Texas A&M at Arkansas

Saturday, November 3, 1951

Arkansas beat No. 18 Texas A&M 33–⁠21. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Arkansas led the series 12–⁠11–⁠2.

Away18Texas A&M5–⁠3–⁠2 in 1951
21
HomeArkansas5–⁠5 in 1951
33

FinalHigh 50°F, low 16°FAttendance 20,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Sophomore Ace Leads Arkansas in Beatino Texas Aggies, 33-21

    Evening star, November 4, 1951, page 56

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    Sophomore Ace Leads Arkansas in Beatino Texas Aggies, 33–⁠21 /“ FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, Nov. 8 Lamar McHan. big sophomore who didn’t think he would make the varsity in September, did everything football quarterback could do today to lead Arkansas + to a stirring 1921 victory over Texas AIM. ! The 190-pound blond ran for two touchdowns. passed for an other, netted 100 yards on 26 car ries, completed four of six passes for “A yards. punted for a 36-yard average in a strong wind and ran the Razorbacks’ split T attack fawleSsly. This was the lad who asked Ar kansas Coach Otis Douglas two months ago to let him drop out OF the university for seasoning at a Junior college. Douglas talked the youngster out of it. AggleS Score First. AS they have done in every game this year. the Aggies struck paydirt first against an Arkansas team which had four first-stringers out of action with injuries. A 4l-yard punt return by Yale Larry set it up and Glenn Lippman went over from the one. Darrow Hooper made the first OF three conversions, but the Aggie lead was temporary. McHan started propelling the Arkansans downf1eld. Before the first quarter ended. Buddy Sutton drove through right guard for the tieing touchdown. Throws Touchdown Pass. Then McHan shot a 33-yard touchdown pass to another sophomore back, Jack Troxell. The next time he got his hands on the ball McHan electrified the crowd of 20,500 with a 58-yard run that pushed the Razorbacks edge to 20–⁠7. AIM tailed just before half time on a l0-yard pass from Ray Graves to Hooper. The Aggies took 21–⁠20 lead in the third quarter on a beautiful 56-yard journey by Lippman. But Arkansas began the fourth

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 A&M 60% to win. Arkansas pulled the upset.

Arkansas leads 42–⁠38–⁠3 in 83 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Texas A&M 34, Arkansas 7
2025Texas A&M 45, Arkansas 42
2024Texas A&M 21, Arkansas 17
2023Texas A&M 34, Arkansas 22
2022Texas A&M 23, Arkansas 21
2021Arkansas 20, Texas A&M 10

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