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1972 Arkansas

6–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Broyles.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1972, game by game: lost vs. No. 8 USC 10–31; won vs. Oklahoma State 24–23; won vs. Tulsa 21–20; won at TCU 27–13; won vs. Baylor 31–20; lost at No. 14 Texas 15–35; won vs. North Texas 42–16; lost at Texas A&M 7–10; lost vs. Rice 20–23; lost vs. SMU 7–22; won at No. 20 Texas Tech 24–14+26−21Lost 10–31 vs. No. 8 USC-21No. 8 USCWon 24–23 vs. Oklahoma State+1Oklahoma StateWon 21–20 vs. Tulsa+1TulsaWon 27–13 at TCU+14TCUWon 31–20 vs. Baylor+11BaylorLost 15–35 at No. 14 Texas-20No. 14 TexasWon 42–16 vs. North Texas+26North TexasLost 7–10 at Texas A&M-3Texas A&MLost 20–23 vs. Rice-3RiceLost 7–22 vs. SMU-15SMUWon 24–14 at No. 20 Texas Tech+10No. 20 Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vs8USCL 10–⁠3161%
Sep 23vsOklahoma StateW 24–⁠2370%
Sep 30vsTulsaW 21–⁠2080%
Oct 7atTCUW 27–⁠1351%
Oct 14vsBaylorW 31–⁠2081%
Oct 21at14TexasL 15–⁠3539%
Oct 28vsNorth TexasW 42–⁠1688%
Nov 4atTexas A&ML 7–⁠1069%
Nov 11vsRiceL 20–⁠2377%
Nov 18vsSMUL 7–⁠2270%
Nov 25at20Texas TechW 24–⁠1433%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas Tech 24–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 57th-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: 17
  3. Wk 6: 20
  4. Wk 7: 17
  5. Wk 8: 18
  6. Wk 9: 20

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 1972.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 4
Points
228–⁠227
Coach
Frank Broyles
Elo
1547 −66 this season
SP+ rating
9.8 No. 39 of 121; offense No. 37, defense No. 44
SRS
8.5 No. 37 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Louis Campbell, Jim Hodge, Tom Reed and Don Wunderly

Drafted in 1973

The 1973 draft
Rd 3Joe Ferguson QBBuffalo Bills
Rd 5David Reavis DEPittsburgh Steelers

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Dickey MortonRBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Tom ReedOGAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

  • Don WunderlyDTAP-2
  • Louis CampbellDBAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠13
Texas Tech4–⁠38–⁠4
SMU4–⁠37–⁠4
Arkansas3–⁠46–⁠5
Rice3–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU2–⁠55–⁠6
Texas A&M2–⁠53–⁠8

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