Arkansas at Tulsa
Thursday, November 30, 1939 Share
Arkansas beat Tulsa 23–0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Arkansas led the series 7–5–2.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 41°F, 0.47 in. of rainAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

Imperial Valley press, California, December 1, 1939, page 2 (results column)
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sdena post season game. walloped Kentucky. 1910. but has one more game to go, against Auburn, Dec. 8. The Aggies romped over Texas. 300 TO clinch the southwestern confer ence title and remain in the run ming for Bowl recognition. Brown university’s stronger squad ended Rutgers 13 game winning streak and hopes for an unbeated season, l3 to O; North Cardinals Tarheels bounced back from their Duke defeat to overwhelm Virginia, 1870, three touchdowns and a field goal gave Arkansas 23–0 win over Tulsa; Auburn tied Florida. TT, and Alabama sWamped Vanderbilt, 800, in the days other important games. Enthusiasm was not confined to post-Season games as the pigskin toterS prepared virtually to wind up the season tomorrow. The Army–Navy classic commands attention along with Southern CAL ifornia. Tulane and Duquesne, who AASh diiDCalCIl iCNOIU US Ill SlSlllllCdIlI games. The service game will take most of the spotlight as far as color and attendance goes, a virtual lOO,- 600 sellout being practically assured, but more Importance is attached to the game out in Los Angeles where Southern California Tackles Washington’s Huskies, hoping to remain unbeaten until they close out against UCLA next week: the tuSsle in New Orleans as Tulane’s unbeaten squad goes against Louis lana State where a victory for the Green Wave will gain at least a tie for the Southeastern conference championship, and at Pittsburgh where Duquesne CANDLES its perfect record against Detroit. Victory would assure Duquesne of some sort of Bowl offer Other good contests include Holy Cross Boston college. Fordham- NYU, Baylor-Rice and SMU-TCU.
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)
Tulsa 56% to win. Arkansas won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Arkansas–Tulsa gameArkansas leads 52–16–2 in 70 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.
| 2026 | Arkansas 34, Tulsa 6 | |
| 2018 | Arkansas 23, Tulsa 0 | |
| 2012 | Arkansas 19, Tulsa 15 | |
| 2008 | Arkansas 30, Tulsa 23 | |
| 2003 | Arkansas 45, Tulsa 13 | |
| 1993 | Arkansas 24, Tulsa 11 |
Around this game
Arkansas
- Next gamevs. East CentralSept. 28, 1940
- SeasonArkansas in 1939
- ProgramArkansas history and records
Tulsa
- Next gamevs. WashburnSept. 28, 1940
- SeasonTulsa in 1939
- ProgramTulsa history and records

