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1967 Arkansas

4–⁠5–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Broyles.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1967, game by game: lost vs. Oklahoma State 6–7; lost vs. Tulsa 12–14; won vs. TCU 26–0; tied at Baylor 10–10; lost vs. Texas 12–21; won vs. Kansas State 28–7; lost vs. Texas A&M 21–33; won at Rice 23–9; won at SMU 35–17; lost vs. Texas Tech 27–31+26−12Lost 6–7 vs. Oklahoma State-1Oklahoma StateLost 12–14 vs. Tulsa-2TulsaWon 26–0 vs. TCU+26TCUTied 10–10 at Baylor0BaylorLost 12–21 vs. Texas-9TexasWon 28–7 vs. Kansas State+21Kansas StateLost 21–33 vs. Texas A&M-12Texas A&MWon 23–9 at Rice+14RiceWon 35–17 at SMU+18SMULost 27–31 vs. Texas Tech-4Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsOklahoma StateL 6–⁠779%
Sep 30vsTulsaL 12–⁠1470%
Oct 7vsTCUW 26–⁠081%
Oct 14atBaylorT 10–⁠1058%
Oct 21vsTexasL 12–⁠2160%
Oct 28vsKansas StateW 28–⁠787%
Nov 4vsTexas A&ML 21–⁠3369%
Nov 11atRiceW 23–⁠956%
Nov 18atSMUW 35–⁠1764%
Nov 25vsTexas TechL 27–⁠3171%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas Tech 31–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 47th-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 1967.

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
200–⁠149
Coach
Frank Broyles
Elo
1570 −59 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.0 No. 40 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Charlie Coffey
Captains
Hartford Hamilton, Ernest Ruple and Larry Watkins
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 2Ernest Ruple OTPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 5Ronnie South QBNew Orleans Saints

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team

First team

  • Ernie RupleOTAP-1
  • Hartford HamiltonDEAP-1
  • David CooperDefensive guardsAP-1
  • Tommy TranthamDefensive halfbacksAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠17–⁠4
Texas Tech5–⁠26–⁠4
Texas4–⁠36–⁠4
TCU4–⁠34–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
SMU3–⁠43–⁠7
Rice2–⁠54–⁠6
Baylor0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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