Arkansas vs. Centenary (LA)

Arkansas and Centenary (LA) first met in 1926 and have played 6 times; Arkansas leads the series 3–⁠1–⁠2. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Arkansas 3–⁠1.

Arkansas wins
3
Centenary (LA) wins
1
Ties
2
First meeting
1926
Longest streak
2 Arkansas
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
Arkansas 3–⁠1
Most recent
1933

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠0
1930s1–⁠1–⁠2
Average margin
7.5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arkansas
2–⁠0 Arkansas’s record at home
At Centenary (LA)
1–⁠1–⁠1 Centenary (LA)‘s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠0–⁠1 Arkansas first
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Arkansas’s biggest win1926: Arkansas 33, Centenary (LA) 6by 27 points
  2. Centenary (LA)‘s biggest win1930: Centenary (LA) 7, Arkansas 6by 1 points
  3. Upset1931: Arkansas 6, Centenary (LA) 0Arkansas had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArkansasSeriesCentenary (LA)
1930–⁠1933Fred Thomsen1–⁠1–⁠2Homer Norton

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas’s side (Thomsen 1–⁠1–⁠2 against Norton). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arkansas and Centenary (LA), 1926 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1926 game: FOOT BALL RESULTS

    1926 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1926

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

Jan 1, 1934Centenary (LA) 7, Arkansas 7Neutral siteDixie Classic
Nov 26, 1932Centenary (LA) 0, Arkansas 0at Centenary (LA)
Nov 26, 1931Arkansas 6, Centenary (LA) 0at Centenary (LA)
Nov 27, 1930Centenary (LA) 7, Arkansas 6at Centenary (LA)
Nov 16, 1929Arkansas 13, Centenary (LA) 2at Arkansas
Oct 23, 1926Arkansas 33, Centenary (LA) 6at Arkansas

Every game is listed as played on the field.