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1974 Arkansas

6–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Broyles.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1974, game by game: won vs. No. 5 USC 22–7; lost vs. Oklahoma State 7–26; won vs. Tulsa 60–0; won at TCU 49–0; lost vs. Baylor 17–21; lost at No. 16 Texas 7–38; won vs. Colorado State 43–9; lost at No. 8 Texas A&M 10–20; won vs. Rice 25–6; tied at SMU 24–24; won at Texas Tech 21–13+60−31Won 22–7 vs. No. 5 USC+15No. 5 USCLost 7–26 vs. Oklahoma State-19Oklahoma StateWon 60–0 vs. Tulsa+60TulsaWon 49–0 at TCU+49TCULost 17–21 vs. Baylor-4BaylorLost 7–38 at No. 16 Texas-31No. 16 TexasWon 43–9 vs. Colorado State+34Colorado StateLost 10–20 at No. 8 Texas A&M-10No. 8 Texas A&MWon 25–6 vs. Rice+19RiceTied 24–24 at SMU0SMUWon 21–13 at Texas Tech+8Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vs5USCW 22–⁠734%
Sep 21vsOklahoma StateL 7–⁠2654%
Sep 28vsTulsaW 60–⁠063%
Oct 5atTCUW 49–⁠056%
Oct 12vsBaylorL 17–⁠2173%
Oct 19at16TexasL 7–⁠3828%
Oct 26vsColorado StateW 43–⁠971%
Nov 2at8Texas A&ML 10–⁠2031%
Nov 9vsRiceW 25–⁠667%
Nov 16atSMUT 24–⁠2441%
Nov 23atTexas TechW 21–⁠1334%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas Tech 21–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 20
  3. Wk 3: 10
  4. Wk 5: 20
  5. Wk 6: 14

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 1974.

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
285–⁠164
Coach
Frank Broyles
Elo
1575 +81 this season
SP+ rating
19.5 No. 12 of 124; offense No. 14, defense No. 19
SRS
16.4 No. 14 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Billy Burns and Rollen Smith

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 6Rollen Smith DBCincinnati Bengals

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Ike ForteRBAP-2; UPI-1
  • Ivan JordanDEAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Baylor6–⁠18–⁠414
Texas A&M5–⁠28–⁠316
Texas5–⁠28–⁠417
Arkansas3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
SMU3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Texas Tech3–⁠46–⁠4–⁠2
Rice2–⁠52–⁠8–⁠1
TCU0–⁠71–⁠10

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