1953 Arkansas
3–7 (2–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Bowden Wyatt. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Texas A&M 41–14Oct 31
By 27 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs Oklahoma State | L 6–7 | 49% |
| Oct 3 | vs TCU | W 13–6 | 36% |
| Oct 10 | at 9Baylor | L 7–14 | 22% |
| Oct 17 | vs Texas | L 7–16 | 30% |
| Oct 24 | vs Ole Miss | L 0–28 | 23% |
| Oct 31 | vs Texas A&M | W 41–14 | 35% |
| Nov 7 | at Rice | L 0–47 | 26% |
| Nov 14 | at SMU | L 7–13 | 23% |
| Nov 21 | vs LSU | L 8–9 | 46% |
| Nov 28 | vs Tulsa | W 27–7 | 56% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Tulsa 27–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 95th-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 1953.
- Record
- 3–7
- Conference
- 2–4 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 116–161
- Coach
- Bowden Wyatt
- Elo
- 1449 +24 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.3 No. 34 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Jim Speering and Ralph Troillett
Drafted in 1954
The 1954 draft| Rd 1 | Lamar McHan QB | Chicago Cardinals |
| Rd 6 | Floyd Sagely E | San Francisco 49ers |
All-Southwest Conference
2 first teamFirst team
Lamar McHanB
Floyd SagelyEAP-1; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1953 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 5–1 | 9–2 | 6 |
| Texas | 5–1 | 7–3 | 11 |
| Baylor | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
| SMU | 3–3 | 5–5 | |
| Arkansas | 2–4 | 3–7 | |
| Texas A&M | 1–5 | 4–5–1 | |
| TCU | 1–5 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.