Drake at Oklahoma

Thursday, November 29, 1923

Drake beat Oklahoma 26–⁠20. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayDrake5–⁠2 in 1923
26
HomeOklahoma3–⁠5 in 1923
20

FinalHigh 44°F, low 33°F, 0.05 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Atlanta tri-weekly journal's story: BIC UPSETS MARK THANKSGIVING DAY FOOTBALL BATTLES

    Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., December 1, 1923, page 2 (results column)

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    BIC UPSETS MARK THANKSGIVING DAY FOOTBALL BATTLES Tremendous upsets marked the Thanksgiving day games in southern football. The biggest surprises were the overwhelming defeats of University Of Alabama by University of Florida, score, 16 to 6, and OF University of Kentucky by University of Tennessee, IS to 0. And then Clemson beat Furman by a one-point margin, Z to 6. Georgia Tech gained freely against Auburn except when in striking dis lance of goal and another tie game, scoreless this time, was the best the Golden Tornado could get. University of Virginia and University of North Carolina also battled to a scOreless tie. Oglethorpe defeated University Of Chattanooga, Il to 0, Virginia Mill tary institute won from Virginia Polytechnic, to and Washington & Lee defeated North Carolina State, 20 to u. Scores: Western Reserve, “a; Case, 0. South Carolina, II; Wake For est, Z. Lombard. 20; Kalamazoo college, O. Citadel, 0; Wofford, 0. Lehigh, u; Brown, 6. University of Detroit, 10; Gen zasa, Z. Trinity. IS; Davidson, s. Washington and Lee, 20; Carolina State 70. Lincoln college, 6; Howard university, 6. Notre Dame, 10; St. Louis university. 0. w. & j., Z; West Virginia, 2. Marquette, 20; Vermont, 0. Villa Nova, 0; Muhlenberg, 0. Ursinus, II; Susquehanna, 6. Rice. 0; TcU., 6. Creighton, IA; Grinnell, 0. Marietta, Z; Ohio, 0. st. Xavier, 0; Haskell, 9S. Wooster, As; Mount Union, l. Virginia. O.; North Carolina, 0. Drake, 26; Oklahoma, 20. Kentucky, 0; Tennessee, IS. Texas, A. & NJ, 0. William and Mary, II; University of Richmond, 6. Pennsylvania Military college, ~ ST. Johns, 6. Dickinson, IA; Blackwell, 10. Baldwin Wallace, 0; Carroll Unlver’ sity, 25. Rochester. 0: Hobart, SO, Gettysburg, 6; Franklin and Mar shall. O.. Nebraska “a: Ark. Asgies, II. Tulane, 10; Washington Univer sity, s.

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 51% to win. Drake won as Elo’s underdog.

Oklahoma leads 3–⁠2 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Oklahoma 11, Drake 0
1925Oklahoma 7, Drake 0
1924Drake 28, Oklahoma 0
1923Drake 26, Oklahoma 20
1920Oklahoma 44, Drake 7

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