Arkansas at Chicago

Saturday, November 7, 1931

Arkansas and Chicago tied 13–⁠13. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayArkansas3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1931
13
HomeChicago2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1931
13

FinalAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: ARKANSAS IN 1918 DRAW WITH CHICAGO Sahlin's Ball-Carrying Feats for Maroon Offset by Ledbetter of Razorbacks.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 8, 1931, page 1

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    ARKANSAS IN 1918 DRAW WITH CHICAGO Sahlin’s Ball-Carrying Feats for Maroon Offset by Ledbetter of Razorbacks. STAGE FIELD, Chicago, November 7.-Arkansas turned loose a creased Razorback, Fullback Ledbetter, who slithered through Chicago’s line for two touchdowns in the final period today to earn at 13-to-13 tie with the Maroons in their intersectional game. The fourth period was a breath takcr and 1t had crowd of about a. 600 spectators in an unaccuStomed state of excitement. Vinson Sahlin, Chicago sophomore halfback ace, had given the Maroons a 13-to-0 lead with touchdoWns in the first half, and Chi cago seemed to have its first major VIC tory OF the season safely won. Then an Arkansas pass from Murphy to Nations and one by Holmes with which a Maroon interferred, put the ball on the Chicago 194yard line. Led better slipped five times through the Maroon line to score. Secrest added the point and another lmarch started. The Maroons interferred on two other passes which interspersed Led better’s line battering and. starting on the 7-yard line. the Razorback fullback rammed 1t over in four tries. Passes from Stage to Wien and Sab lin put the ball on Arkansas 19-yard line in the second period and Sahlin plowed through for a score Hamberg place kicked the extra point. In the third session the only poor punt of the afternoon by Murphy traveled IS yards and Sahlin, taking it on the fly, twisted through for the final Chicago points. Arkansas made IA first downs to 7 for Chicago and fired off “a forward passes. Ten were completed, twelve fell incomplete and two were intercept ed. Chicago tried the air IA times, completed S passes. had / intercepted and 8 were incomplete.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL ]! 4'13J1lE1|

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 9, 1931, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL ]! 4’13J1lE1| The following are scores of the principal football games played last Saturday afternoon in various sec tions of the country: Louisiana 0; Army 20. Georgia T; New York University 6. Indiana O.; Michigan g. Virginia 0; Columbia 27. Lehigh l9; Princeton T. Villanova T; Temple 13 Dartmouth 6; Harvard ‘. Navy 0; Ohio State 2. Carnegie Tech 6; Pittsburgh A.. Nebraska 2; Iowa 0. Pennsylvania 0; Notre Dame 49. st. Johns GMaryland) o; Yale 52. Ohio 27; DePauw 0. Iowa State ‘; Kansas Aggie5 6. Arkansas 13; Chicago 13. Wisconsin T; Illinois 6. Kansas 0; Oklahoma 10. Utah 28; Colorado College 6. Idaho 8; Washington State 9. University of Washington 0; Cal ifornia 13. Montana 0; Oregon State 13. Stanford 0; Southern California 19. Swarthmore 0; Delaware 26. Ripon O; Michigan 100. Alfred 0; Cornell 54. Detroit g.; Fordham 30. Bucknell T; Georgetown 0. Washington and Jefferson G.; Marquette 13. Duke 2; Kentucky 0. Centenary 6; Purdue 49. Northwestern 32; Minnesota 14.

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.

Tied 0–⁠0–⁠1 in their only meeting.

Around this game

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