1990 Arkansas

3–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Southwest Conference), coached by Jack Crowe.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1990, game by game: won vs. Tulsa 28–3; lost vs. Ole Miss 17–21; won vs. Colorado State 31–20; lost vs. TCU 26–54; lost vs. Texas Tech 44–49; lost at No. 19 Texas 17–49; lost at No. 6 Houston 28–62; lost vs. Rice 11–19; lost at Baylor 3–34; lost vs. Texas A&M 16–20; won at SMU 42–29+25−34Won 28–3 vs. Tulsa+25TulsaLost 17–21 vs. Ole Miss-4Ole MissWon 31–20 vs. Colorado State+11Colorado StateLost 26–54 vs. TCU-28TCULost 44–49 vs. Texas Tech-5Texas TechLost 17–49 at No. 19 Texas-32No. 19 TexasLost 28–62 at No. 6 Houston-34No. 6 HoustonLost 11–19 vs. Rice-8RiceLost 3–34 at Baylor-31BaylorLost 16–20 vs. Texas A&M-4Texas A&MWon 42–29 at SMU+13SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsTulsaW 28–⁠378%
Sep 22vsOle MissL 17–⁠2175%
Sep 29vsColorado StateW 31–⁠2072%
Oct 6vsTCUL 26–⁠5477%
Oct 13vsTexas TechL 44–⁠4967%
Oct 20at19TexasL 17–⁠4946%
Oct 27at6HoustonL 28–⁠6219%
Nov 3vsRiceL 11–⁠1973%
Nov 10atBaylorL 3–⁠3432%
Nov 17vsTexas A&ML 16–⁠2032%
Nov 24atSMUW 42–⁠2965%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat SMU 42–⁠29; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 4: 13
  5. Wk 5: 23
  6. Wk 6: 21
Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠7 8th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
263–⁠360
Coach
Jack Crowe
Elo
1463 −176 this season
SP+ rating
-7.9 No. 78 of 104; offense No. 42, defense No. 88
SRS
−7.3 No. 77 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Joe Pate
Captains
Quinn Grovey and Chad Rolen

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 4Derek Russell WRDenver Broncos

All-Southwest Conference

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas8–⁠010–⁠212
Houston7–⁠110–⁠110
Texas A&M5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠3–⁠115
Baylor5–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
TCU3–⁠55–⁠6
Rice3–⁠55–⁠6
Texas Tech3–⁠54–⁠7
Arkansas1–⁠73–⁠8
SMU0–⁠81–⁠10

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