Baylor at Arkansas

Saturday, October 11, 1952

Arkansas beat Baylor 20–⁠17. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 19–⁠12.

AwayBaylor4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1952
17
HomeArkansas2–⁠8 in 1952
20

FinalHigh 78°F, low 35°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Arkansas Scores Upset Over Unbeafen Baylor

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1952, page 71

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    Arkansas Scores Upset Over Unbeafen Baylor LITTLE ROCK, Oct. 11.-Arkansas Razorbacks threw four Of fensive formations and a host of pile-driving backs at the Baylor Bears tonight to score a South west Conference football upset, 20 to II. A crowd of $4,000 watched the fired-up Razorbacks drive the previously unbeaten Bears crazy with the split-T, the tight-T, the spread and the deep split-T for nation. And, but for some but ter-flngered pass receivers and untimely penalties, Arkansas could have had larger margin. Ralph Troillett, third-string quarterback who had spent most of his time on the bench last year and so far this season, herdeo the Razorbacks to a pair of Sec ond-half touchdowns that spelled the difference. Baylor - 0 7 8 TT Scoring: Baylor, touchdowns-coody. B Field goal-Brocato. Arkansas. touch downs-Bogard. Troillett, Elton. Con, yer ‘ons-MaZZa t2).

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)

Baylor 69% to win. Arkansas pulled the upset.

Arkansas leads 35–⁠33–⁠2 in 70 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Baylor 9, Arkansas 5
1990Baylor 34, Arkansas 3
1989Arkansas 19, Baylor 10
1988Arkansas 33, Baylor 3
1987Arkansas 10, Baylor 7
1986Baylor 29, Arkansas 14

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