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
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)
1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
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
    1. 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 pmSMUW 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 MichiganNo. 11ABCL 31–4563,584

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

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