Texas at Arkansas
Saturday, October 15, 1949 Share
No. 16 Texas beat Arkansas 27–14. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 25–5.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 39°FAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1949, page 42
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Texas–Arkansas gameTexas leads 57–23 in 80 meetings, counting the 50 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 gamevs. RiceOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonTexas in 1949
- ProgramTexas history and records
Arkansas
- Next gameat VanderbiltOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonArkansas in 1949
- ProgramArkansas history and records

