Arkansas Razorbacks football , 1940 – 49 1940 . Schedule . 1941 . Schedule . 1942 . Schedule . 1943 . Overview . Receiver Ben Jones was tied for fifth in the nation in receptions for the 1943 season . Punter Harold Cox led the nation in yards per punt average , with 41 . 0 . 1944 . Schedule . 1945 . Overview . Stasistical leaders . Running back John Hoffman led the Hogs in both rushing and receiving in 1945 . Quarterback Bud Canada was the Hogs leading passer . 1946 . Overview . After winning only five conference games all decade , the Razorbacks matched that total in one year , earning a shared SWC crown with Rice University . Ken Holland led the Razorbacks in rushing statistics during 1946 . Quarterback Aubrey Fowler was the leading passer for the Razorbacks . Future College football Hall of Famer Clyde Scott led the Razorbacks in receiving . He would also win a silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics . Schedule . Cotton Bowl Classic . The 1947 Cotton Bowl Classic was a match - up of rivals who had not played since 1937 . The game sold out , but snow and twenty degree weather kept some fans at home from what would come to be known as the Ice Bowl . The Hogs defense kept Y . A . Tittle ' s Tiger offense out of the end zone from the Arkansas 1 , 6 , 7 , and 8 yard lines , but Arkansas could not capitalize on any of the stops , and gained a lone first down the entire game . The final two plays proved the cold did not stop the teams from having a flair for the dramatic , as Razorback Clyde Scott ( a future College Football Hall of Fame r ) tackled LSU receiver Jeff Odom at the Razorback one , preserving the tie . The Tigers then attempted the go - ahead field goal , but a bad snap ended the game on the final play . " Source : Razorback Bowl History – 1947 Cotton Bowl " 1947 . Overview . Clyde Scott led the Razorbacks in rushing during 1947 . Quarterback Kenny Holland was the leading passer for the Razorbacks . Ross Pritchard led the Razorbacks in receiving . Dixie Bowl . Arkansas was set to play in the inaugural Dixie Bowl , which would be the first of only two ever played , against a 9 – 1 William & Mary team . The Indians got on top early , recovering a Razorback fumbled quick - kick on the Arkansas six yard line , after which Jack Cloud scored from the one to give fourteenth - ranked William & Mary a 7 – 0 lead . The Indians drove another 78 yards , with Cloud again hitting pay dirt , but QB Stan Magdziak could not convert the extra point , leaving the score 13 – 0 . The Razorbacks answered with a 59 - yard touchdown pass from Kenny Holland to Ross Pritchard . Moments later , defensive halfback Melvin McGaha would intercept an errant Indian pass and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown . Aubrey Fowler ' s extra point was true , and the Razorbacks had a one point lead . After halftime , William & Mary took back the lead with a six yard strike from Magdziak to Henry Bland , but the extra point was again no good . A 97 yard Razorback drive was capped by Leon Campbell sprinting in from seven yards out with five minutes to play to give Arkansas a 21 – 19 lead , one that would not be relinquished . The crowd of 21 , 000 watched Arkansas push their record in bowl games to 1 – 0 – 2 , which could have been 0 – 0 – 3 had the Indians converted two extra points . Arkansas rushed for 103 yards against a William & Mary team that was allowing 61 . 5 yards per contest , second behind only Penn State ' s 17 ypg . " Source : Razorback Bowl History – 1948 Dixie Bowl " 1948 . Overview . For the first time since 1932 , the Razorbacks did not travel to Skelly Field , and instead played Tulsa in the new War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock . Clyde Scott was named a consensus All - American as a back . Gordon Long lead the Razorbacks in passing stats . Ross Pritchard again led the Razorbacks in receiving . Schedule . 1949 . Overview . 1949 marks the first meeting the Razorbacks had on the football field with current Southeastern Conference opponent Vanderbilt University . Geno Mazzanti was the leading rusher for the 1949 Arkansas Razorbacks . Don Logue lead the Hogs in passing . Future NFL player and college football broadcaster Pat Summerall , a freshman , led the Razorbacks in receiving categories in 1949 . He also played defensive line and placekicker .