Arkansas at Baylor
Saturday, October 10, 1953 Share
No. 9 Baylor beat Arkansas 14–7. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 20–12.
FinalHigh 92°F, low 55°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 11, 1953, page 71
Read the text
Bears Need Rally To Avoid Upset By Razorbacks WACO, Tex, Oct. 10.-Baylor’s bag of tricks turned sour today, but two old-fashioned thrusts of power running by Jerry Coody and Allen Jones battered back Arkansas, 14–7. Arkansas seized every opportunity Baylor gave it and jumped into a second quarter lead when its ple-threat ace, Lamar Nc Han, shot an 18-yard touchdown pass to Jerry Bogard. Game Tied in Third. The first time Baylor got the ball after the third period kick off, the Bears put on six-play, 57-yard drive that ended with Coody barging over the goal from the two. James Ray Smith matched Francis Longs extra point to deadlock the score. From then until midway in the fourth period. it was up and down the field with Arkansas having a slight edge over the Bears. Ground Attack Scores. It wasn’t until midway in the fourth period that the Bears for got about passing and thought about running. When they did. Coody, Jones and L. G. Dupre ground out At yards in brief spurts. With Arkansas line stacked against Baylor on the five, Cotton Davidson tossed a pass to Wayne Hopkins in the end zone. Smith again kicked the point. Arkansas ------- 9 Z 9 - Baylor -----. Q O z la Arkansas scoring: TouchdoWn-Bogard. ConyerSion-Long. Baylor scoring; Touchdowns-Coody, H0nkinS C0nVerSi0nS-J. R Smith (21.
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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Arkansas–Baylor gameArkansas leads 35–33–2 in 70 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.
| 1991 | Baylor 9, Arkansas 5 | |
| 1990 | Baylor 34, Arkansas 3 | |
| 1989 | Arkansas 19, Baylor 10 | |
| 1988 | Arkansas 33, Baylor 3 | |
| 1987 | Arkansas 10, Baylor 7 | |
| 1986 | Baylor 29, Arkansas 14 |
Around this game
Arkansas
- Next gamevs. TexasOct. 17, 1953
- SeasonArkansas in 1953
- ProgramArkansas history and records
Baylor
- Next gamevs. VanderbiltOct. 17, 1953
- SeasonBaylor in 1953
- ProgramBaylor history and records

