Arkansas at Rice
Saturday, November 7, 1953 Share
Rice beat Arkansas 47–0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Rice led the series 22–5–2.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 46°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 32,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 8, 1953, page 69
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Arkansas–Rice gameArkansas leads 36–29–3 in 68 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.
| 2021 | Arkansas 38, Rice 17 | |
| 1991 | Arkansas 20, Rice 0 | |
| 1990 | Rice 19, Arkansas 11 | |
| 1989 | Arkansas 38, Rice 17 | |
| 1988 | Arkansas 21, Rice 14 | |
| 1987 | Arkansas 38, Rice 14 |
Around this game
Arkansas
- Next gameat SMUNov. 14, 1953
- SeasonArkansas in 1953
- ProgramArkansas history and records
Rice
- Next gamevs. Texas A&MNov. 14, 1953
- SeasonRice in 1953
- ProgramRice history and records

