1977 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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1977 Arkansas Razorbacks football

Conference

SWC

1977 Record

11-1^[1] (7-1 SWC)

Head Coach

Lou Holtz

Seasons

« 1976

1978 »

1 Schedule/Results
2 Individual Performance
3 Team Performance
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Schedule/Results

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
9/10/1977*	vs. New Mexico State		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 53-10
9/17/1977*	vs. #15 Oklahoma State		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 28-6
9/24/1977*	Tulsa	#16	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 37-3
10/1/1977	at TCU	#12	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	W 42-6
10/15/1977	#2 Texas	#8	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 9-13
10/22/1977	vs. Houston	#9	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 34-0
10/29/1977	at Rice	#8	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 30-7
11/5/1977	vs. Baylor	#8	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 35-9
11/18/1977	at #14 Texas A&M	#8	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	W 26-20
11/19/1977	SMU	#8	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 54-6
11/26/1977	#16 Texas Tech	#8	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 17-14
1/2/1978*	vs. #2 Oklahoma	#6	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	W 31-6^[2]
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

[edit] Individual Performance

PK Steve Little was a consensus All-American in 1977. Little punted 48 times for 2,127 yds, and had the fourth-best average in college football, with 44.3 yards per punt. Little scored an average of 8.5 points per game for the Razorbacks, including 19 field goals (30 attempted) and 37 extra points. This was the eighth-best average per game, and the second-best among kickers. His 1.73 field goals per game was second-best to Paul Marchese of Kent State.

[edit] Team Performance

The third-best scoring defense, Arkansas, was also in a tie for the fourth-best pass defense. The Hogs, along with the Indiana Hoosiers, gave up only 89.5 yards per game through the air, and the Hogs only surrendered 8.6 points per game. Only North Carolina and Ohio State allowed fewer points in 1977. The Razorbacks finished third in both the AP Poll and the UP Poll, pulling a #6 from the Richard Billingsley computer rankings.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

v • d • e

Arkansas Razorbacks football

The University in Fayetteville, Arkansas

Stadiums – Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • War Memorial Stadium

Culture – Rivalry with Texas • Rivalry with Texas A&M • Rivalry with LSU • Rivalry with Ole Miss • Game of the Century • Tusk • Big Red

Important People – Jeff Long • Frank Broyles • Hugo Bezdek • Lou Holtz • Bobby Petrino • 45 All-Americans • 12 College Football HOF inductees

National Championships

1964

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