Kansas at Oklahoma

Saturday, November 3, 1923

Kansas beat Oklahoma 7–⁠3. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 12–⁠7–⁠2.

AwayKansas5–⁠0–⁠3 in 1923
7
HomeOklahoma3–⁠5 in 1923
3

FinalHigh 47°F, low 41°F, 0.07 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MISSOURI TEAM RALLIES TO DEFEAT KANSAS, 7-3

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1923, page 69

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    MISSOURI TEAM RALLIES TO DEFEAT KANSAS, 7–⁠3 NORMAN, Okla, November a. Overcoming a three-point lead in the second period, Kansas today turned mudhen and swallowed it’s way to a 7-to-3 victory over Oklahoma in a Missouri valley conference game here. In the second period Bowles. sub stituting for Wilcox at right guard, overcame the mud handicap and boot : ed the ball through the uprights from the 45-yard line for Oklahoma’s only score. with the ball on the 50-yard line, Kansas smashed the line for sew enteen yards, and after two more plays, Black. Kansas captain, went around right end for thirty yards and the winning touchdown in the third period.

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 55% to win. Kansas won as Elo’s underdog.

Oklahoma leads 80–⁠28–⁠6 in 114 meetings, counting the 93 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

Around this game

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