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.
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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 1998 Arkansas Razorbacks footballSEC Western Division co championFlorida Citrus Bowl L 31 45 vs MichiganConferenceSoutheastern ConferenceDivisionWestern DivisionRankingCoachesNo 17APNo 16Record9 3 6 2 SEC Head coachHouston Nutt 1st season Offensive coordinatorHouston NuttCo defensive coordinatorBobby Allen 1st season Co defensive coordinatorKeith Burns 1st season Home stadiumRazorback Stadium Capacity 50 019 War Memorial Stadium Capacity 53 727 Seasons 19971999 1998 Southeastern Conference football standings vte 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 representativex Division champion co championsy Championship game participantRankings from AP Poll 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 Contents 1 Schedule 2 Roster 3 Rankings 4 ReferencesSchedule editDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 56 00 pmSouthwestern Louisiana Razorback StadiumFayetteville ARW 38 1747 562 September 196 00 pmSMU War Memorial StadiumLittle Rock ARW 44 1755 544 September 265 00 pmNo 22 AlabamaRazorback StadiumFayetteville ARESPN2W 42 651 763 October 35 00 pmKentuckyNo 22War Memorial StadiumLittle Rock ARESPN2W 27 2055 782 October 102 30 pmat Memphis No 20Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis TNESPN2W 23 942 766 October 1712 00 pmat South CarolinaNo 17Williams Brice StadiumColumbia SCPPVW 41 2867 930 October 311 00 pmat AuburnNo 14Jordan Hare StadiumAuburn ALPPVW 24 2178 439 November 711 30 amOle MissNo 11Razorback StadiumFayetteville AR rivalry JPSW 34 049 115 November 142 30 pmat No 1 TennesseeNo 10Neyland StadiumKnoxville TNCBSL 24 28106 365 November 2111 30 amat Mississippi StateNo 9Scott FieldStarkville MSJPSL 21 2236 656 November 271 30 pmLSUNo 13War Memorial StadiumLittle Rock AR Battle for the Golden Boot CBSW 41 1455 831 January 11 00 pmvs No 15 Michigan No 11Florida Citrus BowlOrlando FL Florida Citrus Bowl ABCL 31 4563 584 Non conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central timeRoster edit1998 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 Barry Lunney Jr Graduate assistant Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp Redshirt RosterMichael SnowdenRankings editSee also 1998 NCAA Division I A football rankings Ranking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked RV Received votesWeekPollPre1234567891011121314FinalAP RVRV22201715141110913111116Coaches Poll RVRVRV2419161212109913111117BCSNot released121179131313Not releasedReferences edit 1998 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results nbsp This college football 1990s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a sports team in Arkansas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football team amp oldid 1209954431, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
