Oklahoma at Kansas

Saturday, November 9, 1940

Oklahoma beat Kansas 13–⁠0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 18–⁠16–⁠4.

AwayOklahoma6–⁠3 in 1940
13
HomeKansas2–⁠7 in 1940
0

FinalHigh 59°F, low 46°F, 0.11 in. of rainAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 15, 1940, page 3 (results column)

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    Football Scores Stanford 20-Washington 10 Wisconsin 6-Columbia ‘ Boston College 21-Boston o Kansas State 13-South Caro- lima 20 Oklahoma 13-Kansas 0 Georgia Tech 7-Kentucky 26 Georgia 13-Florida Is SeWanee 0-Vanderbilt 20 University of Richmond IA North Carolina 13 Tulane 6@Alabama 13 Clemson Auburn 21 Iowa 6-Nebraska IA Georgetown 41-Maryland 0 Rice 14-Arkansas T Michigan State 0-Indiana 20 Illinois 14-Northwestern 32

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 80–⁠28–⁠6 in 114 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Kansas 38, Oklahoma 33
2022Oklahoma 52, Kansas 42
2021Oklahoma 35, Kansas 23
2020Oklahoma 62, Kansas 9
2019Oklahoma 45, Kansas 20
2018Oklahoma 55, Kansas 40

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