Washington State at Oklahoma

Saturday, December 3, 1938

No. 5 Oklahoma beat Washington State 28–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayWashington State2–⁠8 in 1938
0
Home5Oklahoma10–⁠1 in 1938
28

FinalHigh 59°F, low 38°FAttendance 15,529

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL @ {A{2SWG Ne

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 5, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL @ {A{2SWG Ne The following are final scores Of football games played last Satur- day afternoon: Southern Methodist IA; Rice 25, Washington State 0; Oklahoma 28. Mississippi 0; Tennessee AT. Western Kentucky 30; Tampa T. Temple 20; Florida 12. Moravian 0; Appalachian 20. Citadel 6; North Carolina State IA. Southern California 13; Notre Dame 0.

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 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2002Oklahoma 34, Washington State 14Rose Bowl
1967Oklahoma 21, Washington State 0
1938Oklahoma 28, Washington State 0

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