TCU at Oklahoma

Saturday, October 25, 1947

TCU beat Oklahoma 20–⁠7. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2.

AwayTCU4–⁠5–⁠2 in 1947
20
HomeOklahoma7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1947
7

FinalHigh 59°F, low 56°F, 1.61 in. of rainAttendance 23,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Texas Christian Beats Oklahoma

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 26, 1947, page 42

    Read the text

    Texas Christian Beats Oklahoma NORMAN, Okla, Oct. 25.- Texas Christians Horned Frogs, swelling themselves into defensive dragon with an offensive bite, battered the favored Uni versity of Oklahoma, 20 to Z, here today on soaked gridiron. Some $4,000 fans watched the Frogs take advantage of breaks for their three touchdowns in the first half to Oklahoma one, then saw the two teams slog scorelessly in the second half.

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 73% to win. TCU pulled the upset.

Oklahoma leads 18–⁠6 in 24 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Oklahoma 69, TCU 45
2022TCU 55, Oklahoma 24
2021Oklahoma 52, TCU 31
2020Oklahoma 33, TCU 14
2019Oklahoma 28, TCU 24
2018Oklahoma 52, TCU 27

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