Rice at Arkansas

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 12, 1950, page 47

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  End Sparks Rice Win Over Arkansas, 9–⁠6 FAYETTEVILLE. Ark. Nov. II Bill Howton, Rice end who played the full 60 minutes. fired the Owls to a 60 Southwest Conference football victory over Arkansas today. Howton, weighing lit pounds, made an unbelievable catch OF Vernon Glass 31-yard pass for the Rice touchdown in the first quarter. Near the end he caught another long throw by Glass deep in Arkansas territory to set up safety. In between Rice scores, the fiery red head played q. major role in stopping four Razorbaek drives which pierced the Owl 90 yard line. About 10000 fans saw the game. Rice moved 86 yards for its touchdown. Big George Glauser. a powerhouse fullback. Billy Burk- halter and Onny Wyatt ripped off yardage to the Arkansas 81 in the drive. There, as the Razorbacks tightened their defense, Glass lofted a pass to the end zone. Howton went up between Arkan- sas’ Buddy Sutton and Norman Price and took the ball away from them for a touchdown.

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Arkansas leads 36–⁠29–⁠3 in 68 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.