Tulsa at Arkansas

Saturday, November 28, 1953

Arkansas beat Tulsa 27–⁠7. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Arkansas led the series 14–⁠12–⁠2.

AwayTulsa3–⁠7 in 1953
7
HomeArkansas3–⁠7 in 1953
27

FinalHigh 51°F, low 22°FAttendance 8,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: McHdn Stars as Ruzorbucks Win Easily Over Tulsa, 27-7

    Evening star, November 29, 1953, page 65

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    McHdn Stars as Ruzorbucks Win Easily Over Tulsa, 27–⁠7 Forester nullified by a penalty. McHan, who netted 204 yards IN the first half, passed to Pres ton Carpenter, blocking back, for the first two Arkansas touch downs and set up a one-yard scoring buck by Henry Moore in the third march. McHan herded the Razorbacks IS yards for a touchdown in four plays before retiring in the third period. The payoff was 24-yard toss to Floyd Sagely, ALL South west Conference end, who caught six passes today to make it 80 receptions for the season. Tulsa scored in the last two minutes as Bob Bohn’s passing carried the Hurricane from its own 90 to the Arkansas one From there, Bohn sneaked across. Tulsa ---------- - Arkansas ------ 13 2 3 0–⁠21 Tulsa scoring: Touchdown Bohn Capyersion--Miner. Arkansas scoring: Touchdowns--Carq ter C2l, Moore, sagely. Conyersionsn Ian (3l.

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)

Arkansas 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Arkansas leads 52–⁠16–⁠2 in 70 meetings, counting the 42 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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