Texas at Arkansas
Saturday, October 21, 1944 Share
Texas beat Arkansas 19–0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 20–5.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 49°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 22, 1944, page 17
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Texas Beats Arkansas To Open Bid for Title LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Oct. 81 tUP)-UniverSity of Texas today beat University of Arkansas. 1910, in its opening bid for a third straight Southwest Conference championship. With Bobby Layne of Dallas spearheading the drive, the Texans smashed through the Arkansas line to score touchdowns in each of the first three quarters. Only in the last quarter did the Arkansas eleven manage to stop the Texas onslaught.

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1944, page 19
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Texas Gridder, II, Whips Arkansas 3os NIFt hSoUtIdttU I Itss. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. 21.- Bobby Layne, II, operating behind a fast-charging Texas line, tossed and ran the Longhorns to a 19-to-0 win over Arkansas today. The freshman sensation scored one touchdown and passed for the others.
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)
Texas 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Texas–Arkansas gameTexas leads 57–23 in 80 meetings, counting the 55 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. 28, 1944
- SeasonTexas in 1944
- ProgramTexas history and records
Arkansas
- Next gamevs. Ole MissOct. 28, 1944
- SeasonArkansas in 1944
- ProgramArkansas history and records

