Arkansas at Tulsa

Thursday, November 25, 1943

No. 20 Tulsa beat Arkansas 61–⁠0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Arkansas led the series 9–⁠7–⁠2.

AwayArkansas2–⁠7 in 1943
0
Home20Tulsa6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1943
61

FinalHigh 59°F, low 31°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 28, 1943, page 27

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    NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 27.-Georgia Tech ard Tulsa will meet in the 10th annual Sugar Bowl football classic, President Joe David of the New Orleans Midwinter Sports As sociation announced late today. Georgia Tech. champion of the Southeastern Conference, is spanked by the speedy Eddie Prokop, one OF the Nations outstanding halfbacks. Tulsa, unbeaten in seven games, finished its season Thanksgiving Day by defeating Arkansas, 61–⁠0. David said that the other sports usually on the Sugar Bowl calendar, including basket ball, track, tennis, boxing. sailboat regatta and rowing. would be discontinued this year due to war conditions. This years Georgia Tech team was thrice defeated in regular season plav-but each time by one of the Nations foremost grid powers. Notre Dame, in a stunning display of power, overcame Tech at South Bend. 55-l2 Navy repelled Prokop and company, 26–⁠14, and Duke won, AT

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 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Arkansas leads 52–⁠16–⁠2 in 70 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Arkansas 34, Tulsa 6
2018Arkansas 23, Tulsa 0
2012Arkansas 19, Tulsa 15
2008Arkansas 30, Tulsa 23
2003Arkansas 45, Tulsa 13
1993Arkansas 24, Tulsa 11

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