Arkansas Razorbacks football, 1940–49

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.

Stasistical leaders
Running back John Hoffman led the Hogs in both rushing and receiving in 1945. Quarterback Bud Canada was the Hogs leading passer.

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.

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 Famer) 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

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

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.

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.