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1925 Arkansas

4–⁠4–⁠1 (0–⁠2–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Francis Schmidt.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1925, game by game: lost at Iowa 0–25; lost vs. Oklahoma Baptist 0–6; lost at Rice 9–13; won vs. Phillips 45–0; won vs. LSU 12–0; tied at SMU 0–0; lost at TCU 0–3; won vs. Oklahoma State 9–7; won at Tulsa 20–7+45−25Lost 0–25 at Iowa-25IowaLost 0–6 vs. Oklahoma Baptist-6Oklahoma BaptistLost 9–13 at Rice-4RiceWon 45–0 vs. Phillips+45PhillipsWon 12–0 vs. LSU+12LSUTied 0–0 at SMU0SMULost 0–3 at TCU-3TCUWon 9–7 vs. Oklahoma State+2Oklahoma StateWon 20–7 at Tulsa+13Tulsa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3atIowaL 0–⁠2531%
Oct 10vsOklahoma BaptistL 0–⁠688%
Oct 17atRiceL 9–⁠1349%
Oct 24vsPhillipsW 45–⁠081%
Oct 31vsLSUW 12–⁠057%
Nov 7atSMUT 0–⁠034%
Nov 14atTCUL 0–⁠348%
Nov 21vsOklahoma StateW 9–⁠766%
Nov 28atTulsaW 20–⁠773%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulsa 20–⁠7; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
4–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠2–⁠1 7th in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
95–⁠61
Coach
Francis Schmidt
Elo
1467 −30 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.1 No. 69 of 104 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Brad Scott

All-Southwest Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Curtis ParkerEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1925 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1925 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU2–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Texas A&M4–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Texas2–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
SMU1–⁠1–⁠25–⁠2–⁠2
Rice1–⁠2–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠3–⁠23–⁠5–⁠2
Arkansas0–⁠2–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1

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