1961 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
| 1961 Arkansas Razorbacks football | |
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SWC co-champion | |
Sugar Bowl, L 3–10 vs. Alabama | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 8 |
| AP | No. 9 |
| Record | 8–3 (6–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 3 Texas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Arkansas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1961 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the
AP Poll and #8 in the final UPI Coaches Poll and went on to lose to the undefeated national champion Alabama Crimson Tide in the 1962 Sugar Bowl by a 10–3 score.[2]
Arkansas halfback Lance Alworth was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team player on the 1961 College Football All-America Team. He was also honored as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press and United Press International. Alworth was later inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 23 | at No. 9 Ole Miss* | ABC | L 0–16 | 46,000 | [3] | ||
| September 30 | Tulsa* | W 6–0 | 18,000 | ||||
| October 7 | TCU | W 28–3 | |||||
| October 14 | at No. 9 Baylor | W 23–13 | 34,000 | ||||
| October 21 | No. 3 Texas | No. 10 |
| L 7–33 | 33,000 | [4] | |
| October 28 | Northwestern State* |
| W 42–7 | ||||
| November 4 | Texas A&M |
| W 15–8 | ||||
| November 11 | at Rice | W 10–0 | |||||
| November 18 | at SMU | W 21–7 | 17,000 | ||||
| November 25 | Texas Tech* | No. 9 |
| W 28-0 | 41,000 | ||
| January 1 | No. 1 Alabama* | No. 9 | L 3–10 | 82,910 | [5] | ||
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Personnel
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Special teams
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References
- ^ "Arkansas Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ "1961 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- Newspapers.com.
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