Texas at Arkansas

Saturday, October 21, 1944

Texas beat Arkansas 19–⁠0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 20–⁠5.

AwayTexas5–⁠4 in 1944
19
HomeArkansas5–⁠5–⁠1 in 1944
0

FinalHigh 71°F, low 49°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Texas Beats Arkansas To Open Bid for Title

    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.

  • The Evening star's story: Texas Gridder, II, Whips Arkansas

    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.

Texas leads 57–⁠23 in 80 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Texas 52, Arkansas 37
2024Texas 20, Arkansas 10
2021Arkansas 40, Texas 21
2014Arkansas 31, Texas 7Texas Bowl
2008Texas 52, Arkansas 10
2004Texas 22, Arkansas 20

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