Arkansas at Baylor

Saturday, October 10, 1953

No. 9 Baylor beat Arkansas 14–⁠7. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 20–⁠12.

AwayArkansas3–⁠7 in 1953
7
Home9Baylor7–⁠3 in 1953
14

FinalHigh 92°F, low 55°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Bears Need Rally To Avoid Upset By Razorbacks

    Evening star, October 11, 1953, page 71

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    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.

Arkansas leads 35–⁠33–⁠2 in 70 meetings, counting the 38 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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