Arkansas Razorbacks football


The Arkansas Razorbacks football program represents the University of Arkansas in the sport of American football. The Razorbacks compete in the
Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as a member of the Southeastern Conference. Home games are played at stadiums on or near the two largest campuses of the University of Arkansas System: Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville and War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.
The program began in 1894 and has compiled an all-time record of 740–539–40, for a.576 winning percentage. The Razorbacks have won 13 conference championships and have had 58 players honored as All-Americans. Arkansas claims one national championship awarded by the Football Writers Association of America.

History

Conference affiliations

Arkansas has been affiliated with the following conferences.

National championships

Arkansas has been named national champion twice by NCAA-designated major selectors. Arkansas claims the 1964 championship but does not claim the co-national championship the program was awarded in 1977 by the Rothman poll after the Razorbacks finished the season with an 11–1 record and defeated #2 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, 31–6.
In 1964, the Razorbacks finished the season as the only major team with an undefeated and untied record after No. 1 Alabama lost to Texas in the Orange Bowl. However, the AP and Coaches Polls became final before the bowl games were played, leaving one-loss Alabama as the AP and UPI national champion. The Football Writers Association of America and Helms Athletic Foundation conducted their final polling after the bowl games and selected Arkansas as the national champion.
1964Billingsley, Football Research, FWAA, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, Sagarin, Sagarin 11–0NebraskaNo. 2No. 2

Conference championships

Arkansas has won 13 conference championships, all during their tenure in the Southwest Conference.
1936SWCFred Thomsen7–35–1
1946†SWCJohn Barnhill6–3–25–1
1954SWCBowden Wyatt8–35–1
1959†SWCFrank Broyles9–25–1
1960SWCFrank Broyles8–36–1
1961†SWCFrank Broyles8–36–1
1964SWCFrank Broyles11–07–0
1965SWCFrank Broyles10–17–0
1968†SWCFrank Broyles10–16–1
1975†SWCFrank Broyles10–26–1
1979†SWCLou Holtz10–27–1
1988SWCKen Hatfield10–27–0
1989SWCKen Hatfield10–27–1

† Co-champions

Division championships

Arkansas has won four division championships, all within the SEC Western Division. Arkansas has made three appearances in the SEC Championship Game as winner of the SEC Western Division but are 0–3 in those appearances. Arkansas was also the SEC Western Division co-champions in 1998 with Mississippi State but lost to the Bulldogs during the regular season, resulting in Mississippi State representing the West in the SEC Championship Game. In 2002, Alabama had the best conference record in the West with a 6–2 mark, but was on probation by the NCAA and was barred from post season play. Arkansas played in the SEC Championship Game due to winning the tiebreaker for a three-way tie with Auburn and LSU, both of whom Arkansas defeated during the regular season.
† - Co-champions

Head coaches

There have been 36 head coaches of Arkansas. Barry Lunney Jr. became the interim head coach on November 11, 2019, after the firing of Chad Morris.
1John Futrall1894–189635–2—
2B. N. Wilson1897–189824–1–1—
3Colbert Searles1899–190025–2–2—
4Charles Thomas1901–190229–8—
5D. A. McDaniel190313–4—
6A. D. Brown1904–190526–9—
7Frank Longman1906–190725–8–3—
8Hugo Bezdek1908–1912529–13–1—
9E. T. Pickering1913–1914211–7—
10T. T. McConnell1915–191628–6–1—
11Norman Paine1917–191828–3–1—
12J. B. Craig191913–4—
13George McLaren1920–192128–5–3—
14Francis Schmidt1922–1928742–20–3—
15Fred Thomsen1929–19411356–61–100–0–1
16George Cole194213–7—
17John Tomlin194312–7—
18Glen Rose1944–194528–12–1—
19John Barnhill1946–1949422–17–31–0–1
20Otis Douglas1950–195239–21—
21Bowden Wyatt1953–1954211–100–1
22Jack Mitchell1955–1957317–12–1—
23Frank Broyles1958–197619144–58–54–6
24Lou Holtz1977–1983760–21–23–2–1
25Ken Hatfield1984–1989655–17–11–6
26Jack Crowe1990–199239–150–1
27Joe Kines †199213–6–1—
28Danny Ford1993–1997526–30–10–1
29Houston Nutt1998–20071075–462–5
30Reggie Herring †200710–10–1
31Bobby Petrino2008–2011434–172–1
32John L. Smith †201214–8—
33Bret Bielema2013–2017529–342–1
34Paul Rhoads †2017 1———
35Chad Morris2018–201924–18—
36Barry Lunney Jr. †201910–2—
37Sam Pittman2020–2025632–343–0
38Bobby Petrino†202510–7—
39Ryan Silverfield2026—Present————

† Interim head coach

Bowl games

The Razorbacks have appeared in 45 bowl games with an overall record of 18–24–3.
11933Fred ThomsenDixie ClassicCentenaryT 7–7
21946John BarnhillCotton Bowl ClassicLSUT 0–0
31947John BarnhillDixie BowlWilliam & MaryW 21–19
41954Bowden WyattCotton Bowl ClassicGeorgia TechL 6–14
51959Frank BroylesGator BowlGeorgia TechW 14–7
61960Frank BroylesCotton Bowl ClassicDukeL 6–7
71961Frank BroylesSugar BowlAlabamaL 3–10
81962Frank BroylesSugar BowlOle MissL 13–17
91964Frank BroylesCotton Bowl ClassicNebraskaW 10–7
101965Frank BroylesCotton Bowl ClassicLSUL 7–14
111968Frank BroylesSugar BowlGeorgiaW 16–2
121969Frank BroylesSugar BowlOle MissL 22–27
131971Frank BroylesLiberty BowlTennesseeL 13–14
141975Frank BroylesCotton Bowl ClassicGeorgiaW 31–10
151977Lou HoltzOrange BowlOklahomaW 31–6
161978Lou HoltzFiesta BowlUCLAT 10–10
171979Lou HoltzSugar BowlAlabamaL 9–24
181980Lou HoltzHall of Fame ClassicTulaneW 34–15
191981Lou HoltzGator BowlNorth CarolinaL 27–31
201982Lou HoltzAstro-Bluebonnet BowlFloridaW 28–24
211984Ken HatfieldLiberty BowlAuburnL 15–21
221985Ken HatfieldHoliday BowlArizona StateW 18–17
231986Ken HatfieldOrange BowlOklahomaL 8–42
241987Ken HatfieldLiberty BowlGeorgiaL 17–20
251988Ken HatfieldCotton Bowl ClassicUCLAL 3–17
261989Ken HatfieldCotton Bowl ClassicTennesseeL 27–31
271991Jack CroweIndependenceGeorgiaL 15–24
281995Danny FordCarquest BowlNorth CarolinaL 10–20
291998Houston NuttFlorida Citrus BowlMichiganL 31–45
301999Houston NuttCotton Bowl ClassicTexasW 27–6
312000Houston NuttLas Vegas BowlUNLVL 14–31
322001Houston NuttCotton Bowl ClassicOklahomaL 3–10
332002Houston NuttMusic City BowlMinnesotaL 14–29
342003Houston NuttIndependence BowlMissouriW 27–14
352006Houston NuttCapital One BowlWisconsinL 14–17
362007Reggie Herring Cotton Bowl ClassicMissouriL 7–38
372009Bobby PetrinoLiberty BowlEast CarolinaW 20–17
382010Bobby PetrinoSugar BowlOhio StateL 26–31
392011Bobby PetrinoCotton Bowl ClassicKansas StateW 29–16
402014Bret BielemaTexas BowlTexasW 31–7
412015Bret BielemaLiberty BowlKansas StateW 45–23
422016Bret BielemaBelk BowlVirginia TechL 24–35
432021Sam PittmanOutback BowlPenn StateW 24–10
442022Sam PittmanLiberty BowlKansasW 55–53 3OT
452024Sam PittmanLiberty BowlTexas TechW 39–26

Arkansas has been invited to multiple Cotton Bowl Classics, Sugar Bowls, and Liberty Bowls. Arkansas has faced current or future fellow SEC members in multiple bowl games as follows: Georgia ; Oklahoma ; and Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas. Arkansas has faced current or future out of conference opponents Georgia Tech, Kansas State, North Carolina, and UCLA in two bowl games each.