1943 Arkansas
2–7 (1–4 Southwest Conference), coached by John Tomlin. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Missouri–Rolla 59–0Sep 25
By 59 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | vsMissouri–Rolla | W 59–0 | 86% |
| Oct 2 | vs TCU | L 0–13 | 42% |
| Oct 9 | vsMonticello Navy | L 12–20 | 83% |
| Oct 16 | at Texas | L 0–34 | 16% |
| Oct 30 | vs 19Texas A&M | L 0–13 | 23% |
| Nov 6 | at Rice | L 7–20 | 29% |
| Nov 13 | vs SMU | W 14–12 | 42% |
| Nov 19 | vs Oklahoma State | L 13–19 | 39% |
| Nov 25 | at 20Tulsa | L 0–61 | 10% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Tulsa 61–0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).
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 1943.
- Record
- 2–7
- Conference
- 1–4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 105–192
- Coach
- John Tomlin
- Elo
- 1339 −97 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −15.7 No. 65 of 76 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Lamar Dingler and Ben Jones
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Leon PenseOGAP-1
Second team
Al BaldwinEAP-2- James YoungOTAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1943 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5–0 | 7–1–1 | 14 |
| Texas A&M | 4–1 | 7–2–1 | |
| Rice | 2–3 | 3–7 | |
| SMU | 2–3 | 2–7 | |
| TCU | 1–4 | 2–6 | |
| Arkansas | 1–4 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.