Missouri at Oklahoma

Saturday, November 12, 1938

No. 10 Oklahoma beat Missouri 21–⁠0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 14–⁠13–⁠2.

AwayMissouri6–⁠3 in 1938
0
Home10Oklahoma10–⁠1 in 1938
21

FinalHigh 69°F, low 51°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Oklahoma, Hating ChHstmon, Whips Missouri, 21 to o, To Close In on Title

    Evening star, November 13, 1938, page 23

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    Oklahoma, Hating ChHstmon, Whips Missouri, 21 to o, To Close In on Title Earl Crowder, blocking back, set the Sooners up for their first touch down when ne taok the opening KICKOFF on his own Is, skipped to the sideline behind superb blocking and dashed to the Tiger a. before being stopped. Hugh Mccullough, the Sooner field general, whose running and passing lighted the day, smashed over from the 4-yard line. Aerial Duo Effective. McCullough’s short passes to Gene Corrotto carried the Sooners most Of the way on their second jaunt, which ended with Corrotto driving over from the 2-yard marker. Corrotto also scored the final touchdown. taking 4 perfect 1S-yard pass from Mccullough on the 6-yard line and sidesteping two Tigers to go 80

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 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 68–⁠25–⁠5 in 98 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Oklahoma 17, Missouri 6
2024Missouri 30, Oklahoma 23
2011Oklahoma 38, Missouri 28
2010Missouri 36, Oklahoma 27
2008Oklahoma 62, Missouri 21Big 12 Championship Game
2007Oklahoma 38, Missouri 17Big 12 Championship Game

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