1979 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
| 1979 Arkansas Razorbacks football | |
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Southwest Conference co-champion | |
Sugar Bowl, L 9–24 vs. Alabama | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 9 |
| AP | No. 8 |
| Record | 10–2 (6–2 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 5 Houston + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Arkansas + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Texas | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Baylor | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the
AP Poll and #9 in the final UPI Coaches Poll
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Offensive tackle Greg Kolenda was a consensus All-American for the Razorbacks in 1979.[3] Placekicker
Ish Ordonez led the nation in field goals with 18 and lead the Southwest Conference in scoring for the second year in a row with 80 points. He broke the NCAA record of 12 consecutive field goals making 16 and hit 18 of 22 field goals on the season, for an 82% average and was second-team All-American. All SWC Quarterback Kevin Scanlon was selected the Southwest Conference Player of the Year and honorable mention All American. As a defense, Arkansas was tied for 6th in scoring defense in the 1979 season, giving up 108 points in 11 games (9.8 ppg).
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 15 | Colorado State* | No. 17 | W 36–3 | 55,317 | |||
| September 22 | Oklahoma State* | No. 15 |
| W 27–7 | 55,812 | ||
| September 29 | Tulsa* | No. 13 | W 33–8 | 45,742 | |||
| October 6 | at TCU | No. 13 | W 16–13 | 25,317 | |||
| October 13 | at Jones Stadium ) | W 20–6 | 47,109 | ||||
| October 20 | No. 2 ABC | W 17–14 | 55,838 | ||||
| October 27 | No. 6 Houston | No. 4 |
| ABC | L 10–13 | 43,319 | |
| November 3 | at Rice | No. 9 | W 34–7 | 17,000 | |||
| November 10 | No. 17 Baylor | No. 9 |
| W 29–20 | 43,284 | ||
| November 17 | at Texas A&M | No. 8 | W 22–10 | 62,648 | |||
| November 24 | SMU | No. 7 |
| W 31–7 | 54,718 | ||
| January 1 | vs. No. 2 Alabama* | No. 6 | ABC | L 9–24 | 77,486 | [4] | |
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Roster
- RB Gary Anderson, Fresh
- DB Kim Dameron, Fresh
- Jeff Goff (defense), Soph
- DE Jim Howard
- P Bruce Lahay
- TE Darryl Mason
- WR TE Gene Ratliff
- PK Ish Ordonez
- Ricky Richardson (defense), Soph
- QB Kevin Scanlon, Sr.
- G George Stewart
Game summaries
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Texas' John Goodson missed a 51-yard field goal into a 24-mile per hour wind with 1:29 left to play as Arkansas beat the Longhorns for the first time since 1971.[5]
References
- ^ "Arkansas Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ "19789Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ "Consensus All Americans."1979 Retrieved on July 31, 2007.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Oct 21.
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