Texas A&M at Oklahoma
Saturday, October 4, 1947 Share
Oklahoma beat Texas A&M 26–14. It was their eighth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 4–4.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 66°FAttendance 32,500
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 5, 1947, page 1 (results column)
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. A. P-Rice institute and South crn California battled to a ~ tie today in an intersectionaI football game before s4,231 fans in Memorial coliseum. NORMAN, Okla, Oct. A. R-Jack Mitchell, Univerxity Of Oklahoma quarter back, was as hot as the weather here today as he scored one touchdown and passed to two others as the sooners stopped the Texas Aggies 26–14. W. Va, Oct. 4.-P-West Virginia University warmed up in the second half after a luke warm start in 80 degree heat and sizzled to a 1916 victory today over Washington an Lee before 1000 spectators at Laidley field. FAYETTEVILLE, A r X, Oct. 4-(P-Arkansas’ Razor backs opened defense of their Southwest Conference foot ball ~co-championship by nos ing out Texas Christian Uni versity, s to 0, before 10000 swelteTing fans here today. CAMBRIDGE, a S S., Oct. A. up -Harvard’s powerful and well-drilled football forces passed their first major test by out battling Boston University’s ambitious Terriers for a 1914 victory today before a $4,000 crowd at the stadium. LAWRENCE, Kas., Oct. 4 R-Outplayed in the first quarter the University of Kansas Jayhawks struck back with a rapid-fire attack to defeat the Iowa State Cyclones n to Z in the opening
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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Texas A&M–Oklahoma gameOklahoma leads 19–12 in 31 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.
| 2012 | Texas A&M 41, Oklahoma 13 | Cotton Bowl |
| 2011 | Oklahoma 41, Texas A&M 25 | |
| 2010 | Texas A&M 33, Oklahoma 19 | |
| 2009 | Oklahoma 65, Texas A&M 10 | |
| 2008 | Oklahoma 66, Texas A&M 28 | |
| 2007 | Oklahoma 42, Texas A&M 14 |
Around this game
Texas A&M
- Next gameat LSUOct. 11, 1947
- SeasonTexas A&M in 1947
- ProgramTexas A&M history and records
Oklahoma
- Next gamevs. TexasOct. 11, 1947
- SeasonOklahoma in 1947
- ProgramOklahoma history and records

