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1949 Arkansas

5–⁠5 (2–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by John Barnhill.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1949, game by game: won vs. North Texas 33–19; won vs. TCU 27–7; lost at Baylor 13–35; lost vs. No. 16 Texas 14–27; won at Vanderbilt 7–6; won vs. Texas A&M 27–6; lost at No. 8 Rice 0–14; lost at No. 12 SMU 6–34; lost vs. William & Mary 0–20; won vs. Tulsa 40–7+33−28Won 33–19 vs. North Texas+14North TexasWon 27–7 vs. TCU+20TCULost 13–35 at Baylor-22BaylorLost 14–27 vs. No. 16 Texas-13No. 16 TexasWon 7–6 at Vanderbilt+1VanderbiltWon 27–6 vs. Texas A&M+21Texas A&MLost 0–14 at No. 8 Rice-14No. 8 RiceLost 6–34 at No. 12 SMU-28No. 12 SMULost 0–20 vs. William & Mary-20William & MaryWon 40–7 vs. Tulsa+33Tulsa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsNorth TexasW 33–⁠1988%
Oct 1vsTCUW 27–⁠753%
Oct 8atBaylorL 13–⁠3535%
Oct 15vs16TexasL 14–⁠2736%
Oct 22atVanderbiltW 7–⁠625%
Oct 29vsTexas A&MW 27–⁠675%
Nov 5at8RiceL 0–⁠1425%
Nov 12at12SMUL 6–⁠3423%
Nov 19vsWilliam & MaryL 0–⁠2049%
Nov 26vsTulsaW 40–⁠766%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulsa 40–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 81st-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 1949.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
167–⁠175
Coach
John Barnhill
Elo
1485 −13 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.7 No. 43 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Alvin Duke

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 2Leon Campbell BBaltimore Colts

All-Southwest Conference

4 second team

Second team

  • Geno MazzantiBUP-2
  • Leon CampbellBAP-2
  • Frank FischelEUP-2
  • John LunneyOTAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice6–⁠010–⁠15
Baylor4–⁠28–⁠220
TCU3–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Texas3–⁠36–⁠4
SMU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas2–⁠45–⁠5
Texas A&M0–⁠5–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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