Iowa State at Oklahoma

Saturday, November 4, 1939

No. 6 Oklahoma beat Iowa State 38–⁠6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 9–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayIowa State2–⁠7 in 1939
6
Home6Oklahoma6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1939
38

FinalHigh 48°F, low 22°FAttendance 20,417

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 6, 1939, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores Of games played last Saturday: Idaho 19; Utah State T. Oregon 38; Washington State 0. Southern California 19; oregon State ‘. Santa Clara 27; Stanford T. U.C.L.A. 20; California T. Chicago 0; Virginia AT. Villanova 13; Detroit 6. Washington and Lee 6; Washing ton University 12. Vanderbilt T; Mississippi IA. Texas 0; Southern Methodist 10. Oklahoma 38; Iowa State 6. University of Washington g.; Montana 0. Notre Dame 14; Army o. Rice T; Fordham 13. Navy 6; Penn 8. Harvard 6; Princeton 9. Columbia ‘; Cornell 13. Pitt 13; Temple T. Indiana 0; Ohio State 27. Michigan State IA; Syracuse 3. Marquette l3; Duquesne 2l. Dartmouth 33; Yale 0. Lafayette :; 1sew York U. IA. North Carolina State 0; North Carolina IT. Florida 0; South Carolina 6. Coast Guard Academy T; Wes- leyan University 20. Maryland O.; Penn State 12. Centre 6; Cincinnati 6, tie. Wake Forest IA; Marshall 13. Tulsa T; Catholic U 13. West Virginia 0; Georgetown IA Iowa 4 Purdue 0. Texas Aggies 2l; Arkansas 0. Duke T; Georgia Tech 6. Nebraska 13; Missouri 27. Northwestern IA; Minnesota 2. Kentucky 2; Alabama 2, tie. Michigan 2; Illinois l6. Tennessee 20; Louisiana State O.

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 80–⁠7–⁠2 in 89 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Oklahoma 50, Iowa State 20
2022Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 13
2021Oklahoma 28, Iowa State 21
2020Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 21Big 12 Championship Game
2020Iowa State 37, Oklahoma 30
2019Oklahoma 42, Iowa State 41

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