1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football team - Wikipedia

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1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, W 28–24 vs. Florida
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 9
Record	9–2–1 (5–2–1 SWC)
Head coach	Lou Holtz (6th season)
Home stadium	Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	Tulsa*	No. 13	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR		W 38–0	43,820
September 18	Navy*	No. 9	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		W 29–17	54,706
September 25	Ole Miss*	No. 9	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		W 14–12	54,980	^[2]
October 2	TCU	No. 10	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	TBS	W 35–0	54,808
October 9	Texas Tech	No. 9	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)		W 21–3	44,024
October 23	at Houston	No. 6	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	CBS	W 38–3	37,503
October 30	Rice	No. 5	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR		W 24–6	44,620
November 6	at Baylor	No. 5	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX		L 17–24	42,000
November 13	Texas A&M	No. 10	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)		W 35–0	53,410
November 20	at No. 2 SMU	No. 9	Texas Stadium Irving, TX	ABC	T 17–17	65,101
December 4	at No. 12 Texas	No. 6	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 7–33	67,903
December 31, 1982	vs. Florida*	No. 14	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)	Mizlou	W 28–24	31,557	^[3]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	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

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Razorbacks	7	0	3	7	17
Mustangs	0	7	3	7	17

Date: November 20
Location: Texas Stadium, Irving, TX
Game attendance: 65,101
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Lee Grosscup

Scoring summary

1	Ark	Gary Anderson 3-yard run (Smith kick)	Ark 7–0

2	SMU	Eric Dickerson 6-yard run (Harrell kick)	Tied 7–7

3	SMU	Jeff Harrell 49-yard field goal	SMU 10–7

3	Ark	Martin Smith 27-yard field goal	Tied 10–10

4	Ark	Gary Anderson 3-yard run (Smith kick)	Ark 17–10

4	SMU	Lance McIlhenny 7-yard run (Harrell kick)	Tied 17–17

At Texas

Roster

QB Brad Taylor

References

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

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