Nebraska at Oklahoma

Saturday, November 23, 1946

No. 18 Oklahoma beat Nebraska 27–⁠6. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 16–⁠7–⁠3.

AwayNebraska3–⁠6 in 1946
6
Home18Oklahoma8–⁠3 in 1946
27

FinalHigh 63°F, low 28°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: MOEE o ROUNDUP

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 25, 1946, page 1 (results column)

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    MOEE o ROUNDUP by a 27–⁠6 decision over Nebraska Winner of Thursdays Kansas-Missouri, tilt will share first place With the Sooners. Notre Dame enjoyed a southern trip, smearing Tulane at will, 41-O, before a house Of 10000 customers. The Irish wind up their affairs Saturday by playing Southern Cali fornia at South Bend. Yale overcame Two early Harward touchdowns and stormed back : Cor a convincing Z7–⁠14 edge that leaves the Ivy tile hanging on the Cornell-Penn game Thursday. The Cantabs could have sewed up everything with an upset triumph. +. Pittsburgh, beaten five times, rose up to flatten a strong Penn State eleven that was receiving bowl considerations, 14–⁠7, and De- ]aware concluded an unbeaten, untied season by harding Muhlenbery its first defeat, 20–⁠12. The Blue Hens have not lost in their last 80 starts since 1910. Dartmouth surprised Princeton, 2G-13, Columbia enjoyed a second half romp over Syracuse. 1921, Holy Cross tipped over oft-beaten Temple, 1877, Rutgers tlattened Bucknell, $50 and Lafayette edged Lehigh, 1870. in a traditional Penn. sylvania tilt. Crippled George. town had more trouble than ex. pected in tripping New York Uni. versity, 1912. Large Crowds Second largest crowd of the day, 80, 900, turned out 10 see Stanford down California, 25–⁠6, in a West Coast feature. Oregon State blanked Oregon 1870, and Washington did the unexpected in beating Mon. tana, 21–⁠0. ! Indiana outscorcd Purdue, 1920, with Pete Pihos ignoring a game leg” to score three times for the Hoosiers and Minnesota downed ! Wisconsin, 60, on Billy Bye’s 10. yard slash off tackle in the third period. I. The Oklahoma Aggies ran we, Drake, 59–⁠7, Virginia trimmed Yves, ! Virginia, 21–⁠0, Michigan State sub. cued Maryland, 1914 and New = Mexico took an intersectional ties, hom Kansas State, AT. 4 Results Of other major game, Saturday included: I East-Buffalo 36, John Hopkin, : 0; Grove City 20 Carnegie Tech o. { Kings Point 81 Hofstra 0; Penn ( Military College 8 Albright o, & Swarthmore 10 H~arverford 70. 4 Dickinson 80 Allegheny 8: Wester, I Maryland 46 Mount St. Mary’s 2 Z South-C1emson Fl Auburn 10. !. North Carolina State 81 Florida g.: { Sewanee Is Hampden-Sydney 0. 3 Citadel 81 Davidson 13; West Vir E ginia Wesleyan 20 Davis Elkins 0 Southwest-Southern Methodist 8 Baylor 0; Southwestern (Texas) 4 i McMurray 0; Houston State 2 Austin 7; Texas Tech 16 Arizon; ! 0: West Texas State 7 Arizon, { State (Tempe) }; Oklahoma Cit, U. 81 Bethany (Kas.9 8. Midwest-Oberlin % Wooster 0 4, Akron 10 John Carroll 8; Dayton 2 Marshall 7; Ohio University 2 /. Xavier 6; Wichita 10 Toledo 7. Far West-College Of Pacific 3 California Aggies 6: Montana Stat As Colorado Mines Z; hedlands Whittier Z.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: 5 , }ElsA ii| g16 B & 1 28e SSG Ya8 ! SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 25, 1946, page 3 (results column)

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    5 , }ElsA ii| g16 B & 1 28e SSG Ya8 ! SCORES Here are the final scores of lead ing football games played over the weekend: UCLA 13; use G. Oregon State IS; Oregon 0. Washington 21; Montana O. Stanford 25; California G. Delaware 20; Muhlenberg 12 Western Maryland 46; Mount St Marys T. Pittsburgh IA; Penn State T. Ohio University 25; Xavier 6. Dayton %; Marshall T. Penn Military 6; Albright 0. Georgetown 1; Hanover 2. Virginia 2l; West Virginia 0. Georgia 48; Chattanooga 27. Oklahoma 27; Nebraska 6. Oklahoma Aggie 59; Drake ‘. New Mexico IA; Kansas State ‘ Montana State 45; Colorado M. 2 Dennison 31; Wittenberg o. Mount Union 19; Kenyon l2. Oberlin 23; Wooster 0. Wichita IS; Toledo 2. Yale 27; Harvard IA. Lehigh o; Lafayette 13 Alabama ‘; Boston College 13. Dartmouth 20; Princeton 13. N Carolina State 37 Florida 6. Bucknell 0; Rutgers 25. Holy Cross 12; Temple T. Georgetown 19; NYU 12. Maryland IA; Michigan State 26. Syracuse 21; Columbia 59. Duke T; North Carolina P. Michigan 58; Ohio Sc te 6. Illinois 20; Northwestern 0. Furman ‘; Georgia Tech Al. Indiana 34; Purdue 20. Baylor 0; s. Methodist 35. Citadel 21; Davidson l3. Johns Hopkins o; University o1 Buffalo 16. Minnesota 6; Wisconsin 0. West Virginia O; Virginia 2l. Clemson 21; Auburn 13 Texas Christian 0; Rice l3 Mississippi s. 20; Mississippi 0. Notre Dame 4l; Tulane 0. Tennessee T; Kentucky 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)

Oklahoma 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 47–⁠38–⁠3 in 88 meetings, counting the 62 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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