Vanderbilt at Arkansas
Saturday, October 28, 1950 Share
Vanderbilt beat Arkansas 14–13. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 65°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 29, 1950, page 44
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FumbIes by Arkansas Give Vanderbilt Win LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. 28.- Vanderbilt fashioned a tWo-touchdown lead on Arkansas fumbles, and then held on grimly to nip the Razorbacks. 14–13, in a nerve wracking football game today. With its vaunted aerial attack bottled up almost completely, VAN derbilt showed little defense in the first half. But Ted Kirkland pounced on the ball on the Arkansas 13 when Bob Cross of Arkansas fumbled 75-yard quick kick. Davidson went through the middle for a touchdown. In the third period, Tommy Britt of Arkansas dropped a punt on the Vandy As and Captain Russ Faulkinberry of Vanderbilt grabbed the ball. Bill Wade. the Nations passing yardage leader going into this game, lofted long one to Bucky Curtis in the end zone. Gordon McCarter converted a second time for the ultimate winning margin. Then Arkansas junked it’s T at tack and started operating for the first time this year from widely-spread single wingback for nation. They marched 68 yards for a touchdown. Jim Rinehart scored from the IL. In the fourth quarter, Rinehart faded from the Vanderbilt 81 and hit Buddy Rogers with a touch down pass on the 18.
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)
Vanderbilt 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Vanderbilt–Arkansas gameArkansas leads 8–3 in 11 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 2026 | Arkansas 31, Vanderbilt 21 | |
| 2018 | Vanderbilt 45, Arkansas 31 | |
| 2011 | Arkansas 31, Vanderbilt 28 | |
| 2010 | Arkansas 49, Vanderbilt 14 | |
| 2006 | Arkansas 21, Vanderbilt 19 | |
| 2005 | Vanderbilt 28, Arkansas 24 |
Around this game
Vanderbilt
- Next gameat ChattanoogaNov. 3, 1950
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1950
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records
Arkansas
- Next gameat Texas A&MNov. 4, 1950
- SeasonArkansas in 1950
- ProgramArkansas history and records

