1989 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

1989 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 27–31 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
Record	10–2 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach	Ken Hatfield (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jack Crowe (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Bob Trott (1st season)
Home stadium	Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium

1989 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Arkansas $	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 14 Houston	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Baylor	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
TCU	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
SMU	0	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In Ken Hatfield's final year at UA, the Razorbacks went 10–2, and won their second straight SWC championship. Arkansas' victory over Texas A&M at Kyle Field in College Station broke an Aggie home-conference win streak of 22 consecutive games. However, Arkansas lost their fourth-straight bowl game and second consecutive Cotton Bowl Classic.

Offensive tackle Jim Mabry was a consensus All-American for the Hogs.

Another All-American was freshman kicker Todd Wright, who landed 20 of 23 field goals on the year, including a 51-yard field goal against UTEP. His average of 1.82 per game tied as best in the league and with future NFL kicker Chris Gardocki from Clemson.

As a team, the Razorbacks were the seventh-best rushing offense in college football, with an average of 314.2 yards per game on the ground.

Hatfield led Arkansas to back-to-back Southwest Conference titles in 1988-89, going 20-4 in that time including 14-1 against conference opponents. However, due to a sour relationship with Frank Broyles as a result of his hands-on approach as A.D., Hatfield left Arkansas to become the head coach of Clemson after the 1989 season. In fact, Hatfield accepted the Clemson job without ever visiting the campus prior to his hiring.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Tulsa*	No. 9	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR		W 26–7	51,518
September 23	at Ole Miss*	No. 8	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)		W 24–17	55,000
September 30	UTEP*	No. 8	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		W 39–7	48,240
October 7	at TCU	No. 7	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 41–19	25,734
October 14	at Texas Tech	No. 7	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 45–13	47,520
October 21	Texas	No. 7	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	Raycom	L 20–24	53,316
October 28	No. 12 Houston	No. 18	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		W 45–39	55,112
November 4	at Rice	No. 11	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	Raycom	W 38–17	11,800
November 11	Baylor	No. 10	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	ESPN	W 19–10	51,352
November 24	at No. 14 Texas A&M	No. 9	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	CBS	W 23–22	57,875
December 2	SMU	No. 9	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		W 38–24	47,112
January 1	vs. No. 8 Tennessee*	No. 10	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 27–31	74,358
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1989 Arkansas Razorbacks football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 18 Barry Foster Jr QB 4 Quinn Grovey Jr RB 22 Ron Dickerson Jr Fr OL 56 Jim Mabry Sr WR 3 Tim Horton Sr RB E.D. Jackson WR 2 Derek Russell Jr RB 35 James Rouse Sr TE 86 Billy Winston Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 48 Mick Thomas Jr DL 98 Michael Shepherd Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 11 Todd Wright Fr K 17 Glen Hines Jr	Head coach Ken Hatfield Coordinators/assistant coaches Jack Crowe – Offensive coordinator Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Texas

Texas Longhorns (3–2) at #7 Arkansas Razorbacks (5–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	3	10	8	3	24
Arkansas	7	7	0	6	20

at Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Arkansas

• Date: October 21, 1989
• Game weather: Partly cloudy, 60 °F (16 °C)
• Game attendance: 53,818
• Referee: Frank Sheppard
• TV: Raycom
• Box Score

External videos
Full game

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas	Passing	Peter Gardere	16/20, 247 Yds, TD
	Rushing	Chris Samuels	12 Rush, 55 Yds
	Receiving	Tony Jones	4 Rec, 114 Yds, TD
Arkansas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP UT AU 1 9:52 10 63 5:00 Texas 34-yard field goal by Wayne Clements 3 0 1 0:21 1 6 0:03 Arkansas E.D. Jackson 6-yard touchdown run, Todd Wright kick good 3 7 2 11:50 1 61 0:09 Texas Tony Jones 61-yard touchdown reception from Peter Gardere, Wayne Clements kick good 10 7 2 8:21 7 80 3:29 Arkansas Billy Winston 9-yard touchdown reception from Quinn Grovey, Todd Wright kick good 10 14 2 3:03 11 74 5:18 Texas 24-yard field goal by Wayne Clements 13 14 3 8:24 14 80 6:25 Texas Winfred Tubbs 1-yard touchdown run, 2-point run good 21 14 3 13:24 9 36 3:53 Texas 42-yard field goal by Wayne Clements 24 14 3 0:14 12 80 4:50 Arkansas Barry Foster 10-yard touchdown run, 2-point run failed 24 20 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 20

Houston

See also: 1989 Houston Cougars football team