Baylor at Tulsa

Saturday, November 15, 1947

Baylor beat Tulsa 7–⁠6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Tulsa led the series 4–⁠2.

AwayBaylor5–⁠5 in 1947
7
HomeTulsa5–⁠5 in 1947
6

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 17, 1947, page 16 (results column)

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    Charlie Coneriy and Barney Poole Mississippi-Conerly completed 20 of 80 passes to establish a new collegiate record of 120 competitions for the season, six above the former record as the Rebels swamped Chattanooga, $40 Poole caught 13 tosses for total of 4s, Just three short of setting new record for receiving. Harry Gilmer, Alabama–Completed II of 13 passes, scoring once and pass ing for the other touchdown as the Crimson Tide knocked Georgia Tech of the unbeaten list, 14–⁠7. Doak Walker, Southern Methodist Scored one touchdown, sparked drive that brought another and kicked two points after touchdown in 14–⁠6 victory over Arkansas. George Simms. Baylor-Ran punt back 5S yards for a touchdown in 7–⁠6 win over Tulsa. Frank Guess Texas–Threw a pass for touchdown and kicked two extra points in 600 victory over Texas Chris tian. Huey Keeney and Don Anderson, Rice-Keeney scored two touchdowns kicked an extra point and gained “a yards rushing; Anderson intercepted three passes, one for a touchdown while tho other two set UP tbs in Az route of the Texas Aggies. Darrell Royal Oklahoma–His kick .ng out on the one-tWo-three yard lines helped Oklahoma beat Missouri, 2l-12.

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 73% to win. Baylor pulled the upset.

Baylor leads 5–⁠4 in nine meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
2002Baylor 37, Tulsa 25
1995Baylor 37, Tulsa 5
1948Baylor 42, Tulsa 19
1947Baylor 7, Tulsa 6
1946Tulsa 17, Baylor 0
1945Tulsa 26, Baylor 7

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