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1968 Arkansas

10–⁠1 (6–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Broyles, finished No. 6 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1968, game by game: won vs. Oklahoma State 32–15; won vs. Tulsa 56–13; won at TCU 17–7; won vs. Baylor 35–19; lost at No. 17 Texas 29–39; won vs. North Texas 17–15; won at Texas A&M 25–22; won vs. Rice 46–21; won vs. SMU 35–29; won at Texas Tech 42–7; won vs. No. 4 Georgia 16–2+43−10Won 32–15 vs. Oklahoma State+17Oklahoma StateWon 56–13 vs. Tulsa+43TulsaWon 17–7 at TCU+10TCUWon 35–19 vs. Baylor+16BaylorLost 29–39 at No. 17 Texas-10No. 17 TexasWon 17–15 vs. North Texas+2North TexasWon 25–22 at Texas A&M+3Texas A&MWon 46–21 vs. Rice+25RiceWon 35–29 vs. SMU+6SMUWon 42–7 at Texas Tech+35Texas TechWon 16–2 vs. No. 4 Georgia+14No. 4 Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsOklahoma StateW 32–⁠1568%
Sep 28vsTulsaW 56–⁠1362%
Oct 5atTCUW 17–⁠760%
Oct 12vsBaylorW 35–⁠1983%
Oct 19at17TexasL 29–⁠3946%
Oct 26vsNorth TexasW 17–⁠1563%
Nov 2atTexas A&MW 25–⁠2249%
Nov 9vsRiceW 46–⁠2186%
Nov 16vsSMUW 35–⁠2964%
Nov 23atTexas TechW 42–⁠759%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs4GeorgiaSugar BowlW 16–⁠240%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia 16–⁠2 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 6 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 20
  2. Wk 5: 14
  3. Wk 6: 9
  4. Wk 7: 16
  5. Wk 8: 17
  6. Wk 9: 14
  7. Wk 10: 10
  8. Wk 11: 9
  9. Wk 12: 8
  10. Wk 13: 9
  11. Final: 6

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 1968.

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Texas

Consensus All-AmericanJim Barnes, OG

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 6 peak No. 6
Points
350–⁠189
Coach
Frank Broyles
Elo
1702 +156 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.3 No. 10 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Charlie Coffey
Captains
Gary Adams and Jim Barnes
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 5Jim Barnes OGMinnesota Vikings

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bill MontgomeryQBAP-2
  • Bill BurnettRBAP-2
  • Chuck DicusSplit endsAP-2
  • Webster HubbellOTAP-2
  • Gordon McNultyDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠110–⁠16
Texas6–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
SMU5–⁠28–⁠314
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠3–⁠2
Baylor3–⁠43–⁠7
Texas A&M2–⁠53–⁠7
TCU2–⁠53–⁠7
Rice0–⁠70–⁠9–⁠1

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