1998 NFL season
| Regular season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | September 6 – December 28, 1998 |
| Playoffs | |
| Start date | January 2, 1999 |
| AFC Champions | Denver Broncos |
| NFC Champions | Atlanta Falcons |
| Super Bowl XXXIII | |
| Date | January 31, 1999 |
| Site | Pro Player Stadium, Miami |
| Champions | Denver Broncos |
| Pro Bowl | |
| Date | February 7, 1999 |
| Site | Aloha Stadium |
The 1998 NFL season was the 79th regular season of the National Football League.
The season culminated with Super Bowl XXXIII, with the Denver Broncos defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-19 at Pro Player Stadium. The Broncos had won their first thirteen games, the best start since the undefeated 1972 Dolphins, and were tipped by some to have a realistic chance at winning all nineteen games.The Minnesota Vikings became the first team since the 1968 Baltimore Colts to win all but one of their regular season games and not win the Super Bowl.
Football Outsiders noted "1998 was the last hurrah for the great quarterbacks who came into the league in the 1980s. The top four QBs [statistically] 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."
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).
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