Baylor at Arkansas

Saturday, November 15, 1930

Baylor beat Arkansas 22–⁠7. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 7–⁠4.

AwayBaylor6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1930
22
HomeArkansas3–⁠6 in 1930
7

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: ED AND JAKE PERFORM WELL Arkansas Outplays Baylor For Three Periods Only to Lose

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 16, 1930, page 1

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    ED AND JAKE PERFORM WELL Arkansas Outplays Baylor For Three Periods Only to Lose For three full periods, the Razor backs staged a stampede at Baylor’s expense. leading them z to 6. but a determined charge in the final moments OF play turned defeat into victory. T. o. Beare twice crossed the Ark ansas’ goal line. once sending the oval over the uprights perfectly for a field goal. Arkansas started with a rush, as when the Porkers humbled Rice and the Texas Aggies. with Cowboy Kyle running wild. The Razorbacks took the ball on the kickoff and marched down the field with Kyle leading the attack. Baylor stiffened near its goal line and held for downs. The Razorbacks started another offensive when, with the ball on their own 28-yard line, a double pass behind the line Of scrimmage was made from Holmes to Creighton. the latter giving the ball TO Kyle. who raced 10 yards for a touchdown. Dale kicked goal. hCdiS rGoiG Wilson evened the count in the second period when he returned a punt from his own 30-yard line 10 the Porkers’ 45-yard stripe. Wilson then took a 20-yard pass that set the stage for Smith to plunge over. Buckalew blocked wilson’s Try Tor the extra point. Arkansas was robbed Of a pos sible touchdown late in the period, when Uptmoor intercepted a Baylor PASS on the Texans tive-yard line. The gun sounded before the Pork ers could put the ball into play. The third quarter found the Raj orbacks backed to their W goal pests. Twice they repulsed the Bay lcr charge on their own vineyard line. wilson’s punting IN this period was fairly sensational. n sailing 70 yards before 1t spiralled out OF bounds on the Porkers’ two-yard line. A high wind at his back aided his booting. Afford opened a passing attack toward the close Of the period. with three quick losses to Kathkart and Runnels, placing the ball on Ark ansas’ ten-yard line as the period ended. Then the crafty Wilson allowed himself to be tackled for a ten-yard loss directly in front OF the goal post, setting the stage for Lewter to kick a perfect field goal. Drive Is On Once ahead, the Bears we’re never stopped. Arkansas hurled her best Timer, Dale. Kyle. Ledbetter and Uptmoor against a line that would not bulge. Paradeaux paved the way for Baylor’s second touchdown when he intercepted Holmes pass on Ark ansas’ 37-yard line. A long pass Afford to Runnels. put the ball or the Porkers’ vineyard line and NC Elreath ran over for a touchdown Lewter failed to kick goal After returning Uptmoor’s punt tc Arkansas 25-yard line, Wilson toss ed a long heave 10 McElreath behind the goal line. for Baylor’s last touchdown. Lewter kicked goal. Lineup: Arkansas Pos Baylor Left End creighton tcD ........... adlrL Left Tackle ErWln WlbIAlci Left Guard Secnrest WHitoi Center Kelly Fa3doedua Right Guard Darr hOSH W. Right Tackle Clark EAniii’ Right End Chambers Flete< Quarter Back Holmes Wilson Left Half Kyle 1OA Right Half Uptnoor .............. MCEuceVi Full Back DALE GCNsS’ Summary: Score by periods: Arkansas .........-. v Y “ Baylor ....-----.. 0 o q lo-za Scoring touchdowns: Kyle. Smith McElreath 2: Field Goals, Lewter Kicks from placement, Dale, Lew ter. First downs: Arkansas, 8: Baylo’ IA. Officials: Boynton CWlliams) referee; Dell Vanderbilt. umpire Campbell Lake Forest. head lines man; Jones Tulsa, field Judge.

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 52% to win. Baylor won as Elo’s underdog.

Arkansas leads 35–⁠33–⁠2 in 70 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Baylor 9, Arkansas 5
1990Baylor 34, Arkansas 3
1989Arkansas 19, Baylor 10
1988Arkansas 33, Baylor 3
1987Arkansas 10, Baylor 7
1986Baylor 29, Arkansas 14

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