Texas at Arkansas

Saturday, October 15, 1949

No. 16 Texas beat Arkansas 27–⁠14. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 25–⁠5.

Away16Texas6–⁠4 in 1949
27
HomeArkansas5–⁠5 in 1949
14

FinalHigh 73°F, low 39°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: exos Rallies to Win Over Arkansas, 27-14

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1949, page 42

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    exos Rallies to Win Over Arkansas, 27–⁠14 LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. 49, Favored Texas. shocked by two early Arkansas touchdowns, rode back on the throwing arm of Paul Campbell to snare a 27–⁠14 South west Conference victory today. A crowd of about 10000 watched the inspired Razorbacks of Ar kansas capitalize on breaks to grab q 14–⁠0 lead in the first II minutes Then Campbell pitched two touch down passes during Texas victori- GUS finish,

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Texas leads 57–⁠23 in 80 meetings, counting the 50 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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