1944 Arkansas
5–5–1 (2–2–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Glen Rose. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Arkansas Monticello 41–0Dec 2
By 41 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | at Missouri | W 7–6 | 25% |
| Sep 29 | at Oklahoma State | L 0–19 | 29% |
| Oct 7 | at TCU | T 6–6 | 30% |
| Oct 14 | vsNorman Naval Air Station | L 7–27 | 72% |
| Oct 21 | vs Texas | L 0–19 | 25% |
| Oct 28 | vs Ole Miss | W 26–18 | 33% |
| Nov 4 | at Texas A&M | W 7–6 | 18% |
| Nov 11 | vs Rice | W 12–7 | 53% |
| Nov 18 | at SMU | L 12–20 | 47% |
| Nov 23 | at Tulsa | L 2–33 | 16% |
| Dec 2 | vsArkansas Monticello | W 41–0 | 79% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Arkansas Monticello 41–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 118th-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 1944.
- Record
- 5–5–1
- Conference
- 2–2–1 3rd in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 120–161
- Coach
- Glen Rose
- Elo
- 1376 −16 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −3.7 No. 56 of 95 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Lamar Dingler and James Young
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Mike SchumchykEAP-1
Second team
- Henry FordOGAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1944 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1944 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 3–1–1 | 7–3–1 | |
| Texas | 3–2 | 5–4 | |
| Arkansas | 2–2–1 | 5–5–1 | |
| Texas A&M | 2–3 | 7–4 | |
| SMU | 2–3 | 5–5 | |
| Rice | 2–3 | 5–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.