1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 9
Record9–2–1 (5–2–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Razorback Stadium
War Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1981
1983  
1982 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 SMU $ 7 0 111 0 1
No. 17 Texas 7 1 09 3 0
No. 9 Arkansas 5 2 19 2 1
Houston 4 3 15 5 1
Baylor 3 4 14 6 1
Texas Tech 3 5 04 7 0
Texas A&M 3 5 05 6 0
TCU 2 6 03 8 0
Rice 0 8 00 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.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 11 Tulsa *No. 13W 38–043,820
September 18 Navy *No. 9W 29–1754,706
September 25 Ole Miss *No. 9
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
W 14–1254,980 [2]
October 2 TCU No. 10
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
TBS W 35–054,808
October 9 Texas Tech No. 9
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)
W 21–344,024
October 23at Houston No. 6 CBS W 38–337,503
October 30 Rice No. 5
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 24–644,620
November 6at Baylor No. 5L 17–2442,000
November 13 Texas A&M No. 10
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR (rivalry)
W 35–053,410
November 20at No. 2 SMU No. 9 ABC T 17–1765,101
December 4at No. 12 Texas No. 6ABCL 7–3367,903
December 31, 1982vs. Florida *No. 14
Mizlou W 28–2431,557 [3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
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Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP 131399109765510996149
Coaches Poll 1210911976549876128

Game summaries

Going into this game, SMU needed a victory or a tie to claim the SWC championship and secure a trip to the Cotton Bowl. Arkansas, on the other hand, needed a victory over the Mustangs plus a win over Texas the following week. The game proved to be marred by controversy due to questionable officiating.

Late in the fourth quarter Arkansas led SMU 17-10 with time winding down. From the Mustang 43 yard line, SMU quarterback Lance McIlhenny lofted a pass to receiver Jackie Wilson down the left sideline, with Wilson being defended by Arkansas cornerback Nathan Jones. The pass was long, and Jones was in fact in front of Wilson as both players went to the turf together. Jones was flagged for pass interference, and since that penalty was a spot foul instead of 15 yards at that time in college football, the ball was placed near the Arkansas 15 yard line. SMU would score the game-tying touchdown a few plays later, and the game ended in a 17-17 tie, handing the Mustangs the conference championship. Play-by-play announcer Keith Jackson would even say on live television that the pass interference penalty on Jones was "just a terrible call". The officiating crew was suspended after this game and the NCAA issued an apology to Arkansas. This egregious call directly influenced the NCAA to change the rules for pass interference in 1984 so that a pass interference penalty would be a maximum of 15 yards (interference less than 15 yards from the line of scrimmage would still be penalized at the spot of the foul).

At SMU

#9 Arkansas vs. #2 SMU
1234Total
Razorbacks703717
Mustangs073717

At Texas

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References

  1. "1982 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  2. "Arkansas overcomes last-second scare, 14–12". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 26, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Hogs' Holtz bathen in comeback victory". The Memphis Press-Scimitar. January 1, 1983. Retrieved November 2, 2023 via Newspapers.com.