The 1998 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
It was the program's 115th season and they finished as Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) champions after posting a 7–1 record in conference play.
[1][2] The Spiders earned a berth as the #3 seed into the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs, but were upset in the first round to 14-seed Lehigh, 23–24.
[1] Richmond was led by fourth-year head coach Jim Reid.
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