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1976 Arkansas

5–⁠5–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Broyles.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1976, game by game: won vs. Utah State 33–16; won vs. Oklahoma State 16–10; lost vs. Tulsa 3–9; won vs. TCU 46–14; won at No. 14 Houston 14–7; won vs. Rice 41–16; tied at Baylor 7–7; lost vs. No. 16 Texas A&M 10–31; lost vs. SMU 31–35; lost vs. No. 9 Texas Tech 7–30; lost at Texas 12–29+32−23Won 33–16 vs. Utah State+17Utah StateWon 16–10 vs. Oklahoma State+6Oklahoma StateLost 3–9 vs. Tulsa-6TulsaWon 46–14 vs. TCU+32TCUWon 14–7 at No. 14 Houston+7No. 14 HoustonWon 41–16 vs. Rice+25RiceTied 7–7 at Baylor0BaylorLost 10–31 vs. No. 16 Texas A&M-21No. 16 Texas A&MLost 31–35 vs. SMU-4SMULost 7–30 vs. No. 9 Texas Tech-23No. 9 Texas TechLost 12–29 at Texas-17Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsUtah StateW 33–⁠1679%
Sep 18vsOklahoma StateW 16–⁠1068%
Sep 25vsTulsaL 3–⁠974%
Oct 2vsTCUW 46–⁠1490%
Oct 23at14HoustonW 14–⁠755%
Oct 30vsRiceW 41–⁠1688%
Nov 6atBaylorT 7–⁠766%
Nov 13vs16Texas A&ML 10–⁠3162%
Nov 20vsSMUL 31–⁠3581%
Nov 27vs9Texas TechL 7–⁠3052%
Dec 4atTexasL 12–⁠2944%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 29–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 3: 12
  4. Wk 5: 18
  5. Wk 6: 18
  6. Wk 7: 15
  7. Wk 8: 14
  8. Wk 9: 12
  9. Wk 10: 13

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 1976.

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
220–⁠204
Coach
Frank Broyles
Elo
1545 −108 this season
SP+ rating
6.2 No. 53 of 132; offense No. 51, defense No. 52
SRS
4.6 No. 50 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Seniors

Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 2R.C. Thielemann OGAtlanta Falcons
Rd 2Greg Koch OTGreen Bay Packers
Rd 4Gerald Skinner OTNew England Patriots
Rd 5Dennis Winston LBPittsburgh Steelers

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Houston7–⁠110–⁠24
Texas Tech7–⁠110–⁠213
Texas A&M6–⁠210–⁠27
Baylor4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Texas4–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Arkansas3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Rice2–⁠63–⁠8
SMU2–⁠63–⁠8
TCU0–⁠80–⁠11

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