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1993 Arkansas

5–⁠5–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Danny Ford. Officially 6–⁠4–⁠1. Alabama forfeited to Arkansas.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1993, game by game: won vs. SMU 10–6; won vs. No. 19 South Carolina 18–17; lost at No. 2 Alabama 3–43; lost vs. Memphis 0–6; won at Georgia 20–10; lost vs. No. 11 Tennessee 14–28; lost at Ole Miss 0–19; lost vs. No. 9 Auburn 21–31; tied at Mississippi State 13–13; won vs. Tulsa 24–11; won at LSU 42–24+18−40Won 10–6 vs. SMU+4SMUWon 18–17 vs. No. 19 South Carolina+1No. 19 South CarolinaLost 3–43 at No. 2 Alabama-40No. 2 AlabamaLost 0–6 vs. Memphis-6MemphisWon 20–10 at Georgia+10GeorgiaLost 14–28 vs. No. 11 Tennessee-14No. 11 TennesseeLost 0–19 at Ole Miss-19Ole MissLost 21–31 vs. No. 9 Auburn-10No. 9 AuburnTied 13–13 at Mississippi State0Mississippi Sta…Won 24–11 vs. Tulsa+13TulsaWon 42–24 at LSU+18LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsSMUW 10–⁠651%
Sep 11vs19South CarolinaW 18–⁠1750%
Sep 18at2AlabamaL 3–⁠43won by forfeit14%
Sep 25vsMemphisL 0–⁠653%
Oct 2atGeorgiaW 20–⁠1024%
Oct 9vs11TennesseeL 14–⁠2831%
Oct 16atOle MissL 0–⁠1928%
Oct 30vs9AuburnL 21–⁠3134%
Nov 6atMississippi StateT 13–⁠1336%
Nov 13vsTulsaW 24–⁠1149%
Nov 27atLSUW 42–⁠2443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat LSU 42–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
165–⁠208
Coach
Danny Ford
Elo
1495 +51 this season
SP+ rating
5.0 No. 43 of 105; offense No. 88, defense No. 11
SRS
2.7 No. 45 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Greg Davis
Defensive coordinator
Joe Kines
Captains
Kirk Botkin and Tyrone Chatman

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 1Henry Ford DEHouston Oilers
Rd 2Isaac Davis OGSan Diego Chargers

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Henry FordDEAP-1; Coaches-1
  • Orlando WattersCBCoaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn8–⁠011–⁠04
Florida7–⁠111–⁠25
Tennessee6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠112
Alabama5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠3–⁠114
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss3–⁠55–⁠6
LSU3–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
Georgia2–⁠65–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠74–⁠7

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