Arkansas Razorbacks football, 1940-1949

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[edit] 1940

1940 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Conference	SWC
1940 Record	4-6 (1-5 SWC)
Head Coach	Fred Thomsen
Home Stadium	Bailey Stadium
Seasons « 1939 1941 »

[edit] Overview

[edit] Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
9/28/40*	East Central Oklahoma	Bailey Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 38-0
10/5/40	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	L 0-20
10/12/40	Baylor	Bailey Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 12-6
10/19/40	#14 Texas	Little Rock, AR	L 0-21
10/26/40*	vs. #14 Ole Miss	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 21-20
11/2/40	at #5 Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	L 0-17
11/9/40	Rice	Bailey Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 7-14
11/16/40	at #20 SMU	Ownby Stadium • Dallas, TX	L 0-28
11/21/40*	at #15 Fordham	New York, New York	L 7-27
11/28/40*	at Tulsa	Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK	W 27-21
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[edit] 1941

1941 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Conference	SWC
1941 Record	3-7 (0-6 SWC)
Head Coach	Fred Thomsen
Home Stadium	Razorback Stadium
Seasons « 1940 1942 »

[edit] Overview

[edit] Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
9/27/41*	East Central Oklahoma	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 56-0
10/4/41	TCU	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 0-9
10/11/41	at Baylor	Waco, TX	L 7-20
10/18/41	at #2 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 14-48
11/24/41*	at Detroit	Detroit, MI	W 9-6
11/1/41	#5 Texas A&M	Little Rock, AR	L 0-7
11/8/41	at Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 12-21
11/15/41	SMU	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 7-14
10/22/41*	vs. #15 Ole Miss	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	L 0-18
11/27/41*	at Tulsa	Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK	W 13-6
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[edit] 1942

1942 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Conference	SWC
1942 Record	3-7 (0-6 SWC)
Head Coach	George Cole
Home Stadium	Razorback Stadium
Seasons « 1941 1943 »

[edit] Overview

[edit] Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
9/26/42*	Wichita St.	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 27-0
10/3/42	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	L 06-13
10/10/42	Baylor	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 7-20
10/17/42	#20 Texas	Little Rock, AR	L 6-47
10/24/42*	vs. Ole Miss	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 7-6
10/31/42	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	L 0-41
11/7/42	Rice	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 9-40
11/14/42	at SMU	Ownby Stadium • Dallas, TX	L 6-14
11/21/42*	at Detroit	Detroit, MI	W 14-7
11/26/42*	at #6 Tulsa	Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK	L 7-40
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[edit] 1943

1943 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Conference	SWC
1943 Record	2-7 (1-4 SWC)
Head Coach	John Tomlin
Home Stadium	Razorback Stadium
Seasons « 1942 1944 »

[edit] Overview

Receiver Ben Jones was tied for fifth in the nation in receptions for the 1943 season. Punter Harold Cox led the nation in yards per punt average, with 41.0.

Year	G	Rec	Yds	YPR	YPG	RPG
1943	9	19	279	14.7	31.0	2.1

[edit] Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
9/25/43*	Missouri Rolla	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 59-0
10/2/43	TCU	Little Rock, AR	L 0-13
10/9/43*	Ark-Monticello	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 12-20
10/16/43	at Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 0-34
10/30/43	#19 Texas A&M	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 0-7
11/6/43	at Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 7-20
11/13/43	at SMU	San Antonio, TX	W 14-12
11/19/43*	vs. Oklahoma A&M	Ft. Smith, AR	L 13-19
11/25/43*	at #20 Tulsa	Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK	L 0-61
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[edit] 1944

1944 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Conference	SWC
1944 Record	5-5-1 (2-2-1 SWC)
Head Coach	Glen Rose
Home Stadium	Razorback Stadium
Seasons « 1943 1945 »

[edit] Overview

[edit] Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
9/23/44*	vs. Missouri	Francis Field • St. Louis, MO	W 7-6
9/29/44*	at Oklahoma A&M	Oklahoma City, OK	L 0-19
10/7/44	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	T 6-6
10/14/44*	Norman NAS	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 7-27
10/21/44	Texas	Little Rock, AR	L 0-19
10/28/44*	vs. Ole Miss	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 26-18
11/4/44	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	W 7-6
11/11/44	Rice	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 12-7
11/18/44	at SMU	Ownby Stadium • Dallas, TX	L 12-20
11/23/44*	at Tulsa	Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK	L 2-33
12/2/44*	Ark-Monticello	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 41-0
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[edit] 1945

1945 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Conference	SWC
1945 Record	3-7 (1-5 SWC)
Head Coach	Glen Rose
Home Stadium	Razorback Stadium
Seasons « 1944 1946 »

[edit] Overview

[edit] Stasistical leaders

Running back John Hoffman led the Hogs in both rushing and receiving in 1945.

Year	Att	Rush Yards	Avg/rush	Rec	Rec Yards	Avg/rec
1945	139	587	4.2	11	196	17.8

Quarterback Bud Canada was the Hogs leading passer.

Year	Att	Comp	Yards	%
1945	69	24	272	35

[edit] Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
9/22/45*	at Barksdale AFB	Shreveport, LA	W 12-6
9/29/45*	Oklahoma A&M	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 14-19
10/6/45	#10 TCU	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 27-14
10/13/45	at Baylor	Waco, TX	L 13-23
10/20/45	Texas	Little Rock, AR	L 7-34
10/27/45*	vs. Ole Miss	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 19-0
11/3/45	Texas A&M	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 0-34
11/10/45	at Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 7-26
11/17/45	at SMU	Ownby Stadium • Dallas, TX	L 0-21
11/23/45*	at #17 Tulsa	Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK	L 13-45
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[edit] 1946

1946 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Southwest Conference Co-champions Cotton Bowl vs. LSU, T, 0-0
Conference	SWC
1946 Record	6-3-2 (5-1 SWC)
Head Coach	John Barnhill
Home Stadium	Razorback Stadium
Seasons « 1945 1947 »

[edit] Overview

After winning only five conference games all decade, the Razorbacks matched that total in one year, earning a shared SWC crown with Rice University.

Ken Holland led the Razorbacks in rushing statistics during 1946.

Year	Att	Rush Yards	Avg/rush
1946	112	397	3.5

Quarterback Aubrey Fowler was the leading passer for the Razorbacks.

Year	Comp	Att	Yards	%
1946	18	40	320	45

Future College football Hall of Famer Clyde Scott led the Razorbacks in receiving. He would also win a silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Year	Rec	Rec Yards	Yards/Rec
1946	11	183	16.6

[edit] Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
9/21/46*	Northwestern St.		Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 21-14
9/28/46*	at Oklahoma A&M		Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK	T 21-21
10/5/46	at TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	W 34-14
10/12/46	Baylor	#18	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 13-0
10/19/46	at #3 Texas	#14	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 0-20
10/26/46*	vs. Ole Miss		Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	L 7-9
11/2/46	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field • College Station, TX	W 7-0
11/9/46	#5 Rice		Little Rock, AR	W 7-0
11/16/46	SMU	#17	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 13-0
11/28/46*	at Tulsa	#10	Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK	L 13-14
1/1/47*	vs. #8 LSU	#16	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)	T 0-0
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[edit] Cotton Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Razorbacks	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0

The 1946 Cotton Bowl was a match up of rivals who had not played since 1937. The game sold out, but snow and twenty degree weather kept some fans at home from what would come to be known as the Ice Bowl. The Hogs defense kept Y.A. Tittle's Tiger offense out of the end zone from the Arkansas 1, 6, 7, and 8 yard lines, but Arkansas could not capitalize on any of the stops, and gained a lone first down the entire game. The final two plays proved the cold did not stop the teams from having a flair for the dramatic, as Razorback Clyde Scott (a future College Football Hall of Famer) tackled LSU receiver Jeff Odom at the Razorback one, preserving the tie. The Tigers then attempted the go-ahead field goal, but a bad snap ended the game on the final play.

Source: Razorback Bowl History - 1947 Cotton Bowl

[edit] 1947

1947 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Dixie Bowl vs. William & Mary, W, 21-19
Conference	SWC
1947 Record	6-4-1 (1-4-1 SWC)
Head Coach	John Barnhill
Home Stadium	Razorback Stadium
Seasons « 1946 1948 »

[edit] Overview

Clyde Scott led the Razorbacks in rushing during 1947.

Year	Att	Rush Yards	Avg/rush
1947	152	659	4.3

Quarterback Kenny Holland was the leading passer for the Razorbacks.

Year	Comp	Att	Yards	%
1947	25	46	360	54

Ross Pritchard led the Razorbacks in receiving.

Year	Rec	Rec Yards	Yards/Rec
1947	15	266	17.7

[edit] Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
9/20/47*	at Northwestern St.	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 64-0
9/27/47*	North Texas	Little Rock, AR	W 12-0
10/4/47	TCU	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 6-0
10/11/47	at Baylor	Waco, TX	L 9-17
10/18/47	vs. #3 Texas	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	L 6-21
10/25/47*	vs. Ole Miss	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 19-14
11/1/47	Texas A&M	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	T 21-21
11/8/47	at Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 0-26
11/15/47	at #4 SMU	Ownby Stadium • Dallas, TX	L 6-14
11/27/47*	at Tulsa	Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK	W 27-13
1/1/48*	vs. #14 William & Mary	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Dixie Bowl)	W 21-19
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[edit] Dixie Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Razorbacks	0	14	0	7	21
Indians	7	6	6	0	19

Arkansas was set to play in the inaugural Dixie Bowl, which would be the first of only two ever played, against a 9-1 William & Mary team. The Indians got on top early, recovering a Razorback fumbled quick-kick on the Arkansas six yard line, after which Jack Cloud scored from the one to give fourteenth-ranked William & Mary a 7-0 lead. The Indians drove another 78 yards, with Cloud again hitting pay dirt, but QB Stan Magdziak could not convert the extra point, leaving the score 13-0.

The Razorbacks answered with a 59-yard touchdown pass from Kenny Holland to Ross Pritchard. Moments later, defensive halfback Melvin McGaha would intercept an errant Indian pass and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown. Aubrey Fowler's extra point was true, and the Razorbacks had a one point lead. After halftime, William & Mary took back the lead with a six yard strike from Magdziak to Henry Bland, but the extra point was again no good. A 97 yard Razorback drive was capped by Leon Campbell sprinting in from seven yards out with five minutes to play to give Arkansas a 21-19 lead, one that would not be relinquished. The crowd of 21,000 watched Arkansas push their record in bowl games to 1-0-2, which could have been 0-0-3 had the Indians converted two extra points.

Arkansas rushed for 103 yards against a William & Mary team that was allowing 61.5 yards per contest, second behind only Penn State's 17 ypg.

Source: Razorback Bowl History - 1948 Dixie Bowl

Scoring Summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring Information Score Length Time ARK W&M 1 6 W&M Jack Cloud 1-yard touchdown run, Stan Magdziak kick good 0 7 2 78 W&M Jack Cloud 2-yard touchdown run, Stan Magdziak kick no good 0 13 2 ARK Ross Pritchard 59-yard touchdown reception from Kenny Holland, Aubrey Fowler kick good 7 13 2 70 ARK Interception returned 70 yards for touchdown by Melvin McGaha, Aubrey Fowler kick good 14 13 3 W&M Henry Bland 6-yard touchdown reception from Stan Magdziak, Stan Magdziak kick no good 14 19 4 97 ARK Leon Campbell 7-yard touchdown run, Aubrey Fowler kick good 21 19 21 19

[edit] 1948

1948 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Conference	SWC
1948 Record	5-5 (2-4 SWC)
Head Coach	John Barnhill
Home Stadium	Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1947 1949 »

[edit] Overview

For the first time since 1932, the Razorbacks did not travel to Skelly Field, and instead played Tulsa in the new War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Clyde Scott was named a consensus All-American as a back.

Year	Att	Rush Yards	Avg/rush
1948	95	670	7.1

Gordon Long lead the Razorbacks in passing stats.

Year	Comp	Att	Yards	%
1948	32	56	449	57

Ross Pritchard again led the Razorbacks in receiving.

Year	Rec	Rec Yards	Yards/Rec
1948	17	311	18.3

[edit] Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
9/18/48*	Abilene Christian	#13	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR (Dedication)	W 40-6
9/25/48*	Texas A&M Commerce	#13	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 46-7
10/2/48	at TCU	#13	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	W 27-14
10/9/48	Baylor	#13	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 7-23
10/16/48	at Texas		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 6-14
10/30/48	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field • College Station, TX	W 28-6
11/6/48	Rice		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	L 6-25
11/13/48	#7 SMU		Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 12-14
11/20/48*	Tulsa		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 55-18
11/27/48*	#20 William & Mary		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	L 0-9
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[edit] 1949

1949 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Conference	SWC
1949 Record	5-5 (2-4 SWC)
Head Coach	John Barnhill
Home Stadium	Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1948 1950 »

[edit] Overview

1949 marks the first meeting the Razorbacks had on the football field with current Southeastern Conference opponent Vanderbilt University.

Geno Mazzanti was the leading rusher for the 1949 Arkansas Razorbacks.

Year	Att	Rush Yards	Avg/rush
1949	123	757	6.2

Don Logue lead the Hogs in passing.

Year	Comp	Att	Yards	%
1949	31	79	374	39

Future NFL player and college football broadcaster Pat Summerall, a freshman, led the Razorbacks in receiving categories in 1949. He also played defensive line and placekicker.

Year	Rec	Rec Yards	Yards/Rec
1948	17	298	17.5

[edit] Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
9/24/49*	North Texas	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 33-19
10/1/49	TCU	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 27-7
10/8/49	at Baylor	Waco, TX	L 13-35
10/15/49	#16 Texas	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	L 14-27
10/22/48*	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	W 7-6
10/29/49	Texas A&M	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 27-6
11/5/49	at #8 Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 0-14
11/12/49	at #12 SMU	Ownby Stadium • Dallas, TX	L 6-34
11/19/49*	William & Mary	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	L 0-20
11/26/49*	Tulsa	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 40-7
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[edit] See Also

• University of Arkansas
• Arkansas Razorbacks
• Arkansas Razorbacks football, 1920-1929
• Arkansas Razorbacks football, 1930-1939
• Arkansas-Ole Miss rivalry
• Southwest Conference
• Cotton Bowl
• Dixie Bowl

[edit] Notes

Arkansas Razorbacks Sports Network Online 1940-1949 Football Schedule/Results

• "Razorback Bowl History - 1947 Cotton Bowl." Arkansas Razorbacks Sports Network. Cotton Bowl Recap. Retrieved on 6-3-2008.
• "Razorback Bowl History - 1948 Dixie Bowl." Arkansas Razorbacks Sports Network. Dixie Bowl Recap. Retrieved on 6-4-2008.

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