Rice at Arkansas

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 10, 1946, page 1

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  ARKANSAS DEFEATS RICE OWLS, 7 TO 0 LITTLE ROCK, Nov. 9.-P)-An inspired Arkansas football team played great defensive football and turned a fourth-period pass inter ception into q touchdown to spill the favored Rice Owls 70 today. 1t scared Arkansas into first place in the Southwest conference cham pionship race. The Razorbacks, picked by many to finish in the cellar. a clinch at least a tie for the title by defeating Southern Methodist next week. 1t was big John Hoffman, appear ing before a hometown crowd OF II, 900, who provided the winning margin. Midway of the final heat he gathered in a Rice pass on the Owl 80 and stormed untouched across the goal line. But the entire Arkansas team won the game. The Razorbacks outfought the baffled Owls all the way and it was a richly deserved triumph for the underdogs. Rice’s vaunted offense, which had subdued mighty Texas and other grid giants, was never able to solve or penetrate a peculiar defensive shift rugged up by Arkansas Coach John Barnhill. Every time the Owls came up to the line to run a play, the Porkers shifted to the left, to the right, backwards or in some other dizzy fashion and the Owl blocking assignments we’re bawled up completely.

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  The Waterbury Democrat, November 11, 1946, page 10 (results column)

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  leohymen Oppose Able Northwestern New YoyN, Nov n -. Cupl Bat. tered and let down hy. the score. less tie with Notre Dame, Army : stll.unbeaten football forces faced another mighty task today to pull themselves up again for a crucial game with hieh-Scoring Pennsyls vania Saturday, The bone e-cruShine Standoff with the Irish, which narrowed the nae tons major unbeaten and united teams to Georgia t7-o) and U.C.b.A. t7-o,, diSSipated Armys physical strength Co such an extent that Coach Earl tRed) Blaik admitted “it would be criminal” to give his squad much of a workout in prepar- ing for Penn, Although Notre Dame ts-o.O and Army t7–⁠0.D topedoed each other from the perfect record circle with vioiously efficient defensive tactics, they’re Still the big two of collegiate football for another week at least, Notre Dame will have to bounce back Saturday against Northwest. ern t4-2-n, another traditionally tough one for the Irish. while the Cadets are meeting Penn I5~n which ripped Columbia’s last week, 4l 10 6. in a display of power that cquslled Army’S own earlier victory over Columbia. Both Georgia and u.cL.A. were expected to maintain their swift pace this week against decided underdogS Georgia meets Auburn S-4, which has lost four straight, and u.cLA. picks up undermanned Montana in it’s bid for the Rose Bowl. Caught of guard by scrappy Florida eleven that had lost five straight Georgia finally exploded last Saturday after trailing at the half, : to 6, and it turned into the old Georgia story with Charley Trippi scoring twice and passing for another as the Bulldogs piled on a SS to l4 victory. u.CL.A. had a similar first half scare against Oregon, before punching over two late touchdownS to win, l4 to o. It was a rought week all around for fayoriteS and the biggest sur prise occurred in the Southwest where unpredictable Arkansas t4-2-D bowled over league-leading Rice, : to o, and moved within one victory Of clinching at least a tie for the Southwest Conference Championship Syracuse defeated Cornell l4 to ‘, Virginia whipped Princeton. 20 to and Kansas up- ended Oklahoma, l6 to ls, in other notable upSets.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 10, 1946, page 1 (results column)

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  e. IT,, Maryland Lose, 6. w. Wins; | Nnqinia Victor Georgetown and Maryland figured in thrilling football games yesterday, both bowing in the final periods. The Hoyas lost to Boston College, 1918. and South Carolina. beat Maryland, ~21–⁠17, in the last 10 Sec onds. George Washington University shut out The Citadel, 1870. Virginia beat Princeton, 20–⁠6, and Penn smothered Columbia, 41–⁠6. Undefeated Georgia rallied to blast Florida, 1914, and U.CL.A. continued on the road to the Rose Bowl by defeating Oregon, 14–⁠0. Harvard stayed atop the Ivy League with 21–⁠7 victory over Dartmouth. Tulsa whipped Oklahoma A. & M. to capture the Missouri Valley crown while Georgia Tech trimmed Navy, 1920. Other top scores: Indiana, z; Northwestern, s. So. Calf, IA; California, 0. N. Carolina, 81; w. g. NJ, I. Kansas. Is; Oklahoma, Is. Arkansas. 7; Rice, 0. Minnesota, Is: Purdue, Z. Syracuse, IA; Cornell, Z. Tennessee, 18; Mississippi, IL. washington, IL; Stanford. Is.

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.

Arkansas leads 36–⁠29–⁠3 in 68 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.