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1970 Arkansas

9–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Broyles, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1970, game by game: lost vs. No. 10 Stanford 28–34; won vs. Oklahoma State 23–7; won vs. Tulsa 49–7; won at TCU 49–14; won vs. Baylor 41–7; won vs. Wichita State 62–0; won at Texas A&M 45–6; won vs. Rice 38–14; won vs. SMU 36–3; won at No. 19 Texas Tech 24–10; lost at No. 1 Texas 7–42+62−35Lost 28–34 vs. No. 10 Stanford-6No. 10 StanfordWon 23–7 vs. Oklahoma State+16Oklahoma StateWon 49–7 vs. Tulsa+42TulsaWon 49–14 at TCU+35TCUWon 41–7 vs. Baylor+34BaylorWon 62–0 vs. Wichita State+62Wichita StateWon 45–6 at Texas A&M+39Texas A&MWon 38–14 vs. Rice+24RiceWon 36–3 vs. SMU+33SMUWon 24–10 at No. 19 Texas Tech+14No. 19 Texas TechLost 7–42 at No. 1 Texas-35No. 1 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vs10StanfordL 28–⁠3460%
Sep 19vsOklahoma StateW 23–⁠771%
Sep 26vsTulsaW 49–⁠783%
Oct 3atTCUW 49–⁠1465%
Oct 10vsBaylorW 41–⁠790%
Oct 24vsWichita StateW 62–⁠093%
Oct 31atTexas A&MW 45–⁠677%
Nov 7vsRiceW 38–⁠1487%
Nov 14vsSMUW 36–⁠383%
Nov 21at19Texas TechW 24–⁠1060%
Dec 5at1TexasL 7–⁠4233%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 42–⁠7; No. 11 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 1970.

Consensus All-AmericanDick Bumpas, DT

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 4
Points
402–⁠144
Coach
Frank Broyles
Elo
1702 +70 this season
SP+ rating
22.4 No. 11 of 117; offense No. 6, defense No. 30
SRS
26.1 No. 7 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Don Breaux
Defensive coordinator
Charlie Coffey
Captains
Bill Burnett, Bill Montgomery, Dick Bumpas and Mike Boschetti
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 4Jerry Moore DBChicago Bears
Rd 7Chuck Dicus WRSan Diego Chargers

All-Southwest Conference

8 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mike NelsonOTAP-2
  • Bruce JamesDEAP-2
  • Rick KerseyDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠13
Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠211
Texas Tech5–⁠28–⁠4
Rice3–⁠45–⁠5
SMU3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU3–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor1–⁠62–⁠9
Texas A&M0–⁠72–⁠9

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