1983 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

The 1983 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. Ron Faurot received first-team All-American honors as a defensive lineman for the Hogs.

1983 Arkansas Razorbacks football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1983 record6–5 (4–4 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRazorback Stadium
War Memorial Stadium
1983 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Texas $ 8 0 011 1 0
No. 12 SMU 7 1 010 2 0
Baylor 4 3 17 4 1
Texas A&M 4 3 15 5 1
Arkansas 4 4 06 5 0
Texas Tech 3 4 13 7 1
Houston 3 5 04 7 0
TCU 1 6 11 8 2
Rice 0 8 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hogs would hire Ken Hatfield, who shined for the Hogs as a defensive back on the 1964 national championship team, as their new head football coach.[1] He is still a large proponent of the triple option offense in college football.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 10Tulsa*W 17–1445,202
September 17New Mexico*W 17–054,212
September 24at Ole Miss*L 10–1355,720
October 1at TCUW 38–2128,310
October 15No. 2 Texas
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR (rivalry)
L 3–3154,882
October 22Houston
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 24–341,080
October 29Rice
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
W 35–052,986
November 5Baylor
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
L 21–2444,820
November 12Texas A&ML 23–3658,587
November 19No. 6 SMU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
L 0–1731,080
November 26at Texas TechW 16–1332,978
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

  • QB Brad Taylor

References

  1. "Arkansas Database." NCAA Database. National Champs.net. Retrieved on November 1, 2007.
  2. "Ken Hatfield." CSTV.com. Archived 2008-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Rice Owls Coach Profile. Retrieved on November 1, 2007.
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