Drake at Oklahoma
Thursday, November 29, 1923 Share
Drake beat Oklahoma 26–20. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 33°F, 0.05 in. of rain
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Drake–Oklahoma gameOklahoma leads 3–2 in five meetings, counting the three 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 UtahOct. 4, 1924
- SeasonDrake in 1923
- ProgramDrake history and records
Oklahoma
- Next gamevs. Central OklahomaOct. 4, 1924
- SeasonOklahoma in 1923
- ProgramOklahoma history and records

