Arkansas vs. Baylor
Arkansas and Baylor have 70 meetings on file, the first in 1904; Arkansas leads the series 35–33–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5, and Baylor has won the last 2. Share
- Arkansas wins
- 35
- Baylor wins
- 33
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1904
- Longest streak
- 6 Arkansas
- Current streak
- 2 Baylor
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 5–5
- Most recent
- 1991
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 3–4 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–6 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 6–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 8–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 6–4 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–2 |
- Both ranked
- 4 meetings: Arkansas 2, Baylor 2
- Average margin
- 12.2 points; 29 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Arkansas
- 24–12 Arkansas’s record at home
- At Baylor
- 21–11–2 Baylor’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 9
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Arkansas’s biggest win1975: Arkansas 41, Baylor 3by 38 points
- Baylor’s biggest win1922: Baylor 60, Arkansas 13by 47 points
- Upset1966: Baylor 7, Arkansas 0Baylor had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1982: Baylor 24, Arkansas 17Baylor had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1974: Baylor 21, Arkansas 17Baylor had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1985: Arkansas 20, Baylor 14No. 11 Baylor at No. 12 Arkansas
- Ranked showdown1979: Arkansas 29, Baylor 20No. 17 Baylor at No. 9 Arkansas
- Ranked showdown1960: Baylor 28, Arkansas 14No. 20 Baylor at No. 9 Arkansas
Coach against coach
| Years | Arkansas | Series | Baylor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922–1924 | Francis Schmidt | 0–3 | Frank Bridges |
| 1929–1940 | Fred Thomsen | 5–7 | Morley Jennings |
| 1947–1949 | John Barnhill | 0–3 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1950–1952 | Otis Douglas | 2–1 | George Sauer |
| 1959–1968 | Frank Broyles | 6–3–1 | John Bridgers |
| 1969–1971 | Frank Broyles | 3–0 | Bill Beall |
| 1972–1976 | Frank Broyles | 3–1–1 | Grant Teaff |
| 1977–1983 | Lou Holtz | 4–3 | Grant Teaff |
| 1984–1989 | Ken Hatfield | 5–1 | Grant Teaff |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas’s side (Schmidt 0–3 against Bridges). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 19, 1924
1930 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Nov 16, 1930
1932 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 17, 1932
1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 14, 1936
1941 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 13, 1941
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.