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1991 Arkansas

6–⁠6 (5–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Jack Crowe.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1991, game by game: lost vs. No. 3 Miami 3–31; won vs. SMU 17–6; won vs. Louisiana 9–7; lost at Ole Miss 17–24; won at TCU 22–21; won vs. Houston 29–17; won vs. Texas 14–13; lost vs. No. 21 Baylor 5–9; lost at Texas Tech 21–38; lost at No. 13 Texas A&M 3–13; won vs. Rice 20–0; lost vs. No. 24 Georgia 15–24+20−28Lost 3–31 vs. No. 3 Miami-28No. 3 MiamiWon 17–6 vs. SMU+11SMUWon 9–7 vs. Louisiana+2LouisianaLost 17–24 at Ole Miss-7Ole MissWon 22–21 at TCU+1TCUWon 29–17 vs. Houston+12HoustonWon 14–13 vs. Texas+1TexasLost 5–9 vs. No. 21 Baylor-4No. 21 BaylorLost 21–38 at Texas Tech-17Texas TechLost 3–13 at No. 13 Texas A&M-10No. 13 Texas A&MWon 20–0 vs. Rice+20RiceLost 15–24 vs. No. 24 Georgia-9No. 24 Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vs3MiamiL 3–⁠3126%
Sep 7vsSMUW 17–⁠673%
Sep 21vsLouisianaW 9–⁠768%
Sep 28atOle MissL 17–⁠2427%
Oct 5atTCUW 22–⁠2132%
Oct 12vsHoustonW 29–⁠1745%
Oct 19vsTexasW 14–⁠1344%
Nov 2vs21BaylorL 5–⁠945%
Nov 9atTexas TechL 21–⁠3846%
Nov 16at13Texas A&ML 3–⁠1314%
Nov 23vsRiceW 20–⁠063%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs24GeorgiaIndependence BowlL 15–⁠2434%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 24–⁠15 in the Independence Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 25
  2. Wk 10: 24
Record
6–⁠6
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 24
Points
175–⁠203
Coach
Jack Crowe
Elo
1475 −1 this season
SP+ rating
5.0 No. 45 of 104; offense No. 81, defense No. 9
SRS
0.9 No. 51 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Joe Kines
Captains
Kirk Collins and Mark Henry

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First team

  • Mark HenryCCoaches-1
  • Michael JamesDBCoaches-1

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M8–⁠010–⁠212
Baylor5–⁠38–⁠4
Texas Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
Arkansas5–⁠36–⁠6
TCU4–⁠47–⁠4
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Houston3–⁠54–⁠7
Rice2–⁠64–⁠7
SMU0–⁠81–⁠10

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