1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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

1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football
SEC Western Division co-champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
BCSNo. 13
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 16
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)
1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

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*W 38–1747,562
September 196:00 pmSMU*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. 20ESPN2W 23–942,766
October 1712:00 pmat South CarolinaNo. 17PPVW 41–2867,930
October 311:00 pmat AuburnNo. 14PPVW 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. 10CBSL 24–28106,365
November 2111:30 amat Mississippi StateNo. 9JPSL 21–2236,656
November 271:30 pmLSUNo. 13
CBSW 41–1455,831
January 11:00 pmvs. No. 15 Michigan*No. 11ABCL 31–4563,584

Roster

1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Clint Stoerner Jr
RB 34 Madre Hill Sr
OT 69 Bobbie Williams Jr
OT 72 Chad Abernathy Sr
G 77 Brandon Burlsworth Sr
TE 85 Joe Dean Davenport Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 18 David Barrett Jr
FS 29 Kenoy Kennedy Jr
LB 53 Quenton Caver So
NG 96 Ryan Hale Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Michael Snowden

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRVRV22201715141110913111116
Coaches PollRVRVRV2419161212109913111117
BCSNot released121179131313Not released

References


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