Oklahoma at Texas

Saturday, October 18, 1930

Texas beat Oklahoma 17–⁠7. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 13–⁠8–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayOklahoma4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1930
7
HomeTexas8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1930
17

FinalHigh 72°F, low 56°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Southwestern League Race Looms Close

    The Indianapolis times, Indiana, October 20, 1930, page 10

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    Southwestern League Race Looms Close BIZ United Press DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 20.-Ths melting pot of gridiron experience has leveled preseason inequalities in the Southwestern Conference and made a close race of the PEN nant grind which had two favorites before the weekend games. Unexpected strength was shown on four fields, and at least two more teams must be counted in the thick of the fight. Texas university snothered Oklahoma Sooners under a 17–⁠7 score. Southern Methodist. preseason favorites, had a setback at the hands of the Baylor elevens and were tied 14–⁠14. Texas Christians won a 30 victory over The Texas Aggies. The Rice Owls took 7–⁠6 defeat from Arkansas university.

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)

Texas 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Texas leads 65–⁠52–⁠5; as played, 62–⁠52–⁠5 in the 119 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 97 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Oklahoma 27, Texas 24
2025Texas 23, Oklahoma 6Allstate Red River Rivalry
2024Texas 34, Oklahoma 3Allstate Red River Rivalry
2023Oklahoma 34, Texas 30Allstate Red River Rivalry
2022Texas 49, Oklahoma 0
2021Oklahoma 55, Texas 48

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