Baylor at Tulsa

Saturday, November 15, 1941

Tulsa beat Baylor 20–⁠13. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayBaylor3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1941
13
HomeTulsa8–⁠2 in 1941
20

FinalHigh 77°F, low 41°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tulsa Licks Tough BuyIor, 20 to Is

    Evening star, November 16, 1941, page 47

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    Tulsa Licks Tough BuyIor, 20 to Is oy TIC hSsOClhteQ fIcek. TULSA, Nov. 15.- Baylor’s Bears battered themselves into exhaustion against Tulsa’s defenses for three periods today, then crumpled before swift aerial assaults that netted the Gold en- Hurricane two touchdowns and a 20–⁠13 victory. Trailing 1877 as the game went into the final period, the Hurricane struck fiercely with little N. A, Keithley hurting bullet passes that swallowed up the yardage to the Baylor goal in huge chunks. Keithley pitched one touchdown pass to big Col vim Purdin and scored the other himself on a 1-yard line smash. Jack Wilson, Baylor’s great quarterback. and Jack Russell, its powerful end, were kept out Of the game by injuries.

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)

Tulsa 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Baylor leads 5–⁠4 in nine meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
2002Baylor 37, Tulsa 25
1995Baylor 37, Tulsa 5
1948Baylor 42, Tulsa 19
1947Baylor 7, Tulsa 6
1946Tulsa 17, Baylor 0
1945Tulsa 26, Baylor 7

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