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Arkansas at Rice

Saturday, November 11, 1961

Arkansas beat Rice 10–⁠0. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Rice led the series 24–⁠11–⁠2.

AwayArkansas8–⁠3 in 1961
10
HomeRice7–⁠4 in 1961
0

FinalHigh 77°F, low 64°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 43,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: long DRIVE WINS, 100 Arkansas THumphs Over Sluggish Rice

    Evening star, November 12, 1961, page 81

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    long DRIVE WINS, 100 Arkansas THumphs Over Sluggish Rice HOUSTON, Tex, Nov. IL tAP) = Arkansas permitted Ricve to cross midfield only once today as the Razorbacks defeated the Owls, 100, on a slippery field. The victory kept alive Arkansas’ hopes for at least q share of the Southwest Conference title should someone trip undefeated Texas. Showers fell during a major portion Of the first half but there was little rain as the Porkers struck for. q third period field goal and q final quarter touchdown. Mickey Cissell’s 27-yard field

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 54% to win. Arkansas won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every Arkansas–Rice game

Arkansas leads 36–⁠29–⁠3 in 68 meetings, counting the 31 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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