Arkansas at Rice

Saturday, November 5, 1955

Arkansas beat Rice 10–⁠0. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Rice led the series 22–⁠7–⁠2.

AwayArkansas5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1955
10
HomeRice2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1955
0

FinalHigh 73°F, low 52°FAttendance 42,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CROWD JoLTED Rice's Big Day Ruined By Arkansas, 100

    Evening star, November 6, 1955, page 68

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    CROWD JoLTED Rice’s Big Day Ruined By Arkansas, 100 HOUSTON. Tex, NOV. 5 mi. IA I3-yard field goal BY George walker and 4 late touchdown plunge by Preston Carpenter broke an Arkansas victory drought in Houston today as the Razorbacks defeated Rice. 1910. before q homecoming crowd Of $4,000. It was Arkansas first South west Conference victory in Houston and msde It q miserable day for Rice alumni and students, who had picked Jess Neely, their head coach, IS honor guest for homecoming. IA tight Arkansas defense per- Tnitted Rice to make only one serious threat. d 42-yard drive hi the third period that carried tC the Arkansas ~. only to be stopped BY d tumble. walker booted hts field goal with only 40 seconds remaining sin the second quarter. Carpen4 Ter climaxed d 4i-yard scoring drive by plunEing over from the

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 59% to win. Arkansas won as Elo’s underdog.

Arkansas leads 36–⁠29–⁠3 in 68 meetings, counting the 37 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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