Kate Dickson was a sophomore at Arkansas in 1970 and she attended Razorback football games, as is the custom in a football-crazy state.
Forty-six years later, a chance meeting in New Orleans gave her reason to relive one of the most memorable games and set the groundwork for a reunion between the 1970 Wichita State and Arkansas teams.
“They’ve reached out and embraced the Shockers and welcomed them into War Memorial Stadium,” said John Potts, a member of the 1970 Shockers.
Dickson remembers the game on Oct. 24, 1970 for none of the usual reasons. The ninth-ranked Razorbacks defeated Wichita State 62-0 in Little Rock’s War Memorial Stadium in a game memorable because the Shockers showed up under painful circumstances and played to honor the dead.