Nevada at Tulsa

Saturday, October 20, 1945

No. 18 Tulsa beat Nevada 40–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Tulsa led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayNevada1–⁠3 in 1945
0
Home18Tulsa8–⁠3 in 1945
40

FinalAttendance 16,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: SATURDAY CROWNS SEE GRID UPSETS

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 21, 1945, page 1 (results column)

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    SATURDAY CROWNS SEE GRID UPSETS NEW YORK, Oct, 20 jp-r was the Saturday of mid-terms and all through the land ma1v a COL lege football team flunked. Ohio State, unbeaten in u nrs. vious starts, was slaughtered br Purdue, IS to ID. The Boilernat. e-rs moved to the head of the Biz Ten class by their triumph. Georgia, bolstered this week h, the much discussed halfback Charlie Trippi who recently wa, discharged from the Army. was blanked by Louisiana State 81 ia o. Trippi was held to q net Of 81 yards gained. Maryland, unbeaten and bolster. ed by players from the defunct North Carolina pre-flight squad. was defeated by Virginia Tech 81 to 10. The VPI team hadn’t scored until today. Harvard was spilled by the New London sub base, 10 to Z, in an up. set that was only mild compared to the setbacks suffered by Ohio State, Georgia and Maryland. And then there were such hest. tant starts as Army trailing Mel. vile, r. l., motor boat training center, Is to 0, before the nations No. l outfit righted itself to win, SIS to 10. Columbia also had slow beginning but got into high gear in the final period to down Col. gate, 81 to 7, and remain in the unbeaten classification. Notre Dame also had a hard time getting started, leading Pitts. burgh by only 6 to 2 in the second quarter. By the end of the game, however, it was Notre Dame 80, Pittsburgh 9. Ohio States defeat, it’s first league loss since 1943, was the lshocker of the Big Ten where Minnesota romped over North, western, 80 to 7, Indiana crushed Iowa. So to 20, and Wisconsin and Illinois battled to Z to 7 dead. lock. Scores all were lopsided in the Big Six with Iowa State heading Nebraska, q to Z; Oklahoma breezing by Kansas, 80 to 7, and Missouri stunning Kansas State, Al to 7. Georgia’s setback moved Au. burn, Vanderbilt and Alabama into the southeast conference lime light along with LSU. Auburn eked out a 20 to IA verdict over Tulane, Alabama trampled Ten nessee, Is to 7, and Vanderbilt won it’s second straight loop tilt by trimming Kentucky, 10 to 6. Mississippi State, one of the dark horses, defeated the Eastern Training Command outfit, l6 to g. Rain couldn’t halt the razzle, dazzle of all America Bob Fini’ more and his Oklahoma A & M mates in their invasion of Utah, where the Oklahomans t.iumphed As to 6. Nevada visited Tulsa and was repulsed, 40 to 0. The remaining Rocky Mountain teams played among themselves, with Utah State shutting out Colo RADIO A & M, 10 to 0, and Colorado University pasting Colorado Col lege, 81 to 0. A trio of missed conversions sent Rice into the southwest CON ference discard, Southern Metho dist winning, 81 to IS; Texas Chris n tan bested Texas A & M, Is tc 2 in another mild surprise ano Texas, still without Ralph ELS worth, rocked Arkansas, “a to Z. II William & Mary got all Its points in the final period Of Its Southern conference game with Virginia Military to win, ID to g. North Carolina knocked off the Cherry Point Marines, 20 to Il. Virtually all the eastern schools were idle because of eXamlna but on the west coast Southern California pounded Pacific, 81 to I0. Washington blanked Oregon State, 10 to 0, but Oregon retalA’ ated by beating Washington State, 26 to 10.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played over the weekend Columbia, 31 Colgate, T. Penn State, 46; Bucllnell, ‘. Army, 55; Melville Raiders, B. Holy Cross, 25; Brown, 0. New London Subs, IS; Harvard, T. Illinois, 2; Wisconsin, (tie). Minnesota, 30; Northwestern, ‘. Purdue, 15; Ohio State, 1a Notre Dame, 39; Pittsburgh, g. Michigan State, 27; Wayne, ‘. Missouri, A. Kansas State, T. Indiana, 52: Iowa, 20. Louisiana State, 32; Georgia, 0. Alabama, 25; Tennessee, ‘. Virginia Tech, 21; Maryland, 13. William and Mary, 13; Virginia Military Institute, 9. Auburn, 20; Tulane, IA. North Carolina, 20; Cherry Point, A. Texas, 34; Arkansas, ‘. Miami (Ohio), 34; Ohio Univer- sity, 0. Iowa State, 27; Nebraska, ‘. Oklahoma, 39; Kansas, T. Tulsa, 40; Nevada, 0. North Dakota U, 20; North Da- kota State, 12. Vanderbilt, 19; Kentucky, 6. Oklahoma A & M, 46; Utah, 6. Colorado, 31; Colorado College, 0. Utah State, 13; Colorado A & M, Washington, IS; Oregon State, Southern California, 52; College of Pacific, 0. Oregon, 26; Washington State, 13. Idaho, 46; Montana, o. Southern Methodist, 21 Rice, 18 Texas Christian, IS; Texas A & M, 12. Louisiana Tech, 29; Southwestern, IA. Corpus Christi Naval Air, 30; Pensacola Naval Air, 0. Navy, 20; Georgia Tech, 69. Baylor, ?; Texas, ‘ (tie). Sundays Scores Villanova, IA; Detroit, 0. St. Marys (CalifD, 58; McClel- Ian Field, 0.

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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Nevada leads 4–⁠2 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2004Nevada 54, Tulsa 48
2003Nevada 28, Tulsa 21
2000Tulsa 38, Nevada 3
1948Nevada 65, Tulsa 14
1947Nevada 21, Tulsa 13
1945Tulsa 40, Nevada 0

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