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2004 Arkansas

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Houston Nutt.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 2004, game by game: won vs. New Mexico State 63–13; lost vs. No. 7 Texas 20–22; won at UL Monroe 49–20; won vs. Alabama 27–10; lost at No. 16 Florida 30–45; lost at No. 4 Auburn 20–38; lost vs. No. 10 Georgia 14–20; lost at South Carolina 32–35; won vs. Ole Miss 35–3; won at Mississippi State 24–21; lost vs. No. 14 LSU 14–43+50−29Won 63–13 vs. New Mexico State+50New Mexico StateLost 20–22 vs. No. 7 Texas-2No. 7 TexasWon 49–20 at UL Monroe+29UL MonroeWon 27–10 vs. Alabama+17AlabamaLost 30–45 at No. 16 Florida-15No. 16 FloridaLost 20–38 at No. 4 Auburn-18No. 4 AuburnLost 14–20 vs. No. 10 Georgia-6No. 10 GeorgiaLost 32–35 at South Carolina-3South CarolinaWon 35–3 vs. Ole Miss+32Ole MissWon 24–21 at Mississippi State+3Mississippi Sta…Lost 14–43 vs. No. 14 LSU-29No. 14 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsNew Mexico StateW 63–⁠1380%
Sep 11vs7TexasL 20–⁠2247%
Sep 18atUL MonroeW 49–⁠2080%
Sep 25vsAlabamaW 27–⁠1062%
Oct 2at16FloridaL 30–⁠4546%
Oct 16at4AuburnL 20–⁠3832%
Oct 23vs10GeorgiaL 14–⁠2041%
Nov 6atSouth CarolinaL 32–⁠3545%
Nov 13vsOle MissW 35–⁠364%
Nov 20atMississippi StateW 24–⁠2170%
Nov 26vs14LSUL 14–⁠4338%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 43–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
328–⁠270
Coach
Houston Nutt
Elo
1561 −26 this season
SP+ rating
15.4 No. 25 of 120; offense No. 20, defense No. 38
SRS
7.2 No. 30 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 18
Offensive coordinator
Roy Wittke
Defensive coordinator
Dave Wommack
Captains
DeCori Birmingham, Arrion Dixon, Steven Harris, Jeb Huckeba, Matt Jones and Marcus Whitmore
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense20th of 118
  • Defense83rd of 118
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.0339%1.0420th of 118
Defense0.0139%0.9983rd of 118
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 302% allowed
Defense-0.1own 293% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2004 class

Marcus Monk WR★★★★No. 111
Peyton Hillis FB★★★★No. 119
Fred Barnett DT★★★★No. 146
Jonathan Luigs OG★★No. 1839
Alex Mortensen PRO★★No. 1993

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2004 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks12.00.722
Running backs14.00.934
Receivers14.00.943
Offensive line12.00.744
Defensive line14.00.910
Whole class53.20.851

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2005

The 2005 draft
Rd 1Matt Jones WRJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 5Jeb Huckeba DESeattle Seahawks

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jeb HuckebaDECoaches-1

Second team

  • Matt JonesQBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 2004 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2004 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn8–⁠013–⁠02
Tennessee7–⁠110–⁠313
Georgia6–⁠210–⁠27
LSU6–⁠29–⁠316
Florida4–⁠47–⁠5
South Carolina4–⁠46–⁠5
Alabama3–⁠56–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠55–⁠6
Ole Miss3–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State2–⁠63–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠72–⁠9
Kentucky1–⁠72–⁠9

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