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1995 Arkansas

8–⁠5 (6–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Danny Ford.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1995, game by game: lost at SMU 14–17; won vs. South Carolina 51–21; won at No. 13 Alabama 20–19; won vs. Memphis 27–20; won at Vanderbilt 35–7; lost vs. No. 10 Tennessee 31–49; won vs. Ole Miss 13–6; won vs. No. 11 Auburn 30–28; won vs. Mississippi State 26–21; won vs. Louisiana 24–13; lost at LSU 0–28; lost vs. No. 2 Florida 3–34; lost vs. North Carolina 10–20+30−31Lost 14–17 at SMU-3SMUWon 51–21 vs. South Carolina+30South CarolinaWon 20–19 at No. 13 Alabama+1No. 13 AlabamaWon 27–20 vs. Memphis+7MemphisWon 35–7 at Vanderbilt+28VanderbiltLost 31–49 vs. No. 10 Tennessee-18No. 10 TennesseeWon 13–6 vs. Ole Miss+7Ole MissWon 30–28 vs. No. 11 Auburn+2No. 11 AuburnWon 26–21 vs. Mississippi State+5Mississippi Sta…Won 24–13 vs. Louisiana+11LouisianaLost 0–28 at LSU-28LSULost 3–34 vs. No. 2 Florida-31No. 2 FloridaLost 10–20 vs. North Carolina-10North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atSMUL 14–⁠1756%
Sep 9vsSouth CarolinaW 51–⁠2151%
Sep 16at13AlabamaW 20–⁠1918%
Sep 23vsMemphisW 27–⁠2060%
Sep 30atVanderbiltW 35–⁠756%
Oct 7vs10TennesseeL 31–⁠4941%
Oct 14vsOle MissW 13–⁠652%
Oct 28vs11AuburnW 30–⁠2841%
Nov 4vsMississippi StateW 26–⁠2170%
Nov 11vsLouisianaW 24–⁠1365%
Nov 18atLSUL 0–⁠2847%
Dec 2Bowls & playoffvs2FloridaSEC Championship GameL 3–⁠3416%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsNorth CarolinaCarquest BowlL 10–⁠2048%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 20–⁠10 in the Carquest Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 23
  2. Wk 7: 18
  3. Wk 11: 18
  4. Wk 12: 15
  5. Wk 13: 14
  6. Wk 14: 23
  7. Wk 15: 23
  8. Wk 16: 24

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 1995.

SEC West champions6–⁠2 in the conference

Record
8–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠2 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
284–⁠283
Coach
Danny Ford
Elo
1518 +48 this season
SP+ rating
5.7 No. 50 of 107; offense No. 63, defense No. 33
SRS
2.4 No. 47 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Joe Lee Dunn
Captains
Steve Conley and Barry Lunney Jr.
Defense
3–⁠3–⁠5

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 3Steve Conley LBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 5Junior Soli DTSan Diego Chargers

All-SEC

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Verl MitchellOGAP-2; Coaches-2
  • Junior SoliMGAP-2; Coaches-2
  • Tracy CantlopeDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida8–⁠012–⁠12
Tennessee7–⁠111–⁠13
Arkansas6–⁠28–⁠5
Alabama5–⁠38–⁠321
Auburn5–⁠38–⁠422
LSU4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Ole Miss3–⁠56–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠56–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠64–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠73–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠72–⁠9

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