Arkansas Razorbacks football, 1960-1969

:	1960 – 1961 – 1962 – 1963 – 1964 – 1965 – 1966 – 1967 – 1968 – 1969 – Game of the Century – Stats

1960

Schedule

Captains
Steve Butler Wayne Harris

Cotton Bowl Classic

1961

Schedule

Captains
John Childress Harold Horton George McKinney

Sugar Bowl

1962

Overview

Quarterback

Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

Billy Moore was voted an All-America

All-America

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n. Moore scored 14 touchdowns, which tied him with Miami University's

Miami RedHawks football

The Miami University RedHawks, known as the Miami Redskins before 1996, are a NCAA Division I FBS college football program that competes in the Mid-American Conference...

kicker

Placekicker

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Bob Jencks

Robert William Jencks was a former American football kicker and end in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Miami University and was drafted in the second round of the 1963 NFL Draft...

in scoring. Future Razorback head coach Ken Hatfield

Ken Hatfield

Ken Hatfield is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the United States Air Force Academy , the University of Arkansas , Clemson University , and Rice University , compiling a career college football record of 168–140–4.-Playing...

finished second in the country in punt return yards, behind Utah State's

Utah State Aggies

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Darrell Roberts. Razorback Kicker Tom McKnelly was fourth in kick scoring, with 33 extra point

Extra Point

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s and 3 field goals

Field goal (football)

A field goal in American football and Canadian football is a goal that may be scored during general play . Field goals may be scored by a placekick or the now practically extinct drop kick.The drop kick fell out of favor in 1934 when the shape of the ball was changed...

.

The Hog offensive unit averaged 5.0 yards per play, and 357 yards per game, the seventh-best mark in 1962. Arkansas also averaged 28.6 points per game, the fifth highest average nationally. Running on the Razorback defense was tough, as the unit gave up 90.7 yards per contest, the seventh-lowest total in the nation.

Arkansas, despite a 9–2 record, finished second in the SWC to Texas

Texas Longhorns football

The Texas Longhorns football program is the intercollegiate football team representing The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. The team currently competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National...

, who was 9–1–1, losing only in the Cotton Bowl Classic to the Tigers of LSU, 13–0.

Schedule

Captains
Billy Moore Ray Trail

Sugar Bowl

The 1963 Sugar Bowl

1963 Sugar Bowl

The 1963 edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the 3rd ranked Ole Miss Rebels, and the 6th ranked Arkansas Razorbacks. Behind a solid win, Ole Miss locked up its second national championship in three years.-Game summary:...

matched up rivals

Arkansas-Ole Miss rivalry

The Arkansas–Ole Miss football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Arkansas Razorbacks football team of the University of Arkansas and the Ole Miss Rebels football team of the University of Mississippi...

Arkansas and Ole Miss

Ole Miss Rebels football

The football history of the University of Mississippi , includes the formation of the first football team in the state and is 26th on the list of college football's all-time winning programs...

in the Razorbacks second straight Sugar Bowl

Sugar Bowl

The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...

, and fourth bowl in four seasons. The Rebels also had reached four consecutive bowl games.

After each team kicked field goals, Ole Miss scored the first touchdown, a 33 yard strike from Glynn Griffing

Glynn Griffing

Wilburn Glynn Griffing is a former American football quarterback who played one season for the New York Giants in the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Mississippi and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1962 NFL Draft...

to Louis Guy gave the Rebels a 10–3 lead. The Hogs replied with a five yard touchdown toss from Billy Moore to knot the game at 10. Ole Miss QB

Quarterback

Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

Griffing then scored on a one-yard touchdown scamper. The Razorbacks would tack on a field goal, but as neither team could dent the scoreboard in the fourth quarter, would lose by a 17–13 final.
Source: Razorback Bowl History – 1963 Sugar Bowl

1963

Overview

Ken Hatfield

led the nation in punt return yards, gaining 350 on 21 returns. Razorback Ronnie Caveness

Ronnie Caveness

Ronald Glen Caveness is a former American football linebacker for the American Football League's Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs from 1965 to 1968....

set a school record in the Texas game with 29 tackles. The NCAA record is 30, set in 2001.

Schedule

Captains
Jim Grizzle Mike Parker

1964

Overview

Razorback Guard Ronnie Caveness

Ronnie Caveness

Ronald Glen Caveness is a former American football linebacker for the American Football League's Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs from 1965 to 1968....

was named an All-American. Ken Hatfield

Ken Hatfield

again led the nation in punt return yards, with 518. Tom McKnelly scored 45 points kicking 27 extra point

Extra Point

s and 6 field goals, tied him with LSU's Doug Moreau for fourth place nationally.

Arkansas' total defense was fourth-best, allowing only 180.5 yards per game, while the scoring defense was the best in the land, giving up only 5.7 points per game.

Schedule

Captains
Seniors

Cotton Bowl Classic

Arkansas and Nebraska met for the first time in the 1965 Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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. Arkansas' number-one rated defense was giving up only 5.7 points per game, where Nebraska's #7 scoring offense was scoring 24.9 points per contest.

A standing room only crowd watched as the Hogs opened the scoring on a Tom McKnelly field goal, but the Huskers responded with a Harry Wilson punching it in from one yard out. The third quarter passed with no scoring before Bobby Burnett of Arkansas ran in for the go ahead touchdown. Despite being named the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll national champion, #1 Alabama could not hold off Texas

Texas Longhorns football

in the Orange Bowl, which left Arkansas to take the number one spot in the FWAA Poll and a share of that year's national championship.

Source: Razorback Bowl History – 1965 Cotton Bowl

National Championship

Arkansas was invited to play in the Cotton Bowl Classic on January 1, 1965 against the Nebraska Cornhuskers

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college football. The program has established itself as a traditional powerhouse, and has the fourth-most all-time victories of any NCAA Division I-A team. Nebraska is one of only six football programs in NCAA Division I-A...

. The Razorbacks went on to beat the Cornhuskers 10–7 and were selected as national champions by the Football Writers Association of America

Football Writers Association of America

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and the Helms Athletic Foundation

Helms Athletic Foundation

The Helms Athletic Foundation was an athletic foundation based in Los Angeles, founded in 1936 by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms. It put together a panel of experts to select National Champion teams and make All-America team selections in a number of college sports including football and basketball...

as the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide

Alabama Crimson Tide football

lost their bowl game

Bowl game

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against the Texas Longhorns in the Orange Bowl. Because the final AP and Coaches (UPI) Polls were released before bowl games were played at the time, the Crimson Tide was selected national champions by the AP and Coaches' (UPI) Polls. Because of the controversy, the AP Poll experimented with a voting model that took the final vote to select their champion after the bowl games in the 1965 season. In 1966, the AP Poll went back to taking the final vote at the conclusion of the regular season before finally adopting the post- bowl season model in 1968. The Coaches' Poll adopted the post-bowl season model in 1974 after the controversies surrounding the 1965, 1970, and 1973 national championships.

1965

Overview

Bobby Burnett

Bobby Clell Burnett is a former college and professional American football player.Originally a halfback from the University of Arkansas, Burnett in 1966, his first year with the American Football League's Buffalo Bills, had a combined total of 1,185 yards rushing and receiving, with over 12 yards...

tied three others in scoring, with 16 TD's, the fourth-highest total in the nation. Ronny South was second in kick scoring, with 42 extra point

Extra Point

s and 6 field goals

Field goal (football)

. As an offensive unit, the Hogs had the best scoring offense (32.4 ppg), the eighth-best rushing offense (226.1 ypg), seventh best total offense (360.2 ypg) nationally. The defense was fourth-best against the run (74.9 yards allowed per game).

Schedule

Captains
Seniors

Cotton Bowl Classic

The Arkansas Razorbacks put their 22-game win streak on the line in the 1966 Cotton Bowl Classic against their rivals, the Tigers of LSU.

LSU Tigers

The LSU Tigers are the athletic teams of Louisiana State University. They participate in the NCAA's Division I, in the Southeastern Conference. It fields teams in 14 varsity sports . Its official team nickname is the Fighting Tigers and the school mascot is Mike the Tiger...

Arkansas had the number one scoring offense coming into the game, averaging 32.4 points per contest.

Arkansas took the ball to the end zone on the opening drive, capped by a 19 yard toss from Jon Brittenum to All-America

All-America

n end Bobby Crockett. Running back

Running back

A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

Joe LaBruzzo then ran in from three yards out for the Bengal Tigers to tie the game at 7. Razorback QB

Quarterback

Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

Brittenum then left the game after suffering a shoulder injury and the Hogs fumble

Fumble

A fumble in American and Canadian football occurs when a player, who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed or scoring. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking or successful handing that results in loss of player possession...

d the ball three plays later. LaBruzzo again scored, this time from one yard away, giving the Tigers a 14–7 halftime lead.

Neither team scored in the second half, and Arkansas ended the game on the LSU 24 yard line. Razorback Bobby Crockett set a bowl record with 10 catches for 129 yards.

Source: Razorback Bowl History – 1966 Cotton Bowl

1966

Overview

Consensus All-America

All-America

n DT Loyd Phillips

Loyd Phillips

Loyd Phillips is a former professional football player and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He was the winner of the 1966 Outland Trophy as the country's most outstanding interior lineman while playing at the University of Arkansas.As a defensive tackle at Arkansas, Phillips was...

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. Florida QB

Quarterback

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Steve Spurrier

Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...

won the award, with Purdue's

Purdue Boilermakers football

The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...

Bob Griese

Robert Allen "Bob" Griese is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback who earned All-American honors with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the American Football League's Miami Dolphins...

finishing second. Phillips won the Outland Trophy

Outland Trophy

The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States college football interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named All-America at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in...

, awarded to the best interior lineman in the land. Martine Bercher gained an average of 15.5 yards per punt return, the fifth-best mark in the nation. The Hog defense gave up the seventh-lowest point total per game, 7.3.

Schedule

Captains
Seniors

1967

Overview

Arkansas lost to Texas A&M

Texas A&M Aggies football

The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...

for the first time since 1957.

Schedule

Captains
Hartford Hamilton Ernest Ruple Larry Watkins

1968

Overview

Guard Jim Barnes was a consensus All-American for the Razorbacks in 1968. Bill Burnett's 16 touchdowns scored tied him for eighth-most points scored nationally.

Schedule

Captains
Gary Adams Jim Barnes

Sugar Bowl

Georgia's number-one ranked defense matched up against Arkansas ninth-ranked offense on New Year's Day in New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

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.

Razorback QB Bill Montgomery led the only scoring drive, capped with a 23 yard strike to Chuck Dicus

Chuck Dicus

Charles Wayne "Chuck" Dicus is a former American football wide receiver and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Dicus played college football at the University of Arkansas as well as two seasons in the National Football League...

. Georgia responded with David McKnight tackling Razorback Bill Burnett in the end zone for a safety, after which Razorback kicker

Placekicker

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Bob White took over, adding three unanswered field goals. The game ended with a 16–2 Razorback win. Chuck Dicus caught twelve passes for 169 yards and a score, and was named player of the game.

Source: Razorback Bowl History – 1969 Sugar Bowl

1969

Overview

Bill Burnett scored 20 touchdowns, the third-highest total in the nation. Kicker

Placekicker

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Bill McClard tied Happy Feller

Happy Feller

James Patrick "Happy" Feller is a former American football kicker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 1971 NFL Draft and played for one season for the team. He played for two seasons with the New Orleans Saints...

of Texas with 61 points scored, 40 extra points and 7 field goals. As a team, Arkansas had the #1 defense, allowing only 7.6 points per game.

Schedule

Captains
Rodney Brand Bruce Maxwell Cliff Powell Terry Stewart

Game of the Century

With two legendary coaches (Broyles

Frank 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...

and Royal

Darrell Royal

Darrell K Royal is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Mississippi State University , the University of Washington , and the University of Texas at Austin , compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5...

), two neighboring states, two football powerhouses (8 of last 10 SWC Championships), and two recent National Championships (Arkansas in 1964 and Texas in 1963), Arkansas and Texas had developed a rivalry. The game was moved from the usual third week in October to the first week in December so it could be televised nationally on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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. President Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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attended the game, and AstroTurf

AstroTurf

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was even installed in Razorback Stadium

Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium

Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium is an American football stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas and serves as the home field of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football team since its opening in 1938. The stadium was formerly known as Razorback Stadium since 1941 before being renamed in 2001...

in preparation for the game.

Arkansas' top-rated defense was going up against the #1 rated Texas offense, but the Hogs got on top early, with a 1-yard TD run by Bill Burnett. After halftime, Chuck Dicus

Chuck Dicus

hauled in a 29 yard touchdown pass, giving the Razorbacks a 14–0 lead heading into the game's final quarter. Longhorn QB James Street then led his squad to its first touchdown, and as coach Darrell Royal

Darrell Royal

had planned, Texas attempted and completed the two-point conversion

Two-point conversion

In American and Canadian football, a two-point conversion is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one-point convert immediately after it scores a touchdown...

, which would in all likelihood prevent a tie.

Arkansas then had the ball and the lead, and a 73-yard drive later, the Hogs were in good position to tack on a field goal that would put the game out of reach, but Razorback QB Bill Montgomery was intercepted in the end zone

End zone

In gridiron-based codes of football, the end zone refers to the scoring area on the field. It is the area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines. There are two end zones, each being on an opposite side of the field...

, giving Texas new life. The Longhorn drive appeared stalled at their own 43, on a 4th and 3, when Royal gambled again. A 44 yard pass to Randy Peschel, catching the ball in double coverage, put Texas at the Arkansas 13. Longhorn RB Jim Bertelsen

Jim Bertelsen

Jim Bertelsen played halfback for the University of Texas at Austin from 1969–1971. He was a highly regarded Wisconsin high school football player, playing for the Hudson High School Raiders. He helped lead the Texas Longhorns to a National Championship in 1969, playing halfback in the famed...

would run in for the tying six points. The extra point

Extra Point

snap was high, but was snared by third-string QB Donnie Wigginton and the kick was converted by Longhorn kicker Happy Feller

Happy Feller

, giving Texas a 15–14 lead with 3:58 to play.

Arkansas drove to the Texas 40, looking for a field goal from All-America

All-America

n kicker Bill McClard, but the turnover bug struck again as Montgomery was again picked off.

Sugar Bowl

Rivals

Arkansas-Ole Miss rivalry

Ole Miss and Arkansas met in the 1970 Sugar Bowl

1970 Sugar Bowl

The 1970 Sugar Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the . In the thirty-sixth Sugar Bowl, #13 Ole Miss upset #3 Arkansas, 27–22.-Setting:...

.

Ole Miss RB

Running back

Bo Bowen scampered 69 yards to open the scoring, with Archie Manning

Archie Manning

Elisha Archibald "Archie" Manning III is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League, playing for the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1982, then for the Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings...

adding another 18-yard TD run. Down 14–0, Arkansas responded with a 12 yard TD run by Bill Burnett, but the extra point

Extra Point

was missed, and after a Rebel field goal and Archie Manning 30-yard TD strike, were down 24–6. Before halftime, Chuck Dicus

Chuck Dicus

hauled in a 47-yard pass from Bill Montgomery, but the two-point conversion

Two-point conversion

In American and Canadian football, a two-point conversion is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one-point convert immediately after it scores a touchdown...

was incomplete, and the Rebels took a 24–12 halftime lead.

The third quarter produced a field goal from each team, and in the fourth quarter fullback Bruce Maxwell caught a six-yard strike from Montgomery to cut the lead to five, but the rally fell short, the Hogs losing by a 27–22 final.

Passing

Year	Player	Com	Att	%	Yards
1960	George McKinney	39	90	43	728
1961	George McKinney	32	68	47	426
1962	Billy Moore	51	91	56	673
1963	Bill Gray	34	94	43	483
1964	Fred Marshall	50	94	53	656
1965	John Brittenum	75	149	50	1,103
1966	John Brittenum	76	143	53	1,103
1967	Ronny South	84	142	59	1,159
1968	Bill Montgomery	134	234	57	1,595
1969	Bill Montgomery	93	173	54	1,333

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Rushing

Year	Player	Att	Yards	Avg
1960	Lance Alworth Lance Alworth Lance Dwight Alworth is a former American collegiate and Professional Football wide receiver. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame...	106	375	3.5
1961	Lance Alworth	110	516	4.7
1962	Billy Moore	131	585	4.5
1963	Jim Lindsey Jim Lindsey James Edgar Lindsey is a former American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, having played from 1966 to 1972....	130	444	3.4
1964	Jack Brasuell	173	542	3.1
1965	Bobby Burnett Bobby Burnett Bobby Clell Burnett is a former college and professional American football player.Originally a halfback from the University of Arkansas, Burnett in 1966, his first year with the American Football League's Buffalo Bills, had a combined total of 1,185 yards rushing and receiving, with over 12 yards...	232	947	4.1
1966	David Dickey	115	447	3.9
1967	Russell Cody	95	383	4.0
1968	Bill Burnett	207	859	4.1
1969	Bill Burnett	209	900	4.3

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Receiving

Year	Player	Rec	Yards	YPC
1960	Jimmy Collier	17	356	20.9
1961	Lance Alworth	18	320	17.8
1962	Jerry Lamb Jerry Lamb Jerry Lamb Hiu Fong is a Hong Kong actor. He is also known as Lamb Hiu Fung.He was born in Hong Kong. He is the younger brother of popular DJ, pop singer, and actor, Jan and radio personality-turned-singer Sandy. Jerry is best known to hardcore movie fans as the young lackey Pou-pan in the Young...	23	378	16.4
1963	Jerry Lamb	16	240	15.0
1964	Jim Lindsey Jim Lindsey James Edgar Lindsey is a former American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, having played from 1966 to 1972....	24	331	13.8
1965	Bobby Crocket	30	487	16.2
1966	Tommy Burnett	29	401	13.8
1967	Max Peacock	30	468	15.6
1968	Max Peacock	39	497	12.7
1969	Chuck Dicus Chuck Dicus Charles Wayne "Chuck" Dicus is a former American football wide receiver and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Dicus played college football at the University of Arkansas as well as two seasons in the National Football League...	42	688	16.4

1960

Schedule

Cotton Bowl Classic

1961

Schedule

Sugar Bowl

1962

Overview

Schedule

Sugar Bowl

1963

Overview

Schedule

1964

Overview

Schedule

Cotton Bowl Classic

National Championship

1965

Overview

Schedule

Cotton Bowl Classic

1966

Overview

Schedule

1967

Overview

Schedule

1968

Overview

Schedule

Sugar Bowl

1969

Overview

Schedule

Game of the Century

Sugar Bowl

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

See also