Drake at Oklahoma
Thursday, November 25, 1920 Share
Oklahoma beat Drake 44–7. It was their first meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 33°F
In the newspapers

The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 26, 1920, page 2
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OKLAHOMA LEADS IN VALLEY C1incIes Claim to Conference Title by Defeating Drake, Al to Z. Cuncf1eS Claim TO conference Title by Defeating Drake, Al to Z. Des Moines, Nov. 26.-By defeating Drake university, “A to Z, Oklahoma won its claim to the Missouri Valley championship title Thursday. Frequent forward passes netted the visitors long gains, altho they some times appeared rather weak on the line plunges. Many of brakes at tempted forward passes failed. Ok lahoma had a lead of to at the end of the first period. Davis. Oklahoma, kicked a goal from placement on the 22-yard line. Allen returned As yards and the ball remained in Oklahoma territory the rest of the period. Hill, Oklahoma, made a touchdown early in the second. White made another, but missed goal Haskell scored a touchdown and White kicked goal for the visitors in the third period. Two more touchdowns were made by Okla homa in the fourth. A series of plunges won a touchdown and goal for Drake in the final period. Okla homa made it’s final score by passes and line DlaVS
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)
Oklahoma 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Drake–Oklahoma gameOklahoma leads 3–2 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1926 | Oklahoma 11, Drake 0 | |
| 1925 | Oklahoma 7, Drake 0 | |
| 1924 | Drake 28, Oklahoma 0 | |
| 1923 | Drake 26, Oklahoma 20 | |
| 1920 | Oklahoma 44, Drake 7 |
Around this game
Drake
- Next gameat William PennOct. 8, 1921
- SeasonDrake in 1920
- ProgramDrake history and records
Oklahoma
- Next gameat Central OklahomaOct. 8, 1921
- SeasonOklahoma in 1920
- ProgramOklahoma history and records

