1983 Arkansas Razorbacks football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record6–5 (4–4 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRazorback Stadium
War Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Texas $ 8 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 12 SMU 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Baylor 4 – 3 – 1 7 – 4 – 1
Texas A&M 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Arkansas 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Texas Tech 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Houston 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
TCU 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 8 – 2
Rice 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

After the season in mid-December, Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles asked Lou Holtz to resign after seven years as head coach,[1] partly because of the team's decline, but also due to political statements made by Holtz earlier in the year. Holtz decided to resign rather than be fired, and went to Minnesota.[2] Arkansas soon hired Air Force head coach Ken Hatfield,[3] an alumnus who shined for the Hogs as a defensive back on the 1964 national championship team.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 10Tulsa*
W 17–1445,202[5]
September 17New Mexico*
W 17–054,212[6]
September 24at Ole Miss*
L 10–1355,720[7]
October 1at TCU
W 38–2128,310[8]
October 15No. 2 Texas
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR (rivalry)
CBSL 3–3154,882[9]
October 22Houston
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 24–341,080[10]
October 29Rice
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
W 35–052,986[11]
November 5Baylor
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
L 21–2444,820[12]
November 12Texas A&M
L 23–3658,597[13]
November 19No. 6 SMU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
ABCL 0–1731,080[14]
November 26at Texas Tech
W 16–1332,978[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

References

  1. ^ "Tired, burned-out Holtz quits as Arkansas coach". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 19, 1983. p. 21.
  2. ^ "Holtz will take on Big Ten's worst". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 23, 1983. p. 22.
  3. ^ "Air Force's Hatfield hired by Razorbacks". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 23, 1983. p. 22.
  4. ^ "Arkansas Database." NCAA Database. National Champs.net. Retrieved on November 1, 2007.
  5. ^ "Hog miracle blunts Tulsa". The Commercial Appeal. September 11, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Razorbacks hogtie Lobos, 17–0". Carlsbad Current-Argus. September 18, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Ole Miss stuns Arkansas for first victory". Hattiesburg American. September 25, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Changes pay off for Razorbacks". The Marshall News Messenger. October 2, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "QB sparks No. 2 Texas by Arkansas". Omaha World-Herald. October 16, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Arkansas riddles UH, 24–3". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 23, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Arkansas 35, Rice 0". The Galveston Daily News. October 30, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Baylor boots Hogs on final play, 24–21". Tulsa World. November 6, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "T-Ag freshman shreds Hogs, shatters bowl hopes, 36–23". Tulsa World. October 30, 1983. Retrieved December 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Rain-soaked Ponies find place in the Sun". Austin American-Statesman. November 20, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Hogs turn to option to win finale, 16–13". Tulsa World. November 27, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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