Arkansas at Missouri

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., September 24, 1944, page 6

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  ARKANSAS BEATS MISSOURI, 7–⁠6 ST. LOUIS, Sep. %. - Up – A placement kick for point after touchdown gave the University of Arkansas a 7 to 6 victory over the favored University of Missouri Tigers today on the sodden grid iron of Walsh stadium. Held on the defensive through most of the game, the Razorbacks score came on blocked punt by Melvin McGaha late in the third quarter. Henry Ford fell On the slippery pigskin in the end zone for a touchdown and Jim Young kicked the extra point. Missouri, forced to use rum ming attack when the weather broke up aerial maneuvers, came back midway in the final period with a sustained 66-yard drive and acting Captain Paul Collins plunged over from the three. Don Litzinger, kicking specialist, was rushed into the game, but his try angled just outside the crossbars. Time ran out before the Tigers could again move into scoring territory. The game, witnessed by $500 spectators, was the first of the season for both elevens.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1944, page 21 (results column)

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  Bunker Hill Naval Base, 80; West ern Michigan, 7. Olathe Naval Air, 6; Pittsburgh Tchrs;, 0. St. Thomas, 81: st. Olaf, 0. Central Michigan, IS; Indiana State Tchrs.. O. Colorado College, 81; Washburn. 0. Southwest. Oklahoma A. & M, Al; West Texas 6. Arkansas, 7; Missouri, 6. Texas Aggies, 80; Bryan Army Ali Field. 0. Arkansas Ags, 20; Selman Field, 0 Texas Southwestern, 26; Louisiana Tech, 0. Tulsa, At; North Texas Ags, 6. Rice, ST: Galveston AAF, o. Texas Christian, Z; Kansas, 0. .- Far West. Second Air Force. IS; Whitman, 0 U. c, L. A., -; Southern California 10. Idaho (South), 81; Pocattels Ma rlneS, q. California, 81: st. Mary’s, Z. Washington, IL; Willamette, O. Fort Warren, Z; Colorado, 6. Naval Tr. Center, IS; San Diego Army Engineers, 0. Blackland Army Air Field, “a; Tar Teton, O. Scholastic Football. Thomas Jefferson High (Richmond) Is; George Warrington High (Alexandria), 8.

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.

Officially, Missouri leads 12–⁠4; as played, 13–⁠4 in 17 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.