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1946 Arkansas

6–⁠3–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by John Barnhill, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Arkansas, 1946
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1946, game by game: won vs. Northwestern State 21–14; tied at Oklahoma State 21–21; won at TCU 34–14; won vs. Baylor 13–0; lost at No. 3 Texas 0–20; lost vs. Ole Miss 7–9; won at Texas A&M 7–0; won vs. No. 5 Rice 7–0; won vs. SMU 13–0; lost at Tulsa 13–14; tied vs. No. 9 LSU 0–0+20−20Won 21–14 vs. Northwestern State+7Northwestern St…Tied 21–21 at Oklahoma State0Oklahoma StateWon 34–14 at TCU+20TCUWon 13–0 vs. Baylor+13BaylorLost 0–20 at No. 3 Texas-20No. 3 TexasLost 7–9 vs. Ole Miss-2Ole MissWon 7–0 at Texas A&M+7Texas A&MWon 7–0 vs. No. 5 Rice+7No. 5 RiceWon 13–0 vs. SMU+13SMULost 13–14 at Tulsa-1TulsaTied 0–0 vs. No. 9 LSU0No. 9 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsNorthwestern StateW 21–⁠1488%
Sep 28atOklahoma StateT 21–⁠2115%
Oct 5atTCUW 34–⁠1436%
Oct 12vsBaylorW 13–⁠055%
Oct 19at3TexasL 0–⁠2017%
Oct 26vsOle MissL 7–⁠964%
Nov 2atTexas A&MW 7–⁠032%
Nov 9vs5RiceW 7–⁠046%
Nov 16vsSMUW 13–⁠063%
Nov 28atTulsaL 13–⁠1424%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs9LSUCotton BowlT 0–⁠030%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied LSU 0–⁠0 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 16 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 63rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 14
  3. Wk 6: 17
  4. Wk 7: 11
  5. Wk 8: 10
  6. Final: 16

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 1946.

Southwest Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Rice

Record
6–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 shared first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 10
Points
136–⁠92
Coach
John Barnhill
Elo
1528 +124 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.5 No. 28 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Joyce Pipkin

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 4Al Baldwin EBoston Yanks
Rd 1Al Baldwin EBuffalo Bills (AAFC)

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Clyde ScottBAP-1; UP-1
  • Alton BaldwinEAP-1; UP-1
  • Charles LivelyOTAP-1; UP-2

Second team

  • Ken HollandBAP-2; UP-2
  • Aubrey FowlerBAP-2
  • Bill ThomasCAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice5–⁠19–⁠210
Arkansas5–⁠16–⁠3–⁠216
Texas4–⁠28–⁠215
Texas A&M3–⁠34–⁠6
SMU2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
TCU2–⁠42–⁠7–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠61–⁠8

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