Ouachita at Vanderbilt

Saturday, October 5, 1929

Vanderbilt beat Ouachita 26–⁠6. It was their second meeting; Vanderbilt leads the series 2–⁠0.

AwayOuachita0–⁠1 in 1929
6
HomeVanderbilt7–⁠2 in 1929
26

Final0.14 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: VANDERBILT TURNS BACK SCRAPPY OUACHtTA, 26-6

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1929, page 1

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    VANDERBILT TURNS BACK SCRAPPY OUACHtTA, 26–⁠6 NASHVILLE, Tenn, october S P).- A fighting Ouachita College foot ball team tore the Vanderbilt line to shreds in the second period to score its one touchdown and tie the count. but lost its punch in the remaining periods and allowed the superior Commodores to win, rs to 6. After Vanderbilt had scored quickly N the initial period on straight-line plays, the Arkadelphia, Ark, eleven smashed through the heavier Wander bilt forward all to carry the ball to the 14-yard line, where a pass, T. Jones TO A. 63-yard dash by Johnny Askew a Commodore substitute, sent Col. Dan McGuigans team into q 12-to-6 lead at the half. The Commodores quickly scored two touchdowns in the third period and added the extra points.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Vanderbilt 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Vanderbilt leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1929Vanderbilt 26, Ouachita 6
1927Vanderbilt 39, Ouachita 10

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