Nebraska at Oklahoma

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  Evening star, December 3, 1944, page 20

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  Sooners Retain Crown By Routing Nebraska L>s lilc AeSOSlatcu ICsS OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. Stab bing to four touchdowns in the first half and then husking an exploding Nebraska Cornhusker eleven in the second round, the University of Oklahoma sewed the fringe on It’s second consecutive Big Six football flag here today, 31–⁠12. The Sooners, performing before 5000 shivering fans, were impregnable in the first half as they kept Nebraska from touching Oklahoma territory while throwing the Corn huskers for a minus IL yards rush. ing. However, 1t was a different story in the second half as the Huskers made up for lost time against the Sooners’ second team, recording eight first downs-their total for the game-and bringing up their net yards rushing to 80, against the Sooners’ game total of 108. The victory, besides giving Okla homa it’s second straight title, is the third time In 18 years that it has won the crown, and the fifth time it has stopped Nebraska in “a encounters. Homer Sparkman. Derald Lebow Tom Meason, Dub Wooten and Merle Dinkins saw the pay dirt once each for Oklahoma, while Joe Kesslel and Junior Collopy scored for Ne. | braSka

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, December 3, 1944, page 1

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  diets Defeat Fighting Middies, 23–⁠7 Irish Explode To Defeat Great Lakes, 28–⁠7 Oklahoma Wins Over Nebraska, 81 to IL, For Big Six Honors OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 2. -P)-Stabbing to four touch downs in the first half and then husking an exploding Ne braska Cornhusker eleven in the second period. The University of Oklahoma sewed the fringe on its second consecutive Big Six football flag today, 31–⁠12. The Sooners, performing before 5000 shivering fans, were impregnable in the first half as they kept Nebraska from touching Oklahoma territory while throwing the COrnhuskers for a minus IL yards rushing. However, it was different story in the second half as the Huskers made up for lost time against the Sooners’ sec ond team, recording eight first downs-this total for the game-and bringing up their net yards rushing to 81 against the Sooners’ game total of 108.

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  The Nome nugget, Alaska, December 4, 1944, page 5 (results column)

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  EG29 @ -~ A . . EoCCl BALL T SCORES OKLAHOMA WINS SECOND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Oklahoma City, Okla, won its second straight Big Six football championship Saturday by down. ing the fast Nebraska II, 31 to 12 in the finals for the season. Other Footban Scores Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 12. Presbyterian 35, Havana 0. Texas Tech 2, South Plains AAF 6. Denver 27, Colorado College 13. Virginia 36, North Carolina 2. Havana 0, Presbyterian 34. Notre Dame 28, Great Lakes 2. Georgia Tech A, Georgia 0. Tulane 6, Louisiana State 25. Arkansas A. & M. 0, Arkansas fl. P Texas Christian 6, Southern Methodist g.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 4, 1944, page 5 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL !. SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played over the weekend: Army 23; Navy T. Oklahoma 31: Nebraska 12. OK lahoma won second straight Big Six championship Virginia 26; North Carolina ‘, Havana 0; Presbyterian 34. Notre Dame 28; Great Lakes 2. Georgia Tech A; Georgia 0. Tulane 6; Louisiana State 20. Arkansas A 6 M o; Arkansas fl. Texas Christian 6; Southern Methodist 9. Texas Tech ‘; South Plains AAF 6. Denver 27; Colorado College 13.

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.

Oklahoma leads 47–⁠38–⁠3 in 88 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.