Arkansas at Tulsa

Saturday, November 22, 1952

No. 11 Tulsa beat Arkansas 44–⁠34. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Arkansas led the series 13–⁠12–⁠2.

AwayArkansas2–⁠8 in 1952
34
Home11Tulsa8–⁠2–⁠1 in 1952
44

FinalHigh 49°F, low 33°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 12,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: .37-Yard Scoring Run In Fourth Quarter Whips Razorbacks

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 23, 1952, page 67

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    .37-Yard Scoring Run In Fourth Quarter Whips Razorbacks TULSA, Okla, Nov. 22.-Howard Waugh. battering fullback. and Tom Miner, place kicker. pow cred Tulsa’s bowl-eager Hurricanes to 44–⁠34 triumph over a surprising Arkansas team that went all out today in an effort to give resigned Coach Otis, Douglas a parting present. 1t was Waugh’s 37-yard touch down gallop in the fourth quarter that broke a 34–⁠34 tie. Miners subsequent conversion and 23yard field goal shortly after that completed the Hurricanes margin of victory. The scoring battle. touched off by a Tulsa tally only eight plays after the kickoff. saw the Hurricanes roll up 400 yards to Ar kansas AS. Waugh Sets Record. Waugh, who tops all rushers IN the country, pounded out long gains for a total of $50 yards. a Isingle-game record for a Tulsa player. For Arkansas it was Capt. Buddy Sutton and Larry Hogue. the former carrying 81 times for 164 yards and the latter 18 for 96. Lamar McHan. who threw 10 lof the Razorback’s passes, COM Ipleted six for 81 yards but had three intercepted. An estimated $4,000 fans. damp Iened by an intermittent drizzle throughout the game, saw Arkar- Isas bound into a 20–⁠7 leao midway Iof the first quarter after Bobby Holladay had scored from the to climax a 35-yard Tulsa drive at the contests start. Tulsa Strikes Back. Tulsa barged into the lead with an 80-yard drive, Waugh scoring from the 3 and just before half time Morris hit Miner with l9yard pass to make the intermission score read Tulsa |28, Arkansas 20. Hogue’s 2 yard touchdown plunge to start the final period deadlocked the count at 34-all. But it was then Waugh’s 81 yard scoot ended 55-yard Tulsa surge to break the tie. And little later, when a penalty stalled an other Tulsa drive. Miner booted his insurance placement. Arkansas 90 o z ia Tulsa IA IA 6 10–⁠44 Arkansas scoring: Touchdowns-Troxell. IHogue (3) Sutton. Conversions-Mazza “a. Tulsa scoring Touchdowns-Holladay CO. Waugh t2). Miner 2D. Conversions Miner CD. Field goal--Miner.

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)

Tulsa 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Arkansas leads 52–⁠16–⁠2 in 70 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Arkansas 34, Tulsa 6
2018Arkansas 23, Tulsa 0
2012Arkansas 19, Tulsa 15
2008Arkansas 30, Tulsa 23
2003Arkansas 45, Tulsa 13
1993Arkansas 24, Tulsa 11

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