1986 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

The 1986 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1]

1986 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Orange Bowl, L 8–42 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 15
1986 record9–3 (6–2 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeOption
Defensive coordinatorFred Goldsmith (3rd season)
Home stadiumRazorback Stadium
War Memorial Stadium
1986 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Texas A&M $ 7 1 0  9 3 0
No. 15 Arkansas 6 2 0  9 3 0
No. 12 Baylor 6 2 0  9 3 0
Texas Tech 5 3 0  7 5 0
SMU 5 3 0  6 5 0
Texas 4 4 0  5 6 0
Rice 2 6 0  4 7 0
TCU 1 7 0  3 8 0
Houston 0 8 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13Ole Miss*No. 18W 21–055,230
September 20Tulsa*No. 12W 34–1751,080
September 27New Mexico State*No. 9
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, Ar
W 42–1155,106
October 4TCUNo. 8
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
RaycomW 34–1741,808
October 11Texas TechNo. 8
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)
L 7–1749,012
October 18at TexasNo. 14ESPNW 21–1467,344
October 25at HoustonNo. 14W 30–1316,060
November 1RiceNo. 13
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 45–1449,980
November 8at BaylorNo. 10RaycomL 14–2944,500
November 15No. 7 Texas A&MNo. 17
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR (rivalry)
ABCW 14–1054,912
November 22at SMUNo. 11W 41–033,382
January 1vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*No. 9NBCL 8–4252,717
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll

Personnel

1986 Arkansas Razorbacks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL Chris Bequette
QB John Bland
RB J.R. Brown
WR Donnie Centers
RB Anthony Chambers
OG 72 Freddie Childress So
QB Jay Cleveland
RB Marshall Foreman
RB David Gunn
RB Tony Holmes
TE Tim Horton
RB Aaron Jackson
RB Joe Johnson
TE Jim Kessinger
RB Kenn Massa
OL Limbo Parks
RB James Rouse
WR James Shibest (C)
QB Jim Simpson
OL David Smart
RB Wayne Stewart
RB Derrick Thomas (C)
QB Greg Thomas
RB Sammy Van Dyke
OL Bryan White
TE Billy Winston
TE Theo Young (C)
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 27 Steve Atwater So
DL Carl Bradford
DB Eric Bradford
DB Richard Brothers So
DL Tony Cherico
LB David Dudley
LB Albert Harris
DB Odis Lloyd
DL Wayne Martin
DL Kerry Owens
DL David Schell
DB Charles Washington
LB Erik Whitted
LB Rickey Williams
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P Greg Horne
K 22 Kendall Trainor So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
AP 19 18 12 9 8 8 14 14 13 10 17 11 9 9 15 
Coaches 14 15 12 9 9 10 13 13 13 9 16 13 10 10 16

Game summaries

Texas A&M


vs. Oklahoma (Orange Bowl)

#9 Arkansas vs. #3 Oklahoma
1 234Total
Arkansas 0 008 8
Oklahoma 0 141414 42
  • Date: January 1
  • Location: Orange Bowl
  • Game attendance: 52,717
  • Television network: NBC


[2]

Awards

[3]

References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/arkansas/1986-schedule.html
  2. Gainesville Sun. January 2, 1987
  3. 2011 Arkansas football media guide
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