1983 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

1983 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1983 record	6–5 (4–4 SWC)
Head coach	Lou Holtz (7th season)
Home stadium	Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium

1983 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 12 SMU	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Baylor	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Texas A&M	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Arkansas	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Houston	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	1	1	–	8	–	2
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. Ron Faurot received first-team All-American honors as a defensive lineman for the Hogs.

The Hogs would hire Ken Hatfield, who shined for the Hogs as a defensive back on the 1964 national championship team, as their new head football coach.^[1] He is still a large proponent of the triple option offense in college football.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10, 1983	Tulsa*	Razorback Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 17–14	45,202
September 17, 1983	New Mexico*	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 17–0	54,212
September 24, 1983	at Mississippi*	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Rivalry)	L 10–13	55,720
October 1, 1983	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	W 38–21	28,310
October 15, 1983	No. 2 Texas	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	L 3–31	54,882
October 22, 1983	Houston	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 24–3	41,080
October 29, 1983	Rice	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 35–0	52,986
November 5, 1983	Baylor	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 21–24	44,820
November 12, 1983	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry)	L 23–36	58,587
November 19, 1983	No. 6 SMU	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	L 0–17	31,080
November 26, 1983	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX	W 16–13	32,978
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

↑ "Arkansas Database." NCAA Database. National Champs.net. Retrieved on November 1, 2007.
↑ "Ken Hatfield." CSTV.com. Rice Owls Coach Profile. Retrieved on November 1, 2007.

Arkansas Razorbacks football
Venues	The Hill (1894–1938) Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (1938–present) War Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1948–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn LSU Missouri: Battle Line Rivalry Ole Miss Texas Texas A&M
Culture & lore	Calling the Hogs Tusk Big Red "Arkansas Fight" Marching band Wildcat offense 2003 Kentucky game 1969 "Game of the Century"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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