1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football
SEC Western Division co-champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
BCSNo. 13
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 16
1998 record9–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHouston Nutt
Co-defensive coordinatorBobby Allen (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKeith Burns (1st season)
Home stadiumRazorback Stadium
(Capacity: 50,019)

War Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 53,727)
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 1 Tennessee x$#   8 – 0     13 – 0  
No. 5 Florida  %   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 14 Georgia   6 – 2     9 – 3  
Kentucky   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Vanderbilt   1 – 7     2 – 9  
South Carolina   0 – 8     1 – 10  
Western Division
Mississippi State xy   6 – 2     8 – 5  
No. 16 Arkansas x   6 – 2     9 – 3  
Alabama   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Ole Miss   3 – 5     7 – 5  
LSU   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Auburn   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Championship: Tennessee 24, Mississippi State 14
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1]

Houston Nutt became the first Arkansas head coach to win his first eight games, and the Razorbacks won a share of the 1998 SEC Western Division championship.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:00 pmSouthwestern Louisiana*
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 38–1747,562
September 196:00 pmSMU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
W 44–1755,544
September 265:00 pmNo. 22 Alabama
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
ESPN2W 42–651,763
October 35:00 pmKentuckyNo. 22
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
ESPN2W 27–2055,782
October 102:30 pmat Memphis*No. 20
ESPN2W 23–942,766
October 1712:00 pmat South CarolinaNo. 17
PPVW 41–2867,930
October 311:00 pmat AuburnNo. 14
PPVW 24–2178,439
November 711:30 amOle MissNo. 11
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)
JPSW 34–049,115
November 142:30 pmat No. 1 TennesseeNo. 10
CBSL 24–28106,365
November 2111:30 amat Mississippi StateNo. 9
JPSL 21–2236,656
November 271:30 pmLSUNo. 13
CBSW 41–1455,831
January 11:00 pmvs. No. 15 MichiganNo. 11
ABCL 31–4563,584
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll
  • All times are in Central time

Roster[]

1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 14 Clint Stoerner Jr
RB 34 Madre Hill Sr
OT 69 Bobbie Williams Jr
OT 72 Chad Abernathy Sr
OG 77 Brandon Burlsworth Sr
TE 85 Joe Dean Davenport Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 18 David Barrett Jr
FS 29 Kenoy Kennedy Jr
LB 53 So
NG 96 Ryan Hale Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Michael Snowden

Rankings[]

See also: 1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP NR NR RV RV 22 20 17 15 14 11 10 9 13 11 11 16 
Coaches Poll NR RV RV RV 24 19 16 12 12 10 9 9 13 11 11 17 
BCS Not released 12 11 7 9 13 13 13 Not released

References[]

  1. ^ "1998 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results".


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