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1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football
SEC Western Division co-champion
Florida Citrus Bowl, L 31–45 vs. Michigan
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 16
Record	9–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Houston Nutt (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Houston Nutt
Co-defensive coordinator	Bobby Allen (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Keith Burns (1st season)
Home stadium	Razorback Stadium (Capacity: 50,019) War Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 53,727)
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No.1Tennessee x$#	8	–	0	13	–	0
No.5Florida %	7	–	1	10	–	2
No.14Georgia	6	–	2	9	–	3
Kentucky	4	–	4	7	–	5
Vanderbilt	1	–	7	2	–	9
South Carolina	0	–	8	1	–	10
Western Division
Mississippi Statexy	6	–	2	8	–	5
No.16Arkansasx	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.

In the 9th game of the season, undefeated #10 Arkansas lost to eventual national champion #1 Tennessee in Knoxville, 24-28, due in large part to a fumble late in the game by Arkansas QB Clint Stoerner. Tennessee recovered the fumble and then drove the short field for the go-ahead touchdown with less than a minute to play. It is considered one of the most devastating losses in Razorback football history. The emotional hangover from that loss adversely affected Arkansas the following week, leading to an upset loss at Mississippi State, 21-22. Beating LSU in the season finale secured Arkansas a share of the division title and sent the 9-2 Razorbacks to the 1999 Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando on New Year's Day to play the Michigan Wolverines. In the first meeting ever between the two schools, the Tom Brady-led Wolverines won, 31-45, and Arkansas finished the season 9-3 and ranked #16 in the final AP Poll.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 pm	Southwestern Louisiana*		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR		W 38–17	47,562
September 19	6:00 pm	SMU*		War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		W 44–17	55,544
September 26	5:00 pm	No. 22Alabama		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	ESPN2	W 42–6	51,763
October 3	5:00 pm	Kentucky	No. 22	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	ESPN2	W 27–20	55,782
October 10	2:30 pm	atMemphis*	No. 20	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	ESPN2	W 23–9	42,766
October 17	12:00 pm	atSouth Carolina	No. 17	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	W 41–28	67,930
October 31	1:00 pm	atAuburn	No. 14	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	PPV	W 24–21	78,439
November 7	11:30 am	Ole Miss	No. 11	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	JPS	W 34–0	49,115
November 14	2:30 pm	at No. 1Tennessee	No. 10	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	CBS	L 24–28	106,365
November 21	11:30 am	atMississippi State	No. 9	Scott Field Starkville, MS	JPS	L 21–22	36,656
November 27	1:30 pm	LSU	No. 13	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (Battle for the Golden Boot)	CBS	W 41–14	55,831
January 1	1:00 pm	vs. No. 15Michigan*	No. 11	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	L 31–45	63,584
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

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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
G	`77`	Brandon Burlsworth	Sr
SE	`80`	Anthony Lucas	Jr
TE	`85`	Joe Dean Davenport	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`18`	David Barrett	Jr
FS	`29`	Kenoy Kennedy	Jr
LB	`53`	Quenton Caver	So
NG	`96`	Ryan Hale	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Houston Nutt

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Mike Markuson – Offensive line
Barry Lunney Jr. – Graduate assistant

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Michael Snowden

Rankings

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Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	—	RV	RV	22	20	17	15	14	11	10	9	13	11	11	16
Coaches Poll	—	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

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^ "1998 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results".

v t e Arkansas Razorbacks football
Venues	The Hill (1894–1937) Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (1938–present) Quigley Stadium (alternate, 1932–1947) War Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1948–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games LSU Missouri: Battle Line Rivalry Ole Miss Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech
Culture & lore	Calling the Hogs Tusk Big Red "Arkansas Fight" Marching band 1969 "Game of the Century" 2001 Ole Miss game 2003 Kentucky game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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