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1997 Arkansas

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Danny Ford.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1997, game by game: won vs. UL Monroe 28–16; lost vs. SMU 9–31; won at No. 11 Alabama 17–16; won vs. Louisiana Tech 17–13; lost at No. 1 Florida 7–56; lost vs. South Carolina 13–39; lost vs. No. 11 Auburn 21–26; lost at Ole Miss 9–19; lost vs. No. 5 Tennessee 22–30; won vs. No. 15 Mississippi State 17–7; lost at No. 17 LSU 21–31+12−49Won 28–16 vs. UL Monroe+12UL MonroeLost 9–31 vs. SMU-22SMUWon 17–16 at No. 11 Alabama+1No. 11 AlabamaWon 17–13 vs. Louisiana Tech+4Louisiana TechLost 7–56 at No. 1 Florida-49No. 1 FloridaLost 13–39 vs. South Carolina-26South CarolinaLost 21–26 vs. No. 11 Auburn-5No. 11 AuburnLost 9–19 at Ole Miss-10Ole MissLost 22–30 vs. No. 5 Tennessee-8No. 5 TennesseeWon 17–7 vs. No. 15 Mississippi State+10No. 15 Mississippi Sta…Lost 21–31 at No. 17 LSU-10No. 17 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsUL MonroeW 28–⁠1670%
Sep 13vsSMUL 9–⁠3158%
Sep 20at11AlabamaW 17–⁠1617%
Sep 27vsLouisiana TechW 17–⁠1351%
Oct 4at1FloridaL 7–⁠5610%
Oct 18vsSouth CarolinaL 13–⁠3951%
Oct 25vs11AuburnL 21–⁠2627%
Nov 6atOle MissL 9–⁠1931%
Nov 15vs5TennesseeL 22–⁠3015%
Nov 22vs15Mississippi StateW 17–⁠732%
Nov 28at17LSUL 21–⁠3120%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 31–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

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 1997.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
181–⁠284
Coach
Danny Ford
Elo
1432 −37 this season
SP+ rating
2.5 No. 56 of 112; offense No. 84, defense No. 29
SRS
−0.1 No. 57 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Kay Stephenson
Defensive coordinator
Miles Aldridge
Captains
Ken Anderson and Anthony Eubanks
Offense
2 back
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1998

The 1998 draft
Rd 7David Sanders DEOakland Raiders

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1997 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1997 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee7–⁠111–⁠27
Florida6–⁠210–⁠24
Georgia6–⁠210–⁠210
Auburn6–⁠210–⁠311
LSU6–⁠29–⁠313
Ole Miss4–⁠48–⁠422
Mississippi State4–⁠47–⁠4
South Carolina3–⁠55–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠65–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠64–⁠7
Arkansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠83–⁠8

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