Texas vs Arkansas (the rivalry)

TLDR: Texas and Arkansas have a great rivalry and I look forward to it starting again this year.

From 1959-1979, Texas and Arkansas won a combined 16 of 21 SWC Championships. In addition, the schools claim a combined 4 NC during this period, and both schools had a chance at other NC. There were also 4 games that produced the only loss for one of the teams.

Here a summary of those games and rankings by year. I thought this might help some or you understand why Arkansas & Texas fans don’t like each other much. It was/is a great rivalry.

1959 SWC Co-Champions
#3 Texas 13
#12 Arkansas 12
(FR Texas AP 4 Arkansas AP 9)

1960 Arkansas SWC Champs
UR Arkansas 24
#11 Texas 23
(FR Texas C 17 Arkansas AP 4)

1961 SWC Co-Champions
#3 Texas 33
#10 Arkansas 7
(FR Texas AP 3 Arkansas AP 9)

1962 Texas SWC Champs
#1 Texas 7
#7 Arkansas 3 (only loss)
(FR Texas AP 4 Arkansas AP 6)

1963 Texas SWC Champs
#1 Texas 17
UR Arkansas 13
(FR Texas AP 1)
* Texas National Champs

1964 Arkansas SWC Champs
#8 Arkansas 14
#1 Texas 13 (only loss)
(FR Texas AP 5 Arkansas AP 2)
* Arkansas National Champs

1965 Arkansas SWC Champs
#3 Arkansas 27
#1 Texas 24
(FR Arkansas AP 3 & 10-0)

1968 SWC Co-Champions
#17 Texas 39
#9 Arkansas 29 (only loss)
(FR Texas AP 3 Arkansas AP 6)

1969 Texas SWC Champs
#1 Texas 15
#2 Arkansas 14
(FR Texas AP 1 Arkansas AP 7)
* Texas National Champs
Link: Game of the Century

1970 Texas SWC Champs
#1 Texas 42
#4 Arkansas 7
(FR Texas AP 3 Arkansas 11)
* Texas National Champs

1971 Texas SWC Champs
#16 Arkansas 31
#10 Texas 7
(FR Texas AP 18 Arkansas AP 16)

1972 Texas SWC Champs
#14 Texas 35
#17 Arkansas 15
(FR Texas AP 3)

1973 Texas SWC Champs
UR Texas 34
UR Arkansas 6
(FR Texas AP 14)

1975 SWC Co-Champions
#8 Texas 24
#20 Arkansas 18
(FR Texas AP 6 Arkansas AP 7)

1977 Texas SWC Champs
#2 Texas 13
#8 Arkansas 9 (only loss)
(FR Texas AP 4 Arkansas AP 3)
* Texas lost NC Champ to ND

1979 Arkansas SWC Co-Champs
#10 Arkansas 17
#2 Texas 14
(FR Texas 12 Arkansas AP 8)

TLDR: Texas and Arkansas have a great rivalry and I look forward to it starting again this year.

#frickTexas #HornsDown #PigSoup