Arkansas at SMU
Saturday, November 16, 1957 Share
SMU beat Arkansas 27–22. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, SMU led the series 20–11–2.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 50°FAttendance 25,500
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1957, page 67
Read the text
Stars In SMU Victory lover Arkansas DALLAS. Nov. 16 (P.-Don Meredith, Southern Methodist’s mighty sophomore bomber, passed for 231 yards and two touchdowns and scored two himself today .in a 27–22 VIC tory over Arkansas. The triumph, gained before a crowd of 25,500 in the Cotton
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 54% to win. SMU won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Arkansas–SMU gameArkansas leads 37–31–5 in 73 meetings, counting the 40 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
Arkansas
- Next gamevs. Texas TechNov. 23, 1957
- SeasonArkansas in 1957
- ProgramArkansas history and records
SMU
- Next gameat BaylorNov. 23, 1957
- SeasonSMU in 1957
- ProgramSMU history and records