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Norman Naval Air Station at Oklahoma

Saturday, September 25, 1943

Oklahoma beat Norman Naval Air Station 22–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayNorman Naval Air Station1–⁠2 in 1943
6
HomeOklahoma7–⁠2 in 1943
22

FinalHigh 81°F, low 55°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Oklahoma Trips Norman In Grid Opener, 22-6

    Evening star, September 26, 1943, page 35

    Read the text

    Oklahoma Trips Norman In Grid Opener, 22–⁠6 NORMAN, Okla. Sept. 25.-A hard-punching Oklahoma Sooners football team launched it’s season today by plastering the Norman Naval Air Station Zoomers, % to 6. with Bob Brumley, former Rice ace, leading the assault before 10000 fans. The Sooners. matched against a far heavier and favored team Of for mer college players, began its fire. works late in the first period and never trailed.

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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Norman Naval Air Station–Oklahoma game

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1944Norman Naval Air Station 28, Oklahoma 14
1943Oklahoma 22, Norman Naval Air Station 6

Around this game

Norman Naval Air Station

Oklahoma