Arkansas at Texas Tech

Saturday, November 19, 1960

No. 7 Arkansas beat Texas Tech 34–⁠6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Arkansas led the series 4–⁠0.

Away7Arkansas8–⁠3 in 1960
34
HomeTexas Tech3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1960
6

FinalHigh 66°F, low 35°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TEXAS TECH BOWS, 34-6 Arkansas CIinches Cotton Bowl Berth

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 20, 1960, page 1

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    TEXAS TECH BOWS, 34–⁠6 Arkansas CIinches Cotton Bowl Berth LUBBOCK. Tex, Nov. ts CAP).-Arkansas marched over Texas Tech, 34–⁠6, and into the Cotton Bowl today on the bulls eye passing Of George McKinney and the blistering runs OF Lance Alworth and Billy Moore. ! The hard-bitten Razorbacks rolled up 81 points in the first half, threatened repeatedly the rest Of the way and scored again with six minutes left on a Jump pass from Mckinney to Brent Shinall that gained A yards. = It was Arkansas fourth straight victory over Texas Tech and 1t gave the Razor backs the host spot in the Cot ton Bowl because they defeated Rice, the team expected to tic it for the title, in regular season play. A tumble and intercepted pass helped Arkansas to its first two touchdowns. E. j. Holub, the great Tech center, intercopied a pass and ran 40 yards for a touchdown to pull the Red Raiders back into the game. had the ball it roared 70 yards for another touchdown, and

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Arkansas 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Arkansas leads 30–⁠8 in 38 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Arkansas 39, Texas Tech 26Liberty Bowl
2015Texas Tech 35, Arkansas 24
2014Arkansas 49, Texas Tech 28
1991Texas Tech 38, Arkansas 21
1990Texas Tech 49, Arkansas 44
1989Arkansas 45, Texas Tech 13

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