Oklahoma at Kansas

Saturday, November 15, 1930

Kansas beat Oklahoma 13–⁠0. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 16–⁠9–⁠3.

AwayOklahoma4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1930
0
HomeKansas6–⁠2 in 1930
13

FinalHigh 74°F, low 53°F, 0.85 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: KANSAS WAKES UP TO BEAT OKLAHOMA 1S-to-0 Victory Gives JayhawkerS Tie in Race for Lead in Big Six Group.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 16, 1930, page 1

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    KANSAS WAKES UP TO BEAT OKLAHOMA 1S-to-0 Victory Gives JayhawkerS Tie in Race for Lead in Big Six Group. 6y the ASSocleteu Rress. LAWRENCE. Kans., November l6.-- Kansas revived from its lethargy four minutes before the end Of the first half Of its foot ball game with Oklahoma today, dominated the play thereafter. won the game, IS to 0, and went into q tie with Oklahoma for the Big Six Conference lead. Until that point near the intermission when Jim Bausch and Carnie smith were sent into the fray, the heavy Kansas gridsterS were outplayed by Oklahoma’s courageous, but light team. After It Jayhawker supporters saw their favorites play the type Of game expected Of them when preseason indications pointed to Kansas as q cham pion. Despite their first half superiority, Oklahoma never approached within the Kansas 10-yard line In possession Of the ball until the fourth period. In that final drive Oklahoma met resistance Kansas did not display against Nebraska and was thrown back. KAN Sas was driving to another touchdown, with many reserves In the lineup, when the game ended Statistics showed the first downs favored Oklahoma, 10 to IL. The scrimmage gains. including passes and runs, gave Oklahoma an edge, AL to 227 yards.

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 50% to win. Kansas won as Elo’s underdog.

Oklahoma leads 80–⁠28–⁠6 in 114 meetings, counting the 86 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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