Oklahoma at Iowa State
Saturday, October 26, 1940 Share
Oklahoma beat Iowa State 20–7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 10–2–1.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 48°FAttendance 11,424
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Oklahoma–Iowa State gameOklahoma leads 80–7–2 in 89 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.
| 2023 | Oklahoma 50, Iowa State 20 | |
| 2022 | Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 13 | |
| 2021 | Oklahoma 28, Iowa State 21 | |
| 2020 | Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 21 | Big 12 Championship Game |
| 2020 | Iowa State 37, Oklahoma 30 | |
| 2019 | Oklahoma 42, Iowa State 41 |
Around this game
Oklahoma
- Next gamevs. NebraskaNov. 2, 1940
- SeasonOklahoma in 1940
- ProgramOklahoma history and records
Iowa State
- Next gamevs. DrakeNov. 9, 1940
- SeasonIowa State in 1940
- ProgramIowa State history and records

