Rice at Arkansas

Saturday, November 6, 1954

No. 4 Arkansas beat No. 15 Rice 28–⁠15. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Rice led the series 22–⁠6–⁠2.

Away15Rice7–⁠3 in 1954
15
Home4Arkansas8–⁠3 in 1954
28

FinalHigh 70°F, low 42°FAttendance 38,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Arkansas Rallies to Beat Rice, 28-15, and Near Title

    Evening star, November 7, 1954, page 62

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    Arkansas Rallies to Beat Rice, 28–⁠15, and Near Title LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Nov. g. Arkansas undefeated Razorbacks drove to two final quarter touch downs to come from behind and smother the Rice Owls, 28- Is, for their seventh straight football conquest of the season. The victory put the Porkers in the position of needing no more than a tie with Southern Meth odist next Saturday to win their first clear-cut Southwest Conference title since 1886. While $4,000 looked on in War Memorial Stadium here, the Razorbacks’ Henry Moore riddled the Rice line and sophomore Tailback George Walker passed with perfection to give the Razerbacks an eight-game winning streak, starting with the final game of the 1853 season. Rice had appeared to be unstoppable on the ground. where Dicky Moegle, undoubtedly the best running back Arkansas has faced all year, and a bevy of

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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Arkansas leads 36–⁠29–⁠3 in 68 meetings, counting the 38 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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