SMU at Arkansas
Saturday, November 13, 1954 Share
No. 19 SMU beat No. 4 Arkansas 21–14. It was their 30th meeting; after it, SMU led the series 19–9–2.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 46°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1954, page 62 (results column)
Read the text
How Top 10 Fured br me AssoeIoted Press NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-Here’s how the top 10 teams In the AS sociated Press football poll Jared today: /. UCLA, open date. 2. Ohio State. defeated Purdue. 1876. 8. Oklahoma. defeated Missouri,. 34–13. 4. Arkansas. lost to Southern Methodist, 21–14. S. Notre Dame, defeated North Carolina. 1918. 6. Army. defeated Penn, $50. z. Mississippi, beat Houston. 26–0. 8. Southern California, de. feated Washington, 41–0. 8. Iowa, lost to Minnesota, 1920. 10. Navy. defeated Columbia, 5l-6.
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 60% to win. SMU pulled the upset.
The series
Every SMU–Arkansas gameArkansas leads 37–31–5 in 73 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.
| 1999 | Arkansas 26, SMU 0 | |
| 1998 | Arkansas 44, SMU 17 | |
| 1997 | SMU 31, Arkansas 9 | |
| 1996 | SMU 23, Arkansas 10 | |
| 1995 | SMU 17, Arkansas 14 | |
| 1994 | Arkansas 34, SMU 14 |
Around this game
SMU
- Next gamevs. BaylorNov. 20, 1954
- SeasonSMU in 1954
- ProgramSMU history and records
Arkansas
- Next gamevs. LSUNov. 20, 1954
- SeasonArkansas in 1954
- ProgramArkansas history and records