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1973 Arkansas

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

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1973, game by game: lost at No. 1 USC 0–17; lost vs. No. 17 Oklahoma State 6–38; won vs. Iowa State 21–19; won vs. TCU 13–5; won at Baylor 13–7; lost vs. Texas 6–34; won vs. Tulsa 20–6; won vs. Texas A&M 14–10; lost at Rice 7–17; tied at SMU 7–7; lost vs. No. 12 Texas Tech 17–24+14−32Lost 0–17 at No. 1 USC-17No. 1 USCLost 6–38 vs. No. 17 Oklahoma State-32No. 17 Oklahoma StateWon 21–19 vs. Iowa State+2Iowa StateWon 13–5 vs. TCU+8TCUWon 13–7 at Baylor+6BaylorLost 6–34 vs. Texas-28TexasWon 20–6 vs. Tulsa+14TulsaWon 14–10 vs. Texas A&M+4Texas A&MLost 7–17 at Rice-10RiceTied 7–7 at SMU0SMULost 17–24 vs. No. 12 Texas Tech-7No. 12 Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15at1USCL 0–⁠1720%
Sep 22vs17Oklahoma StateL 6–⁠3853%
Sep 29vsIowa StateW 21–⁠1949%
Oct 6vsTCUW 13–⁠561%
Oct 13atBaylorW 13–⁠748%
Oct 20vsTexasL 6–⁠3443%
Oct 27vsTulsaW 20–⁠664%
Nov 3vsTexas A&MW 14–⁠1060%
Nov 10atRiceL 7–⁠1762%
Nov 17atSMUT 7–⁠744%
Nov 24vs12Texas TechL 17–⁠2435%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas Tech 24–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 78th-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 1973.

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
124–⁠184
Coach
Frank Broyles
Elo
1492 −40 this season
SP+ rating
4.6 No. 62 of 123; offense No. 103, defense No. 16
SRS
3.8 No. 55 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Nick Avlos, Jack Ettinger, Steve Hedgepeth, Dickey Morton and Danny Rhodes

Drafted in 1974

The 1974 draft
Rd 6Danny Rhodes LBBaltimore Colts
Rd 7Jack Ettinger WRChicago Bears

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Dickey MortonRBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Ivan JordanDEAP-1
  • Jon RhiddlehooverDE
  • Danny RhodesLBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠08–⁠314
Texas Tech6–⁠111–⁠111
Rice4–⁠35–⁠6
SMU3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Texas A&M3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU1–⁠63–⁠8
Baylor0–⁠72–⁠9

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