.7 | 0 | 36 |
TOTAL OFFENSE
| G | PLYS | RUSH | PASS | TOT | AVG |
| Gerard Arnold | 11 | 208 | 1059 | 0 | 1059 | 96.3 |
| Neil Suber | 7 | 148 | -73 | 930 | 857 | 122.4 |
| Kenton Evans | 7 | 188 | -31 | 877 | 846 | 120.9 |
| Teofilo Riley | 11 | 78 | 485 | 0 | 485 | 44.1 |
| Steph. Galbraith | 5 | 51 | -18 | 231 | 213 | 42.6 |
| Jeremy Scruggs | 10 | 24 | 113 | 0 | 113 | 11.3 |
| Michael Harris | 11 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 1.6 |
| Rashad Bailey | 6 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2.5 |
| Damien Dodson | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.9 |
| Brandon Tucker | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Torri Harmon | 11 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Richie Floyd | 11 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Jim Cande | 6 | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | -1.7 |
| Ben Graves | 7 | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13 | -1.9 |
| MEM | 11 | 716 | 1534 | 2055 | 3589 | 326.3 |
| OPP | 11 | 817 | 1918 | 3090 | 5008 | 455.3 |
INTERCEPTIONS
| G | POS | NO | YDS | TD | LG |
| Jeremy Stewart | 11 | DB | 2 | 29 | 0 | 21 |
| Keith Cobb | 10 | DB | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Glenn Sumter | 7 | DB | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Mike McKenzie | 11 | DB | 1 | 66 | 0 | 66 |
| Caspor Stiles | 11 | LB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MEM | 11 | | 8 | 108 | 0 | 66 |
| OPP | 11 | | 12 | 271 | 3 | 83 |
SCORING
| G | TDS | EXP | 2XP | FG | SAF | TP | |
| Ryan White | 11 | 0 | 22-22 | 0 | 16-16 | 0 | 70 |
| Gerard Arnold | 11 | 7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 44 |
| Teofilo Riley | 11 | 6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 36 |
| Damien Dodson | 10 | 2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 14 |
| Boo Blevins | 11 | 2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 14 |
| Richie Floyd | 11 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 12 |
| Billy Kendall | 11 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 12 |
| Jeremy Scruggs | 10 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 12 |
| Al Sermon | 7 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kenton Evans | 7 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 |
| MEM | 11 | 25 | 22-22 | 3-3 | 16-16 | 0 | 226 |
| OPP | 11 | 44 | 40-43 | 0-0 | 12-20 | 0 | 340 |
ALL-PURPOSE
| RUN | REC | PR | KOR | OTH | YPG | TOT |
| Gerard Arnold | 1059 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 1089 |
| Damien Dodson | 9 | 753 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 81.8 | 818 |
| Teofilo Riley | 485 | 25 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 56.7 | 624 |
| Boo Blevins | 0 | 375 | 16 | 91 | 0 | 48.2 | 482 |
| Kevin Cobb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 432 | 0 | 39.8 | 438 |
| Richie Floyd | -2 | 437 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 39.5 | 435 |
| P.T. Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 314 | 0 | 44.9 | 314 |
| Billy Kendall | 0 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 252 |
| Jeremy Scruggs | 113 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 14.9 | 149 |
| Al Sermon | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.4 | 122 |
| Jeremy Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 7.5 | 83 |
| Mike McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 6.6 | 66 |
| Torri Harmon | -1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 7.9 | 55 |
| Ken Coutain | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 20 |
| Rashad Bailey | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 18 |
| Patrick Willis | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 16 |
| Others | -144 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -11.4 | -126 |
| MEM | 1534 | 2055 | 72 | 1025 | 108 | 442.0 | 4862 |
| OPP | 1918 | 3090 | 293 | 711 | 271 | 571.6 | 6288 |
DEFENSE
| G | UT | A | TOT | TFL | SACK | FR | PB |
| Kamal Shakir | 11 | 54 | 33 | 87 | 4-18 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Mike McKenzie | 10 | 65 | 15 | 80 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Caspor Stiles | 11 | 43 | 29 | 72 | 5-18 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Reginald Howard | 11 | 52 | 17 | 69 | 4-9 | 1-9 | 2-0 | 2 |
| DeMorrio Shank | 11 | 35 | 26 | 61 | 2-14 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Idrees Bashir | 9 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Calvin Lewis | 11 | 31 | 20 | 51 | 4-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Stewart | 11 | 29 | 20 | 49 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-54 | 6 |
| Marquis Bowling | 11 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 4-36 | 5-36 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Marcus Bell | 11 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Michael Boatman | 11 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| T.J. Frier | 11 | 27 | 11 | 38 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 1-0 | 1 |
| Keith Cobb | 11 | 32 | 2 | 34 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Manny Santibanez | 11 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 3-14 | 3-16 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Tramont Lawless | 8 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 3-25 | 4-38 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Glenn Sumter | 7 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Corey Irby | 9 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 2-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Ian Williams | 9 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Kosha Irby | 5 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Keydrin Ward | 8 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Fred Powell | 9 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Andre Arnold | 4 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Slaton | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 |
| Michael Stone | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-14 | 0 |
| Jeff Bazemore | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Rodney Lanctot | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Ross Estes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Ryan White | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Chance Nesbitt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Joe Rocconi | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Tommy Vollmar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jim Cande | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 11 | 623 | 328 | 951 | 45-200 | 25-190 | 12-68 | 41 |
Blocked Field Goal (1): Shank
