1983 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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.

1983 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	6–5 (4–4 SWC)
Head coach	Lou Holtz (7th season)
Home stadium	Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

1983 Southwest Conference football standings

v t e	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

After the season in mid-December, Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles asked Lou Holtz to resign after seven years as head coach,^[1] partly because of the team's decline, but also due to political statements made by Holtz earlier in the year. Holtz decided to resign rather than be fired, and went to Minnesota.^[2] Arkansas soon hired Air Force head coach Ken Hatfield,^[3] an alumnus who shined for the Hogs as a defensive back on the 1964 national championship team.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Tulsa*	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR		W 17–14	45,202	[5]
September 17	New Mexico*	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		W 17–0	54,212	[6]
September 24	at Ole Miss*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)		L 10–13	55,720	[7]
October 1	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 38–21	28,310	[8]
October 15	No. 2 Texas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	CBS	L 3–31	54,882	[9]
October 22	Houston	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR		W 24–3	41,080	[10]
October 29	Rice	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		W 35–0	52,986	[11]
November 5	Baylor	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR		L 21–24	44,820	[12]
November 12	Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		L 23–36	58,597	[13]
November 19	No. 6 SMU	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	ABC	L 0–17	31,080	[14]
November 26	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 16–13	32,978	[15]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

• QB Brad Taylor