Arkansas vs. Houston
Arkansas and Houston first met in 1952 and have played 18 times; Arkansas leads the series 12–6. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Arkansas 9–1. Share
- Arkansas wins
- 12
- Houston wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1952
- Longest streak
- 8 Arkansas
- Current streak
- 1 Arkansas
- Last 10 meetings
- Arkansas 9–1
- Most recent
- 1991
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–1 |
- Both ranked
- 4 meetings: Arkansas 2, Houston 2; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 15.1 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Arkansas
- 6–3 Arkansas’s record at home
- At Houston
- 3–6 Houston’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Arkansas’s biggest win1982: Arkansas 38, Houston 3by 35 points
- Houston’s biggest win1990: Houston 62, Arkansas 28by 34 points
- Upset1952: Houston 17, Arkansas 7Houston had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1981: Houston 20, Arkansas 17Houston had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1979: Houston 13, Arkansas 10No. 6 Houston at No. 4 Arkansas
- Ranked showdown1978: Houston 20, Arkansas 9No. 9 Arkansas at No. 11 Houston
- Ranked showdown1989: Arkansas 45, Houston 39No. 12 Houston at No. 13 Arkansas
- Ranked showdown1976: Arkansas 14, Houston 7No. 15 Arkansas at No. 14 Houston
Coach against coach
| Years | Arkansas | Series | Houston |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–1983 | Lou Holtz | 3–4 | Bill Yeoman |
| 1984–1986 | Ken Hatfield | 3–0 | Bill Yeoman |
| 1987–1989 | Ken Hatfield | 3–0 | Jack Pardee |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas’s side (Holtz 3–4 against Yeoman). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1952 · Evening star, Sep 28, 1952
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 12, 1991 | Arkansas 29, Houston 17 | at Arkansas | ||
| Oct 27, 1990 | 6Houston 62, Arkansas 28 | at Houston | ||
| Oct 28, 1989 | 13Arkansas 45, 12Houston 39 | at Arkansas | ||
| Oct 22, 1988 | 13Arkansas 26, Houston 21 | at Houston | ||
| Oct 24, 1987 | Arkansas 21, Houston 17 | at Arkansas | ||
| Oct 25, 1986 | 14Arkansas 30, Houston 13 | at Houston | ||
| Oct 26, 1985 | 14Arkansas 57, Houston 27 | at Arkansas | ||
| Oct 27, 1984 | Arkansas 17, Houston 3 | at Houston | ||
| Oct 22, 1983 | Arkansas 24, Houston 3 | at Arkansas | ||
| Oct 23, 1982 | 6Arkansas 38, Houston 3 | at Houston | ||
| Oct 24, 1981 | Houston 20, 12Arkansas 17 | at Arkansas | ||
| Oct 25, 1980 | Houston 24, 15Arkansas 17 | at Houston | ||
| Oct 27, 1979 | 6Houston 13, 4Arkansas 10 | at Arkansas | ||
| Oct 28, 1978 | 11Houston 20, 9Arkansas 9 | at Houston | ||
| Oct 22, 1977 | 9Arkansas 34, Houston 0 | at Arkansas | ||
| Oct 23, 1976 | 15Arkansas 14, 14Houston 7 | at Houston | ||
| Nov 27, 1954 | 13Arkansas 19, Houston 0 | at Houston | ||
| Sep 27, 1952 | Houston 17, Arkansas 7 | at Arkansas |
Every game is listed as played on the field.