1998 National Football League Season
The 1998 NFL season was the 79th regular season of the National Football League.
The Tennessee Oilers moved their home games from Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis to Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, still awaiting construction on a new stadium (Adelphia Coliseum) in Nashville.
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).
Football Outsiders noted "1998 was the last hurrah for the great quarterbacks who came into the league in the 1980s. The top four QBs were all over 35: Vinny Testaverde, Randall Cunningham, Steve Young, and John Elway. Troy Aikman, age 32, was fifth. Dan Marino was 11th in his last good year."
The season ended with Super Bowl XXXIII when the Denver Broncos defeated the Atlanta Falcons.
Read more about 1998 National Football League Season: Major Rule Changes, 1998 Coaching Changes, Final Regular Season Standings, Playoffs, Awards
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