1977 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=1977
Team=Arkansas Razorbacks


ImageSize=100px
Conference=Southwestern Conference
Division=
ShortConference=SWC
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=11-1 [ [http://www.phys.utk.edu/sorensen/cfr/cfr/Output/1977/CF_1977_Games.html College Football 1977 Games ] ]
ConfRecord=7-1
HeadCoach=Lou Holtz
OffCoach=
DefCoach=
OScheme=
DScheme=
Stadium=Razorback Stadium
Champion=
Bowl= Orange Bowl
BowlResult= w

chedule/Results

CFB Schedule Start
time = no
rank =
ranklink = no
rankyear = no
tv = no
attend =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 9/10/1977
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank =
opponent = New Mexico State
opprank =
site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
site_cityst = Little Rock, AR
gamename =
tv = no
score = 53-10
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 9/17/1977
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank =
opponent = Oklahoma State
opprank = 15
site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
site_cityst = Little Rock, AR
gamename =
tv = no
score = 28-6
overtime = CFB Schedule Entry
date = 9/24/1977
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 16
opponent = Tulsa
opprank =
site_stadium = Razorback Stadium
site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR
gamename =
tv = no
score = 37-3
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/1/1977
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 12
opponent = TCU
opprank =
site_stadium = Amon G. Carter Stadium
site_cityst = Fort Worth, TX
gamename =
tv = no
score = 42-6
overtime = CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/15/1977
time = no
w/l = l
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 8
opponent = Texas
opprank = 2
site_stadium = Razorback Stadium
site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR
gamename =
tv = no
score = 9-13
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/22/1977
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 9
opponent = Houston
opprank =
site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
site_cityst = Little Rock, AR
gamename =
tv = no
score = 34-0
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/29/1977
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 8
opponent = Rice
opprank =
site_stadium = Rice Stadium
site_cityst = Houston, TX
gamename =
tv = no
score = 30-7
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/5/1977
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 8
opponent = Baylor
opprank =
site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
site_cityst = Little Rock, AR
gamename =
tv = no
score = 35-9
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/18/1977
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 8
opponent = Texas A&M
opprank = 14
site_stadium = Kyle Field
site_cityst = College Station, TX
gamename =
tv = no
score = 26-20
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/19/1977
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 8
opponent = SMU
opprank =
site_stadium = Razorback Stadium
site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR
gamename =
tv = no
score = 54-6
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/26/1977
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 8
opponent = Texas Tech
opprank = 16
site_stadium = Razorback Stadium
site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR
gamename =
tv = no
score = 17-14
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 1/2/1978
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 6
opponent = Oklahoma
opprank = 2
site_stadium = Miami Orange Bowl
site_cityst = Miami, FL
gamename = Orange Bowl
tv = no
score = 31-6 [http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0746927.html]
overtime =

Individual Performance

PK Steve Little was a consensus All-American in 1977. Little punted 48 times for 2,127 yds, and had the fourth-best average in college football, with 44.3 yards per punt. Little scored an average of 8.5 points per game for the Razorbacks, including 19 field goals (30 attempted) and 37 extra points. This was the eighth-best average per game, and the second-best among kickers. His 1.73 field goals per game was second-best to Paul Marchese of Kent State.

Team Performance

The third-best scoring defense, Arkansas, was also in a tie for the fourth-best pass defense. The Hogs, along with the Indiana Hoosiers, gave up only 89.5 yards per game through the air, and the Hogs only surrendered 8.6 points per game. Only North Carolina and Ohio State allowed fewer points in 1977. The Razorbacks finished third in both the AP Poll and the UP Poll, pulling a #6 from the Richard Billingsley computer rankings.

ee also

*Arkansas Razorbacks
*Orange Bowl

References