1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 9
1982 record9–2–1 (5–2–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRazorback Stadium
War Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Southwest Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 SMU $ 7 – 0 – 1 11 – 0 – 1
No. 17 Texas 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 9 Arkansas 5 – 2 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
Houston 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Baylor 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Texas Tech 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Texas A&M 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
TCU 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Rice 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Arkansas had two consensus All-Americans in 1982, Steve Korte, on the offensive line, and defensive lineman Billy Ray Smith. Smith anchored a defensive unit that was the number one scoring offense, giving up only 10.5 points per game, and ninth in the nation in terms of stopping the run, only giving up 96.7 yards per game.[1] Billy Ray Smith was a consensus All American in 1981 as well, and would be picked fifth in the 1983 NFL Draft.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 11Tulsa*No. 13
W 38–043,820
September 18Navy*No. 9
W 29–1754,706
September 25Ole Miss*No. 9
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
W 14–1254,980
October 2TCUNo. 10
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
W 35–054,808
October 9Texas TechNo. 9
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)
W 21–344,024
October 23at HoustonNo. 6
W 38–337,503
October 30RiceNo. 5
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 24–644,620
November 6at BaylorNo. 5
L 17–2442,000
November 13Texas A&MNo. 10
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR (rivalry)
W 35–053,410
November 20at No. 2 SMUNo. 9
T 17–1765,101
December 4at No. 12 TexasNo. 6
L 7–3367,903
December 31, 1982vs. Florida*No. 14
W 28–2431,557
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

  • QB Brad Taylor

Rankings[]

See also: 1982 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP 13 13 9 9 10 9 7 6 5 5 10 9 9 6 14 9 
Coaches Poll 12 10 9 11 9 7 6 5 4 9 8 7 6 12 8

Game summaries[]

at SMU[]

#9 Arkansas vs. #2 SMU
1 234Total
Razorbacks 7 037 17
Mustangs 0 737 17
See also: 1982 SMU Mustangs football team


at Texas[]

See also: 1982 Texas Longhorns football team and Arkansas–Texas football rivalry

References[]

  1. ^ "1982 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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