Baylor at Arkansas

Saturday, October 8, 1960

No. 20 Baylor beat No. 9 Arkansas 28–⁠14. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 24–⁠15.

Away20Baylor8–⁠3 in 1960
28
Home9Arkansas8–⁠3 in 1960
14

FinalHigh 70°F, low 52°FAttendance 39,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Baylor Breaks Streak By Arkansas, 28-14

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 9, 1960, page 89

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    Baylor Breaks Streak By Arkansas, 28–⁠14 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, Oct. 8 tAP).-Baylor’s Bears ran and passed the Arkansas Razorbacks ragged today for a 28-l4 Southwest Conference football victory which broke an eight-game winning streak for Arkansas. Arkansas tied the game at TT in the second quarter, but Baylor already had proved in the first quarter it was on its way. 1t had stopped the Razor backs cold, and for the after noon it gained more than twice as much ground. Sophomore Ronnie Goodwin put the Bears, still undefeated for the season, ahead in the first quarter with a 23-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, after Arkansas had pulled abreast, Goodwin was on the receiving end of a 19-yard scoring pass from Quarterback Ronnie STAN ley. End Jimmy Collier scored Arkansas first touchdown by recovering Fullback Joe Paul Alberty’S tumble after he had plunged over from the 1-yard line. The Razorbacks drove 48 yards after Tackle Marlin Epp recovered a tumble. Quarterback George McKinney scored the other Arkansas touchdown with a seven-yard run with less than three min utes left. Stanley faxed a pass, then broke loose around right end for five yards and the third Baylor touchdown in the third period. Second-string Quarter back Bobby Ply completed a three-yard pass to End Bobby Lane tor the last Baylor touch down.

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 72% to win. Baylor pulled the upset.

Arkansas leads 35–⁠33–⁠2 in 70 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Baylor 9, Arkansas 5
1990Baylor 34, Arkansas 3
1989Arkansas 19, Baylor 10
1988Arkansas 33, Baylor 3
1987Arkansas 10, Baylor 7
1986Baylor 29, Arkansas 14

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