Arkansas at Rice

Saturday, November 7, 1953

Rice beat Arkansas 47–⁠0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Rice led the series 22–⁠5–⁠2.

AwayArkansas3–⁠7 in 1953
0
HomeRice9–⁠2 in 1953
47

FinalHigh 60°F, low 46°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 32,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Rice Swamps Arkansas, Keeps Title Hopes Alive

    Evening star, November 8, 1953, page 69

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    Rice Swamps Arkansas, Keeps Title Hopes Alive HOUSTON, Nov. THE Rice Owls, ignited by the first half running of Halfback Dicky Moegle, rolled to a 47–⁠0 victory over Arkansas tonight to keep alive their chances for the Southwest Conference cham pionship. Moegle thrilled a chilled crowd of $4,000 with runs of so, 40 and % yards to set up the first three touchdowns as the Owls zoomed to a 27–⁠0 halftime lead. The 49, year-old junior then came back for a 23-yard touchdown of his own in the third quarter. Arkansas AIas -- 9 % s So Rice scoring: Touchdowns-Crawford K johnson (2), Garbrecht, Moegle, temaker, K. Johnson (2), Burk. Nesrsta.

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)

Rice 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Arkansas leads 36–⁠29–⁠3 in 68 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.

Recent meetings
2021Arkansas 38, Rice 17
1991Arkansas 20, Rice 0
1990Rice 19, Arkansas 11
1989Arkansas 38, Rice 17
1988Arkansas 21, Rice 14
1987Arkansas 38, Rice 14

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