Arizona at Arizona State

Saturday, November 25, 1961

Arizona beat Arizona State 22–⁠13. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Arizona led the series 16–⁠9 in the games on file.

AwayArizona8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1961
22
HomeArizona State7–⁠3 in 1961
13

FinalHigh 73°F, low 39°FAttendance 40,164

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: football Scores

    Evening star, November 27, 1961, page 20

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    football Scores Saturdays Late Scores n. Mexico State 81 Rardin simmons, 8 Arizona 22 $500. Arizona State 13 North Texas 24 Texas Western IA s’thwestn La. Al Henderson (Ark.l Z Miss. Southern 20 Trinity tTex.l II Tampa 22 WollfOrd 81 Kirksville (MoD 22, Parsons 8, CNinsraI BOwW Linfield (OreE.) 1S, whittier ! CNAIA ssmifinal)

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)

Arizona State 61% to win. Arizona won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Arizona leads 52–⁠45–⁠1; as played, 45–⁠43–⁠1 in the 89 games on file; the official count covers all 99 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Arizona 23, Arizona State 7
2024Arizona State 49, Arizona 7
2023Arizona 59, Arizona State 23
2022Arizona 38, Arizona State 35
2021Arizona State 38, Arizona 15
2020Arizona State 70, Arizona 7

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