Arkansas vs. LSU

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1954, page 71

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  Bears Rally Knocks Methodist Out Of Cotton Bowl Race DALLAS. Nov. 20.-Del Shot. ner. a loose-iointed sophomore. and Billy Hooper. the faker. feinter and passer of Baylor’s thunderous split T attack. COM bined to lash Southern Meth odist 1921 today. knocking the Mustangs out of the Southwest Conference football race and putting Arkansas into the Cot ton Bowl. Shofner intercepted two passes, running one back 81 yards for a touchdown and using the other to set up another touchdown, and also chipping in with the 35-yard run that led to still q third. Hooper’s passing and running accounted for the other two scores. A crowd of $1,000 saw SMU take a 14–⁠0 lead in the, first nine minutes. then crumble before the vicious comeback of the versatile Golden Bears. 1t was a bitter battle and at the finish a half-dozen Baylor and Southern Methodist players engaged in fight on the field. Arkansas backed” into the Cotton Bowl. Taking a 7–⁠6 lick ing from Louisiana State in an intersectional game, the Razor backs found they were in the Dallas New Years Day game because Baylor had knocked SMU from the lead. Baylor also can tie for the championship by beating Rice next Saturday but Arkansas is in the Cotton Bowl, anyway, since it beat Baylor by q single point in regular season play. Arkansas had a SCI record In conference warfare. Southern saSaRSe Methodist Il Z . 9 Isl BAYLOR scoring: Touchdowns-saase. Shofner tsl; Dupre. Holley. converdowfs-Nutt, Eidom. Marshall conver. Sions--Bernet f3). sEA

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Officially, LSU leads 43–⁠23–⁠2; as played, 45–⁠23–⁠2 in 70 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.