Oklahoma at Nebraska

Saturday, November 29, 1941

Nebraska beat Oklahoma 7–⁠6. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 15–⁠3–⁠3.

AwayOklahoma6–⁠3 in 1941
6
HomeNebraska4–⁠5 in 1941
7

FinalHigh 58°F, low 40°FAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story

    Imperial Valley press, December 1, 1941, page 4

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    Incidentally, it was a great dar for substitute fullbacks Wayne Blue second stringer on the Nebraska team. intercepted an Oklahoma 10 yards for the touchdown that pass. cut to the sidelines and ran enabled Nebraska to defeat Okla homa. 7 to 6. and tie for second place in the big six.

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 57% to win. Nebraska won as Elo’s underdog.

Oklahoma leads 47–⁠38–⁠3 in 88 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Oklahoma 49, Nebraska 14
2021Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 16
2010Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 20Big 12 Championship Game
2009Nebraska 10, Oklahoma 3
2008Oklahoma 62, Nebraska 28
2006Oklahoma 21, Nebraska 7Big 12 Championship Game

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