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1936 Arkansas

7–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Fred Thomsen, finished No. 18 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1936, game by game: won vs. Pittsburg State 53–0; lost at TCU 14–18; won vs. Baylor 14–10; lost at George Washington 6–13; lost vs. No. 13 LSU 7–19; won at Texas A&M 18–0; won vs. Rice 20–14; won at No. 19 SMU 17–0; won at Tulsa 23–13; won vs. Texas 6–0+53−12Won 53–0 vs. Pittsburg State+53Pittsburg StateLost 14–18 at TCU-4TCUWon 14–10 vs. Baylor+4BaylorLost 6–13 at George Washington-7George Washingt…Lost 7–19 vs. No. 13 LSU-12No. 13 LSUWon 18–0 at Texas A&M+18Texas A&MWon 20–14 vs. Rice+6RiceWon 17–0 at No. 19 SMU+17No. 19 SMUWon 23–13 at Tulsa+10TulsaWon 6–0 vs. Texas+6Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsPittsburg StateW 53–⁠090%
Oct 3atTCUL 14–⁠1828%
Oct 10vsBaylorW 14–⁠1059%
Oct 16atGeorge WashingtonL 6–⁠1345%
Oct 24vs13LSUL 7–⁠1925%
Oct 31atTexas A&MW 18–⁠039%
Nov 7vsRiceW 20–⁠1451%
Nov 14at19SMUW 17–⁠034%
Nov 26atTulsaW 23–⁠1352%
Dec 3vsTexasW 6–⁠076%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas 6–⁠0; No. 18 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Final: 18

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 1936.

Southwest Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 18 peak No. 18
Points
178–⁠87
Coach
Fred Thomsen
Elo
1622 +109 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.6 No. 14 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Clifford Van Sickle

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Cliff Van SickleOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas5–⁠17–⁠318
TCU4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠216
Texas A&M3–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
SMU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Rice1–⁠55–⁠7
Texas1–⁠52–⁠6–⁠1

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