1998 Nfl Season

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 broadcasted ''all'' of the Sunday night games throughout the season.

The season ended with Super Bowl XXXIII when the Denver Broncos defeated the Atlanta Falcons .

MAJOR RULE CHANGES

A defensive player can no longer flinch before the snap in an attempt to draw movement from an offensive linemen.

A team will be penalized immediately for having 12 players in a huddle even if the 12th player goes straight to the sideline as the huddle breaks.

The coin toss will be called before the coin itself is tossed, not while the coin is in the air. (This is a mid-season change resulting from a controversy during the Detroit Lions - Pittsburgh Steelers game on Thanksgiving Day, where conflicting calls were heard during the toss.)

FINAL STANDINGS

''W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against''

Tiebreakers

Miami finished ahead of Buffalo in the AFC East based on better net division points (6 to Bills' 0).

Oakland finished ahead of Seattle in the AFC West based on head-to-head sweep (2-0).

Carolina finished ahead of St. Louis in the NFC West based on head-to-head sweep (2-0).

PLAYOFFS

See Also: NFL playoffs, 1998-99

Home team in capitals

AFC

AFC Championship: DENVER 23, N.Y. Jets 10 at Mile High Stadium , Denver , Colorado , January 17 , 1999

NFC

NFC Championship: Atlanta 30, MINNESOTA 27 (OT) at Metrodome , Minneapolis , Minnesota , January 17, 1999

Super Bowl

Super Bowl XXXIII: Denver (AFC) 34, Atlanta (NFC) 19, at Pro Player Stadium , Miami, Florida , January 31 , 1999

STATISTICAL LEADERS

Team

Individual

AWARDS

REFERENCES

''Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League'' (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)

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