Tulsa at Arkansas

Saturday, September 29, 1962

Arkansas beat Tulsa 42–⁠14. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Arkansas led the series 21–⁠13–⁠2.

AwayTulsa5–⁠5 in 1962
14
HomeArkansas9–⁠2 in 1962
42

FinalHigh 72°F, low 47°FAttendance 26,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, October 1, 1962, page 22 (results column)

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    / est milestone on the comeback The other upsets involving the top teams both were ties Missouri mo. 10) salvaged q scoreless tie with Minnesota after stopping the Gophers in side the 5-yard line three times and Louisiana State (No. 81 was tied by Rice, 6–⁠6. If the lower half of the top 10 is in for a shakeup. there seems to be little doubt about the top three or four teams retaining their positions. Top-ranked Alabama, the de- Tending national champion, humbled Tulane, 44–⁠6, for its second straight; second-ranked Ohio State unleashed an Of fense that was so powerful it wasn’t forced to punt in a All rout of North Carolina, and Texas (No. 81 swept past its Southwest Conference foe, Texas Tech, $40. Penn State (No. a. had little more trouble against Air Force, but the result was the same. The Nittany Lions had only a To lead at the half but struck for two touchdowns in the last half and won, 20–⁠6. Mississippi (No. y took Ken lucky, 14–⁠0, Georgia Tech (No. 81 defeated Florida, ITO, and Southern California (No. 81 smacked Southern Methodist, 1873. However, the upsetS weren’t confined to the top 10. with Auburn edging Tennessee, o. 81, Nebraska surprising Michigan, 25–⁠13, Notre Dame taking Oklahoma, 1877. and Washing ton beating Illinois, 28–⁠7. In some of the other major action, Arkansas added to its already impressive credentials with a 42–⁠14 rout of Tulsa, Pittsburgh beat Baylor, 24–⁠14, Army edged Syracuse, go, Duke won over South Carolina, 21–⁠8, Clemson defeated North Caro-

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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Arkansas leads 52–⁠16–⁠2 in 70 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Arkansas 34, Tulsa 6
2018Arkansas 23, Tulsa 0
2012Arkansas 19, Tulsa 15
2008Arkansas 30, Tulsa 23
2003Arkansas 45, Tulsa 13
1993Arkansas 24, Tulsa 11

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