Kansas at Oklahoma

Saturday, November 5, 1921

Oklahoma beat Kansas 24–⁠7. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 10–⁠7–⁠2.

AwayKansas4–⁠3 in 1921
7
HomeOklahoma5–⁠3 in 1921
24

FinalHigh 84°F, low 42°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Morning Tulsa daily world's story: NO UPSETS MARK GAMES IN VALLEY But Oklahoma's 24-to-7 Victory Over Kansas Was q Surprise

    The Morning Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Okla., November 7, 1921, page 4

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    NO UPSETS MARK GAMES IN VALLEY But Oklahoma’s 24-to-7 Victory Over Kansas Was q Surprise KANSAS CIUY, Nov. 6.-There were no big upsets in the Missouri Valley football conference Saturday. Missouri, the Kansas Aggies, Okla homa and Ames coming through without being forced to extend themselves. The only approach to an upset was in the defeat OF Kansas by Ok lahoma. Most valley observers had Q xpe etc d the Norman team to win, but there were many who thought the score would be much closer. The final score was “a to Z. The tightes. game in the con ference was at st. Louis, whore Washington held Missouri scoreless until the last period. A sensational 75-yard run by Young, which resulted in a touch down In the third quarter, brought victory for Ames over Drake. The Aggies swamped Grinnell under n 81 to score. GTinneii 30 far has failed to win any of its conference games. Nebraska. the other conference member. was playing at Pittsburg Saturday. Next Saturday tho Corn huskers meet Kansas at Lincoln. The other conference games that day will be Ames vs. the Kansas Aggies at Ames and Oklahoma VS.. Missouri at Columbia. The standing OF the conference teams, including Saturdays games, follows:

  • The Pueblo chieftain's story: OKLAHOMA TRIUMPHS OVER KANSAS u 24-7

    Pueblo chieftain, Colorado, November 6, 1921, page 2

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    OKLAHOMA TRIUMPHS OVER KANSAS u 24–⁠7 Norman. Okla. Nov. 5.-The University of Oklahoma trfumphed over the University Of Kansas football machine today. adding another Missouri Valley conference victory to its belt. Tho final score was “a to Z. Oklahoma out played the visitors thruout the first three periods.

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 80–⁠28–⁠6 in 114 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Kansas 38, Oklahoma 33
2022Oklahoma 52, Kansas 42
2021Oklahoma 35, Kansas 23
2020Oklahoma 62, Kansas 9
2019Oklahoma 45, Kansas 20
2018Oklahoma 55, Kansas 40

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