The 2023 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the

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in the Western Division of the

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(SEC) during the

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. The Razorbacks were led by

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in his fourth year as head coach. The Arkansas Razorbacks played their home games at

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. They also had one game at

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. The Arkansas Razorbacks football team drew an average home attendance of 65,317 in 2023, the 23nd highest in college football.

Recruits

The Razorbacks signed a total of 19 recruits on the first day of the early signing period, December 21, 2022, all from high school for the 2023 Class. Arkansas also signed 1 recruit on opening day of the late signing period which began on February 1, 2023, and two additional recruits signed in June, for a total of 21 high school signees and 1 Jr. College signee. Arkansas has also signed nineteen transfer players from the transfer portal for the 2023 Class, although Brathwaite left the team in early August. According to 247Sports Arkansas has the #11 portal transfer class in the nation; On3.com ranks Arkansas' portal class at #7; rivals.com ranks Arkansas' portal class at #20, but their rankings are not up-to-date.

Depth chart

''True Freshman''

Schedule

Arkansas and the SEC announced the 2023 football schedule on September 20, 2022. The 2023 Razorbacks' schedule consisted of 7 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral site game for the regular season. Arkansas hosted three SEC conference opponents Auburn,

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and

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at home and traveled to four SEC opponents,

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and

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to close out the SEC regular season on the road. Arkansas faced

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for the Southwest Classic at

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. Arkansas was not scheduled to play SEC East opponents

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and Vanderbilt in the 2023 regular season. The Razorbacks' bye week came during week 9 (on October 28, 2023). Arkansas's out of conference opponents represented the

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, CUSA,

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and SoCon conferences. The Razorbacks hosted all four of the four non–conference games which were against BYU from the Big 12,

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from CUSA and

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from the MAC. The Razorbacks hosted Western Carolina from the SoCon at

Game summaries

Western Carolina

Kent State

BYU

at No. 12 LSU

vs Texas A&M (
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)

at No. 16 Ole Miss

at No. 11 Alabama

vs Mississippi State

at Florida

Auburn

FIU

vs No. 9 Missouri (
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)

Coaching staff

^ – Dan Enos was Arkansas' OC from 2015 to 2017. @ – Dan Enos was fired as offensive coordinator after the eighth game of the season. % – Kenny Guiton was the interim offensive coordinator beginning with the ninth game of the season.

References

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Arkansas Razorbacks football seasons

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