Rice at Arkansas

Saturday, October 18, 1930

Arkansas beat Rice 7–⁠6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Rice led the series 3–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayRice8–⁠4 in 1930
6
HomeArkansas3–⁠6 in 1930
7

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: RAZORBACKS DEFEAT RICE Institute Falls 6-7 To Arkansas In Tight Contest

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, October 19, 1930, page 1

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    RAZORBACKS DEFEAT RICE Institute Falls 6–⁠7 To Arkansas In Tight Contest FAYETTEVILLE. Ark. Oct. l3- R1-The University Of Arkansas erased Rice Institute Of Houston as a Southwest conference contender today. turning the Owls back. Z TO 6, with Cowboy Kyle leading the at tack in the first period Of play The red shirted Razorbacks stag ed a dizzy parade in the first five minutes Of play. with three quick PLAYS deciding the issue. After the exchange Of punts. Rice drew a fifteen yard penalty. Then KYLE raced around hts own right end TWENTY wards. Ledbetter skirt ed the opposite side for IS and on the third successive play, the Cow boy galloped around his own right end for Is yards and a touchdown Dale added an extra point With a perfect kick from placement. But Rice came back 70 life IN the next few minutes with Mueller returning Erwin’s punt from the Owls five yard stripe 10 his own forty yard line. Almost Scores Hammett took a stab at the line. then Mueller took a seemingly bad pass from center. raced around his own right end and down the right side az the field. fifty yards. He was momentarliy stopped oT wcl’d have scored a touchdown on the play. Sauyres heaved a neat seven-yard toss 10 Driscoll on the right side OF the field and Driscoli scampered over the goal line untouched. HAM me failed in the drop kick try for an extra point.

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Southwestern League Race Looms Close

    The Indianapolis times, Indiana, October 20, 1930, page 10

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    Southwestern League Race Looms Close BIZ United Press DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 20.-Ths melting pot of gridiron experience has leveled preseason inequalities in the Southwestern Conference and made a close race of the PEN nant grind which had two favorites before the weekend games. Unexpected strength was shown on four fields, and at least two more teams must be counted in the thick of the fight. Texas university snothered Oklahoma Sooners under a 17–⁠7 score. Southern Methodist. preseason favorites, had a setback at the hands of the Baylor elevens and were tied 14–⁠14. Texas Christians won a 30 victory over The Texas Aggies. The Rice Owls took 7–⁠6 defeat from Arkansas university.

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)

Arkansas 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Arkansas leads 36–⁠29–⁠3 in 68 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.

Recent meetings
2021Arkansas 38, Rice 17
1991Arkansas 20, Rice 0
1990Rice 19, Arkansas 11
1989Arkansas 38, Rice 17
1988Arkansas 21, Rice 14
1987Arkansas 38, Rice 14

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