Kansas State at Oklahoma

Saturday, October 19, 1946

No. 13 Oklahoma beat Kansas State 28–⁠7. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 18–⁠9–⁠4.

AwayKansas State0–⁠9 in 1946
7
Home13Oklahoma8–⁠3 in 1946
28

FinalHigh 72°F, low 45°FAttendance 26,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Nebraska New Threat To Big Six Grid Title

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 21, 1946, page 11

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    Nebraska New Threat To Big Six Grid Title KANSAS CITY, Oct. 21.-Coach Bernie Masterson’s Nebraska Corn huskers today loomed as a definite threat to the Big Six Conference football crown which people in this section have been giving first to Missouri and then Oklahoma since early September. The Cornhuskers showed amazing power In knocking of previously unbeaten Kansas, 1914, for their sec ond conference victory Saturday and are lodged in tie for the lead with Missouri at 20. Oklahoma, successful by score OF 28–⁠7 over a stubborn Kansas State Wildcat eleven in their first confer ence try, is almost certain to make the race a three-way tie Saturday at the expense of the Iowa State Cyclones at Ames, Iowa. It will be the only conference clash of the week.

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Oklahoma Team Wins 28-7 Over Kansas State

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 20, 1946, page 1

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    Oklahoma Team Wins 28–⁠7 Over Kansas State NORMAN, Okla. Oct. 19-(P)- A stumbling University Of Okla homa football team, stopped by a determined Kansas State eleven the first three quarters, aWoke to wrap up its first big six conference contest of the season, 28–⁠7, today.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 76–⁠22–⁠4 in 102 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Kansas State 41, Oklahoma 34
2021Oklahoma 37, Kansas State 31
2020Kansas State 38, Oklahoma 35
2019Kansas State 48, Oklahoma 41
2018Oklahoma 51, Kansas State 14
2017Oklahoma 42, Kansas State 35

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