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. Share
- 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
- 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
- Arkansas’s biggest win1926: Arkansas 33, Centenary (LA) 6by 27 points
- Centenary (LA)‘s biggest win1930: Centenary (LA) 7, Arkansas 6by 1 points
- Upset1931: Arkansas 6, Centenary (LA) 0Arkansas had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Arkansas | Series | Centenary (LA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930–1933 | Fred Thomsen | 1–1–2 | Homer 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
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

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, 1934 | Centenary (LA) 7, Arkansas 7 | Neutral site | Dixie Classic | |
| Nov 26, 1932 | Centenary (LA) 0, Arkansas 0 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Nov 26, 1931 | Arkansas 6, Centenary (LA) 0 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Nov 27, 1930 | Centenary (LA) 7, Arkansas 6 | at Centenary (LA) | ||
| Nov 16, 1929 | Arkansas 13, Centenary (LA) 2 | at Arkansas | ||
| Oct 23, 1926 | Arkansas 33, Centenary (LA) 6 | at Arkansas |
Every game is listed as played on the field.