Arkansas at Fordham

Thursday, November 21, 1940

No. 15 Fordham beat Arkansas 27–⁠7. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayArkansas4–⁠6 in 1940
7
Home15Fordham7–⁠2 in 1940
27

FinalAttendance 16,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Ypsilanti daily press's story

    The Ypsilanti daily press, Ypsilanti, Mich., November 22, 1940, page 5 (results column)

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    New York. Nov 80 AP The Thauksgi,ing football turkey. | lean but suc,ulcnt dish. Vas picked To the homes Thursday and the ma lions fans are going 90 set bigger and better grid menu sat urday There will be championships dc cided. halloWcd r}alrieS renewed and important juterscctional lousts in the last widespread fling Of the season. The leadership OF the mythical Ivy League will be az stake as Cor nell and Pen collide before sell-out crowd Of 5000 AT philadelphias Franklin Field The Missour valley Conference crown hangs on the outcome Of Tulsa tussel with oklahoma Agsies and Clemson needs TO conquer Frman to insure the Southern Conference championship. Tops in thl traditional games will be such venerable engagements as Yale-Harvard Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Saskatchewan, PittPenu State, North carolina. pur ana Lafayette Lehirh The major intersectinRal trays IN yolve unbeaten Boston College against Auburn and Oklahoma–Tem pie This is pretty fancy fare. but ~ has to be 10 improve upon tho table set for the holiday Thursday The chief conference develop ment was Utah clInchng the Rock Mountain Big Seven title through 3–⁠3 tie between Colorado and Den. yer. Either OF the latter eleNens could have moved into tie for the crown. but they found the one sure way discriminating each other The ties celebrated their good fortune by pummeling Idaho 1876 IN non-conference contest while Utah state walloped Wyoming 100 TO keep their victims in the Big Seven cellar. Aa- dJ,y-s-A eALspecIaCIe IOW M | fans viewpoint was Missouri’s i5- T 20 sizzler with Kansas Paul Christ man. making his last appearance in Tiger uniform ran for two touchdowns. pitched his famous passes for another and set up all but one of Mtssouris other tallies The biggest upset was Mary. lands ~ rout OF Rutgers, which previously had lost only to Prince ton and indicated Lafayette William and Mary surprised som Repeople by smashing the University OF Richmond $50 for the Virginia State honors and knocked the Spid ers out OF a slim chance to tie for the Southern Conference title. Vireinia Military vanquished Virginia Tech 40 Otherwise form received softer treatment. In the East Fordham > once-beaten Rams raided Arkansas by air 27–⁠7 and Marshall helped its galloping Jackie Hunt to an all time scoring record by Wallopng West Virginia Wesleyan go Hunt scored four touchdowns to bring his total for the year to q for 1862 points Twenty-six touchdowns was the old mark Witrenberg remained indicated and united by humbing Heidelberg 1913 by the Ohio Conference title Texas Tech. tied once. edged past ST. Louis. San Jose lCanf.l state ran its victory strong TO ten straight by stopping South Dakota 407 in a “Prune Bowl” game. San

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Before kickoff

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Our ratings (scores only)

Fordham 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Fordham leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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