Arkansas at SMU

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 17, 1947, page 2 (results column)

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  COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-R-The odcs today were against all of the Big Four of college football = Notre Dame, Michigan, Penn State and Southern Methodist-staying unbeaten and united for the bal ance of the campaign. Not a week has gone by with out one of the major teams be- ing knocked off the unbeaten and united list Last Saturday, for instance, Penn, Georgia Tech and Utah were sent sprawling off the ,spotless perch. SMU had close call, coming from behind to win. AS it stands now, SMU, with eight straight wins, is in the most precarious position of the current list. The Mustangs, who downed Arkansas 14–⁠6 last Saturday, still have to hurdle troublesome Baylor next Saturday, and Texas Christ ian the following week The next toughest job confronts Notre Dame, winner of seven games. The Irish, who either took it easy or were hard pressed when they emerged with a 29–⁠16 win over Northwestern Saturday. face real test of what will probably he call ed “The Game of the Year” when they engage Southern California on Dec 6. During the interim, Notre Dame will take on oft-sub- dued Tulane in breather The Trojans also are unbeaten, al- though their record is marred by a TT tie with Rice. They have won six Michigan and Penn State are almost certain to end the regu- lar campaign undefeated. The Rose Bowl-bound Wolverines should make it nine in a row when they meet a deflated Ohio State team in their final game of the season next week Ditto for Penn State which meets oft-beaten Pittsburgh next Saturday. In addition to Southern Califor- mia, Penn and Kansas remain un- beaten, although tied among the major elevens. Penn, anxious to avenge its previous thumpings at Army’s hands was disappointed when held to TT tie by the Cad cts The Quakers, however, cap tured the Ivy League title as Princeton’s Tigers clawed Yale IT, O. The win gave the Tigers the Big Three” championship, since Princeton previously had drubbed Harvard.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 17, 1947, page 16 (results column)

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  Charlie Coneriy and Barney Poole Mississippi-Conerly completed 20 of 80 passes to establish a new collegiate record of 120 competitions for the season, six above the former record as the Rebels swamped Chattanooga, $40 Poole caught 13 tosses for total of 4s, Just three short of setting new record for receiving. Harry Gilmer, Alabama–Completed II of 13 passes, scoring once and pass ing for the other touchdown as the Crimson Tide knocked Georgia Tech of the unbeaten list, 14–⁠7. Doak Walker, Southern Methodist Scored one touchdown, sparked drive that brought another and kicked two points after touchdown in 14–⁠6 victory over Arkansas. George Simms. Baylor-Ran punt back 5S yards for a touchdown in 7–⁠6 win over Tulsa. Frank Guess Texas–Threw a pass for touchdown and kicked two extra points in 600 victory over Texas Chris tian. Huey Keeney and Don Anderson, Rice-Keeney scored two touchdowns kicked an extra point and gained “a yards rushing; Anderson intercepted three passes, one for a touchdown while tho other two set UP tbs in Az route of the Texas Aggies. Darrell Royal Oklahoma–His kick .ng out on the one-tWo-three yard lines helped Oklahoma beat Missouri, 2l-12.

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Arkansas leads 37–⁠31–⁠5 in 73 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.