1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

Going into this game, SMU needed a victory or a tie to claim the SWC championship and secure a trip to the Cotton Bowl. Arkansas, on the other hand, needed a victory over the Mustangs plus a win over Texas the following week. The game proved to be marred by controversy due to questionable officiating.

Late in the fourth quarter Arkansas led SMU 17-10 with time winding down. From the Mustang 43 yard line, SMU quarterback Lance McIlhenny lofted a pass to receiver Jackie Wilson down the left sideline, with Wilson being defended by Arkansas cornerback Nathan Jones. The pass was long, and Jones was in fact in front of Wilson as both players went to the turf together. Jones was flagged for pass interference, and since that penalty was a spot foul instead of 15 yards at that time in college football, the ball was placed near the Arkansas 15 yard line. SMU would score the game-tying touchdown a few plays later, and the game ended in a 17-17 tie, handing the Mustangs the conference championship. Play-by-play announcer Keith Jackson would even say on live television that the pass interference penalty on Jones was "just a terrible call". The officiating crew was suspended after this game and the NCAA issued an apology to Arkansas. This egregious call directly influenced the NCAA to change the rules for pass interference in 1984 so that a pass interference penalty would be a maximum of 15 yards (interference less than 15 yards from the line of scrimmage would still be penalized at the spot of the foul).

At SMU

At Texas

Roster

• QB Brad Taylor

References

References

1. "1982 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
2. (September 12, 1982). "Razorbacks cruise past Tulsa, 38–0". The Salisbury Post.
3. (September 19, 1982). "Arkansas casts Navy aweigh". Tulsa World.
4. (September 26, 1982). "Arkansas overcomes last-second scare, 14–12". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
5. (October 3, 1982). "Razorbacks down TCU". The Commercial Appeal.
6. (October 10, 1982). "Jones' passing leads Arkansas to 21–3 victory". Longview News-Journal.
7. (October 24, 1982). "Taylor stars as Arkansas rips Houston". The Miami Herald.
8. (October 31, 1982). "Razorbacks survive scare from Owls". Bryan-College Station Eagle.
9. (November 7, 1982). "Baylor upsets No. 5 Arkansas 24–17". The Galveston Daily News.
10. (November 14, 1982). "Hogs blank Aggies, 35–0". The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise.
11. (November 21, 1982). "SMU, Arkansas tie; Mustangs win SWC". Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
12. (December 5, 1982). "Brewer arm, Longhorns turn Hogs' errors into 33–7 win". The Tampa Tribune-Times.
13. (January 1, 1983). "Hogs' Holtz bathen in comeback victory". The Memphis Press-Scimitar.