North Carolina vs. Oklahoma
Saturday, January 1, 1949, Sugar Bowl Share
No. 6 Oklahoma beat No. 4 North Carolina 14–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 1–0.
FinalAttendance 80,383Referee: J.D. Rogers (Southern; split crew: Southern, Big Six)The game on Wikipedia
On the newsreel
- THE SUGAR BOWLA record crowd of 80,500 jams the Sugar Bowl to watch the Oklahoma Sooners throttle Justice and the Tarheels in a closely-fought contest. Oklahoma wins, 14-6
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
North Carolina 60% to win. Oklahoma pulled the upset.
The series
Every North Carolina–Oklahoma gameOklahoma leads 7–0 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. NC StateSept. 24, 1949
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1948
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
Oklahoma
- Next gameat Boston CollegeSept. 23, 1949
- SeasonOklahoma in 1948
- ProgramOklahoma history and records