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1975 Arkansas

10–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Broyles, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1975, game by game: won vs. Air Force 35–0; lost at Oklahoma State 13–20; won vs. Tulsa 31–15; won vs. TCU 19–8; won at Baylor 41–3; lost vs. No. 8 Texas 18–24; won vs. Utah State 31–0; won at Rice 20–16; won at SMU 35–7; won vs. Texas Tech 31–14; won vs. No. 2 Texas A&M 31–6; won vs. No. 12 Georgia 31–10+38−7Won 35–0 vs. Air Force+35Air ForceLost 13–20 at Oklahoma State-7Oklahoma StateWon 31–15 vs. Tulsa+16TulsaWon 19–8 vs. TCU+11TCUWon 41–3 at Baylor+38BaylorLost 18–24 vs. No. 8 Texas-6No. 8 TexasWon 31–0 vs. Utah State+31Utah StateWon 20–16 at Rice+4RiceWon 35–7 at SMU+28SMUWon 31–14 vs. Texas Tech+17Texas TechWon 31–6 vs. No. 2 Texas A&M+25No. 2 Texas A&MWon 31–10 vs. No. 12 Georgia+21No. 12 Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsAir ForceW 35–⁠072%
Sep 20atOklahoma StateL 13–⁠2041%
Sep 27vsTulsaW 31–⁠1556%
Oct 4vsTCUW 19–⁠887%
Oct 11atBaylorW 41–⁠349%
Oct 18vs8TexasL 18–⁠2452%
Oct 25vsUtah StateW 31–⁠071%
Nov 8atRiceW 20–⁠1665%
Nov 15atSMUW 35–⁠767%
Nov 22vsTexas TechW 31–⁠1468%
Dec 6vs2Texas A&MW 31–⁠648%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs12GeorgiaCotton BowlW 31–⁠1055%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia 31–⁠10 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 6th-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 3: 16
  3. Wk 7: 20
  4. Wk 12: 19
  5. Wk 13: 19
  6. Wk 14: 18
  7. Final: 7

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 1975.

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Texas and Texas A&M

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 7
Points
336–⁠123
Coach
Frank Broyles
Elo
1729 +179 this season
SP+ rating
25.5 No. 5 of 132; offense No. 12, defense No. 4
SRS
24.2 No. 6 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bo Rein
Captains
Scott Bull, Mike Campbell, Ike Forte and Hal McAfee

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 2Ike Forte RBNew England Patriots
Rd 5Mike Kirkland QBBaltimore Colts
Rd 6Scott Bull QBSan Francisco 49ers

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠110–⁠27
Texas6–⁠110–⁠26
Texas A&M6–⁠110–⁠211
Texas Tech4–⁠36–⁠5
SMU2–⁠54–⁠7
Baylor2–⁠53–⁠6–⁠2
Rice1–⁠62–⁠9
TCU1–⁠61–⁠10

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