Texas at Arkansas
Saturday, October 19, 1940 Share
No. 14 Texas beat Arkansas 21–0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Texas led the series 16–5.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 55°FAttendance 11,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 20, 1940, page 29
Read the text
Texas Packs Win Over Arkansas Into Single Quarter LITTLE ROCK, Oct. 19.-Too smart in every department for their opponents, the University Of Texas crowded a 21-to-0 Southwestern Conference victory over the Uni versity of Arkansas into a single quarter this afternoon. Approximately 10000 fans watched under a sweltering sun while Coach Dana Bibles Longhorns mixed for wards, laterals and an occasional brilliant running attack to smother the hapless Razorbacks. Cowboy Jack Grain scored one OF the Longhorns’ three touchdowns and place-kicked an extra point But he spent the entire second half on the bench while every men, Der Of the Texas squad saw action
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. Texas won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Texas–Arkansas gameTexas leads 57–23 in 80 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.
| 2025 | Texas 52, Arkansas 37 | |
| 2024 | Texas 20, Arkansas 10 | |
| 2021 | Arkansas 40, Texas 21 | |
| 2014 | Arkansas 31, Texas 7 | Texas Bowl |
| 2008 | Texas 52, Arkansas 10 | |
| 2004 | Texas 22, Arkansas 20 |
Around this game
Texas
- Next gameat RiceOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonTexas in 1940
- ProgramTexas history and records
Arkansas
- Next gamevs. Ole MissOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonArkansas in 1940
- ProgramArkansas history and records

