1981 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
| 1981 Arkansas Razorbacks football | |
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Gator Bowl vs. North Carolina, L, 27–31
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
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| Coaches | #16 |
| 1981 record | 8–4–0 (5–3–0 SWC) |
| Head coach | Lou Holtz |
| Offensive coordinator | Larry Beightol |
| Defensive coordinator | Don Lindsey |
| Home stadium | Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #5 SMU $ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 Texas | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 0 | – | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The biggest win of the year was against a #1 Texas team, which the Razorbacks were rivals with already. Although unranked, the Razorbacks came out on top by 31 points, removing Texas' #1 ranking. The Hogs received a Gator Bowl berth against a 10–2–0 North Carolina team ranked 11th, while the Hogs were unranked at the time.[1] The SWC's champion, SMU, could not participate in a bowl game due to probation.[2]
Defensive lineman Billy Ray Smith was a consensus All-American for Arkansas.[3] Bruce Lahay, a kicker, also received first-team honors. Lahay was in a three-way tie for field goals per game in 1981, hitting on 1.73 per game. This mark was also held by Kevin Butler of Georgia and Larry Roach of Oklahoma State.
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 12, 1981 | Tulsa* | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | W 14–10 | 42,118 | |||||
| September 19, 1981 | Northwestern* | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR | W 38–7 | 54,532 | |||||
| September 26, 1981 | at Mississippi* | Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Rivalry) | W 27–13 | 63,522 | |||||
| October 3, 1981 | at TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | L 24–28 | 30,313 | |||||
| October 10, 1981 | at Texas Tech | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX | W 26–14 | 41,866 | |||||
| October 17, 1981 | #1 Texas | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | W 42–11 | 44,031 | |||||
| October 24, 1981 | Houston | #12 | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR | L 17–20 | 54,618 | ||||
| October 31, 1981 | at Rice | #20 | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | W 41–7 | 12,000 | ||||
| November 7, 1981 | Baylor | #19 | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR | W 41–39 | 54,560 | ||||
| November 14, 1981 | at Texas A&M | #16 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry) | W 10–7 | 60,003 | ||||
| November 21, 1981 | SMU | #16 | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | L 12–32 | 43,842 | ||||
| December 28, 1981 | vs. #11 North Carolina* | Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl) | L 27–31 | 71,009 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
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Game notes
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References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- ↑ "1981 Bowl Recap with Top 20 Teams." Gator Bowl. Information Please. Retrieved on August 14, 2007.
- ↑ "1981 Conference Champions." Information Please Database. Information Please. Retrieved on December 9, 2007.
- ↑ "1981 Consensus All-Americans." Information Please Database. Information Please. Retrieved on August 14, 2007.
- ↑ [1]
