The 1998 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 32nd as a member of the National Football League (NFL) and second under head coach Mike Ditka.
The Saints failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season, and after a promising start of 3âÂÂ0 only equalled their 6âÂÂ10 record of the previous season. In the process the Saints lost to the 0âÂÂ7 Carolina Panthers and were to follow this up the following season against the expansion Browns to become the only team since the NFL/AFL merger to lose to the last winless team in successive seasons.