1983 Arkansas
6–5 (4–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Lou Holtz. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Rice 35–0Oct 29
By 35 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs Tulsa | W 17–14 | 56% |
| Sep 17 | vs New Mexico | W 17–0 | 68% |
| Sep 24 | at Ole Miss | L 10–13 | 74% |
| Oct 1 | at TCU | W 38–21 | 73% |
| Oct 15 | vs 2Texas | L 3–31 | 49% |
| Oct 22 | vs Houston | W 24–3 | 77% |
| Oct 29 | vs Rice | W 35–0 | 92% |
| Nov 5 | vs Baylor | L 21–24 | 68% |
| Nov 12 | at Texas A&M | L 23–36 | 56% |
| Nov 19 | vs 6SMU | L 0–17 | 37% |
| Nov 26 | at Texas Tech | W 16–13 | 63% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Texas Tech 16–13; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).
- Record
- 6–5
- Conference
- 4–4 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 204–172
- Coach
- Lou Holtz
- Elo
- 1558 −53 this season
- SP+ rating
- 3.7 No. 51 of 108; offense No. 83, defense No. 17
- SRS
- 1.3 No. 47 of 112 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Ron Faurot, Mark Mistler and Milton Fields
Drafted in 1984
The 1984 draft| Rd 1 | Ron Faurot DE | New York Jets |
All-Southwest Conference
3 first teamFirst team
Marcus ElliottOGUPI-1- Ron FaurotDEUPI-1
- Bert ZinamonLBUPI-1
From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1983 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 8–0 | 11–1 | 5 |
| SMU | 7–1 | 10–2 | 12 |
| Baylor | 4–3–1 | 7–4–1 | |
| Texas A&M | 4–3–1 | 5–5–1 | |
| Arkansas | 4–4 | 6–5 | |
| Texas Tech | 3–4–1 | 3–7–1 | |
| Houston | 3–5 | 4–7 | |
| TCU | 1–6–1 | 1–8–2 | |
| Rice | 0–8 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.