1956 Arkansas
6–4 (3–3 Southwest Conference), coached by Jack Mitchell. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 10 Ole Miss 14–0Oct 27
Ole Miss was ranked No. 10, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vsHardin Simmons | W 21–6 | 70% |
| Sep 29 | vs Oklahoma State | W 19–7 | 67% |
| Oct 6 | at 8TCU | L 6–41 | 32% |
| Oct 13 | vs 10Baylor | L 7–14 | 51% |
| Oct 20 | at Texas | W 32–14 | 48% |
| Oct 27 | vs 10Ole Miss | W 14–0 | 43% |
| Nov 3 | at 5Texas A&M | L 0–27 | 38% |
| Nov 10 | vs Rice | W 27–12 | 63% |
| Nov 17 | vs SMU | W 27–13 | 66% |
| Nov 24 | vs LSU | L 7–21 | 77% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to LSU 21–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).
- Record
- 6–4
- Conference
- 3–3 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 160–155
- Coach
- Jack Mitchell
- Elo
- 1564 +19 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 8.5 No. 35 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Neil Martin and Ted Souter
Drafted in 1957
The 1957 draft| Rd 3 | Billy Ray Smith OT | Los Angeles Rams |
| Rd 3 | George Walker B | Cleveland Browns |
| Rd 5 | Ronnie Underwood B | Baltimore Colts |
All-Southwest Conference
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Gerald NesbittBAP-1; UP-2
Billy Ray Smith Sr.OTAP-1; UP-2
Second team
- Jay DonathanCAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1956 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 6–0 | 9–0–1 | 5 |
| TCU | 5–1 | 8–3 | 14 |
| Baylor | 4–2 | 9–2 | 11 |
| Arkansas | 3–3 | 6–4 | |
| SMU | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Rice | 1–5 | 4–6 | |
| Texas | 0–6 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.