Oklahoma at Iowa State

Saturday, October 26, 1940

Oklahoma beat Iowa State 20–⁠7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 10–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayOklahoma6–⁠3 in 1940
20
HomeIowa State4–⁠5 in 1940
7

FinalHigh 83°F, low 48°FAttendance 11,424

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Oklahoma Power HuIts Iowa Stote, 20-7

    Evening star, October 27, 1940, page 30

    Read the text

    Oklahoma Power HuIts Iowa Stote, 20–⁠7 Bv the Associat ted Press. AMES. Iowa. Oct 2e e-Oklahoma’ s Sooners. big, strapplng fellows from the Southwest. had to use all their power here today to pull through a 20-to-7 victo~” ovcr 3 hsrd-hghting band of Iowa State Cyclones. The gallant Cyc,ores battling to please ome-coming crowd of IA 900 fans, fought Oh almost even terms with Oklahoma until late in the fourth period, when rip-roaring Johnny Martin broke their hearts with 53-yard touchdown dash,

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 80–⁠7–⁠2 in 89 meetings, counting the 76 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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