Arkansas Razorbacks football, 1950-1959
Encyclopedia
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1950
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| George Eckert |
1951
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| Dave Hanner Dave Hanner Dave "Hawg" Hanner – Joel David Hanner was an American football player, coach and scout who spent his entire 42 year career with the Green Bay Packers.... Pat Summerall Pat Summerall George Allen "Pat" Summerall is a former American football player and television sportscaster, having worked at CBS, Fox, and ESPN.Summerall is best known for his work with John Madden on NFL telecasts for CBS and Fox.-High school:... |
1952
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| Dean Pryor Buddy Sutton |
1953
Overview
Arkansas quarterbackQuarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
Lamar McHan
Lamar McHan
Clarence Lamar McHan was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. McHan played football collegiately at the University of Arkansas. He was ninth in the 1953 Heisman Trophy balloting.McHan played for the Green Bay Packers from 1959-1960...
finished ninth in the Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
voting for 1953. McHan was sixth in the nation in yards per punt, and tied for sixth in punt return yards. Receiver Floyd Sagely's receiving stats were tied for sixth best in the country.
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| Jim Speering Ralph Troillett |
1954
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| Bobby Proctor Jim Roth |
Cotton Bowl Classic
1955
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| Preston Carpenter Preston Carpenter Verba Preston Carpenter was a professional American football player who played wide receiver, tight end, running back and special teams for eleven seasons for five different teams in the National Football League and the American Football League... Henry Moore |
1956
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| Neil Martin Ted Souter |
1957
Overview
Razorback punter/fullback and co-captain Gerald Nesbitt was fourth in the nation in yards per punt, with 42.0. Arkansas finished tied for fifth in the SWC.Schedule
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| Jay Donathan Gerald Nesbitt George Walker |
1959
Overview
In Frank BroylesFrank Broyles
John Franklin Broyles is a former American football player and coach, athletics administrator, and broadcaster. He served as the head football coach the University of Missouri in 1957 and at the University of Arkansas from 1958 to 1976...
' second season as head coach, Arkansas defeated his alma mater
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
in the Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
, 14–7.
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| Billy Luplow James Monroe Barry Switzer Barry Switzer Barry Switzer is a former football coach, active in the college and professional ranks between 1962 and 1997. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history, and is one of only two head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a... |
Gator Bowl
Passing
| Year | Player | Com | Att | % | Yards |
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| 1950 | Jim Rinehart | 59 | 139 | 42 | 756 |
| 1951 | Lamar McHan Lamar McHan Clarence Lamar McHan was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. McHan played football collegiately at the University of Arkansas. He was ninth in the 1953 Heisman Trophy balloting.McHan played for the Green Bay Packers from 1959-1960... |
53 | 135 | 39 | 724 |
| 1952 | Lamar McHan | 55 | 136 | 40 | 743 |
| 1953 | Lamar McHan | 78 | 150 | 52 | 1,107 |
| 1954 | George Walker | 45 | 85 | 53 | 603 |
| 1955 | George Walker | 22 | 47 | 47 | 347 |
| 1956 | Don Christian | 18 | 53 | 34 | 260 |
| 1957 | George Walker | 35 | 63 | 56 | 587 |
| 1958 | James Monroe | 41 | 96 | 43 | 512 |
| 1959 | James Monroe | 19 | 30 | 63 | 202 |
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Rushing
| Year | Player | Att | Yards | Avg |
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| 1950 | Buddy Rodgers | 118 | 476 | 4.0 |
| 1951 | Lamar McHan | 127 | 433 | 3.4 |
| 1952 | Buddy Sutton | 100 | 448 | 4.5 |
| 1953 | Lamar McHan | 143 | 409 | 2.9 |
| 1954 | Henry Moore | 153 | 670 | 4.4 |
| 1955 | Henry Moore | 134 | 701 | 5.2 |
| 1956 | Gerald Nesbitt | 129 | 663 | 5.1 |
| 1957 | Gerald Nesbitt | 145 | 624 | 4.3 |
| 1958 | Jim Mooty Jim Mooty James W. Mooty is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He was selected 1st team All-American by the Associated Press in 1959 while playing college football for the University of Arkansas.... |
71 | 395 | 5.6 |
| 1959 | Jim Mooty | 93 | 519 | 5.6 |
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Receiving
| Year | Player | Rec | Yards | YPC |
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| 1950 | Bill Jurney | 22 465 |
15.2 | |
| 1951 | Pat Summerall Pat Summerall George Allen "Pat" Summerall is a former American football player and television sportscaster, having worked at CBS, Fox, and ESPN.Summerall is best known for his work with John Madden on NFL telecasts for CBS and Fox.-High school:... |
24 | 358 | 14.9 |
| 1952 | Lewis Carpenter | 19 | 335 | 17.6 |
| 1953 | Floyd Sagely | 30 | 542 | 18.1 |
| 1954 | Preston Carpenter Preston Carpenter Verba Preston Carpenter was a professional American football player who played wide receiver, tight end, running back and special teams for eleven seasons for five different teams in the National Football League and the American Football League... |
21 | 234 | 11.1 |
| 1955 | Preston Carpenter | 11 | 155 | 14.1 |
| 1956 | Ron Underwood | 7 | 154 | 22.0 |
| 1957 | Billy Kyser | 10 | 179 | 17.9 |
| 1958 | Charles Barnes | 15 | 175 | 11.7 |
| 1959 | Steve Butler | 9 | 107 | 11.9 |
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Source: ESPN College Football Encyclopedia
See also
- University of ArkansasUniversity of ArkansasThe University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
- Arkansas RazorbacksArkansas RazorbacksThe Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the names of college sports teams at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The term Arkansas Razorbacks properly applies to any of the sports teams at the university. The Razorbacks take their name from the feral pig of the same name...
- Arkansas Razorbacks football, 1940-1949Arkansas Razorbacks football, 1940-1949-1940:-Schedule:-1941:-Schedule:-1942:-Schedule:-1943:-Overview:Receiver Ben Jones was tied for fifth in the nation in receptions for the 1943 season...
- Arkansas Razorbacks football, 1960-1969Arkansas Razorbacks football, 1960-1969-1960:-Schedule:-Cotton Bowl Classic:-1961:-Schedule:-Sugar Bowl:-1962:-Overview:Quarterback Billy Moore was voted an All-American. Moore scored 14 touchdowns, which tied him with Miami University's kicker Bob Jencks in scoring...
- Cotton Bowl Classic
- Gator BowlGator BowlThe Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
- Southwest Conference