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1999 Arkansas

8–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Houston Nutt, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1999, game by game: won at SMU 26–0; won vs. UL Monroe 44–6; lost at Alabama 28–35; lost at Kentucky 20–31; won vs. Middle Tennessee 58–6; won vs. South Carolina 48–14; won vs. Auburn 34–10; lost at No. 23 Ole Miss 16–38; won vs. No. 3 Tennessee 28–24; won vs. No. 12 Mississippi State 14–9; lost at LSU 10–35; won vs. No. 14 Texas 27–6+52−25Won 26–0 at SMU+26SMUWon 44–6 vs. UL Monroe+38UL MonroeLost 28–35 at Alabama-7AlabamaLost 20–31 at Kentucky-11KentuckyWon 58–6 vs. Middle Tennessee+52Middle TennesseeWon 48–14 vs. South Carolina+34South CarolinaWon 34–10 vs. Auburn+24AuburnLost 16–38 at No. 23 Ole Miss-22No. 23 Ole MissWon 28–24 vs. No. 3 Tennessee+4No. 3 TennesseeWon 14–9 vs. No. 12 Mississippi State+5No. 12 Mississippi Sta…Lost 10–35 at LSU-25LSUWon 27–6 vs. No. 14 Texas+21No. 14 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atSMUW 26–⁠057%
Sep 18vsUL MonroeW 44–⁠681%
Sep 25atAlabamaL 28–⁠3551%
Oct 2atKentuckyL 20–⁠3157%
Oct 9vsMiddle TennesseeW 58–⁠691%
Oct 16vsSouth CarolinaW 48–⁠1485%
Oct 30vsAuburnW 34–⁠1068%
Nov 6at23Ole MissL 16–⁠3843%
Nov 13vs3TennesseeW 28–⁠2429%
Nov 20vs12Mississippi StateW 14–⁠956%
Nov 26atLSUL 10–⁠3571%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs14TexasCotton BowlW 27–⁠637%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas 27–⁠6 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 17 in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 22
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 4: 15
  5. Wk 5: 14
  6. Wk 6: 20
  7. Wk 13: 22
  8. Wk 14: 17
  9. Wk 15: 24
  10. Wk 16: 24
  11. Final: 17

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1999.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 17 peak No. 14
Points
353–⁠214
Coach
Houston Nutt
Elo
1608 +29 this season
SP+ rating
11.4 No. 31 of 114; offense No. 47, defense No. 26
SRS
10.7 No. 22 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinators
Bobby Allen and Keith Burns
Captains
David Barrett, Kenoy Kennedy, Anthony Lucas and Clint Stoerner

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 2Kenoy Kennedy DBDenver Broncos
Rd 2Bobbie Williams OGPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 4David Barrett DBArizona Cardinals
Rd 4Anthony Lucas WRGreen Bay Packers
Rd 6Emanuel Smith WRJacksonville Jaguars

All-SEC

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1999 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1999 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠110–⁠38
Florida7–⁠19–⁠412
Mississippi State6–⁠210–⁠213
Tennessee6–⁠29–⁠39
Georgia5–⁠38–⁠416
Ole Miss4–⁠48–⁠422
Arkansas4–⁠48–⁠417
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠65–⁠6
LSU1–⁠73–⁠8
South Carolina0–⁠80–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.