Ron Calcagni helped the Razorbacks to a 1976 Cotton Bowl Classic victory ( a post-season college football bowl game between  Arkansas Razorbacks and the Georgia Bulldogs ) and a Fiesta Bowl tie (an American college football bowl game played annually) with UCLA, and their scores went from 10-2 in 1975, 5-5-1 in 1976, 11-1 in 1977, and 9-2-1 in 1978.
He also helped the Razorbacks to a 1976 Cotton Bowl Classic victory over the University of Georgia and a Fiesta Bowl tie with UCLA. The Razorbacks went 10-2 in 1975, 5-5-1 in 1976, 11-1 in 1977 and 9-2-1 in 1978 with Calcagni as starting quarterback. The 1976 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the co-Southwest Conference champion Arkansas Razorbacks and the Georgia Bulldogs. The Fiesta Bowl is an American college football bowl game played annually in the Phoenix metropolitan area. 
