Oklahoma at Missouri
Saturday, November 12, 1949 Share
No. 3 Oklahoma beat Missouri 27–7. It was their 40th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 20–16–4.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 48°F, 0.45 in. of rainAttendance 37,152
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, November 13, 1949, page 46
Read the text
COLUMBIA, Mo-, Nov. H. Oklahoma’s methodical football powerhouse bulldozed to its Sec ond straight Big Seven Confer ence football championship today, 27–7. over an undermanned but stubborn Missouri eleven. An all-time record Missouri home crowd of 37.152 jammed Memorial Stadium for the battle of the split-T offensive special lists. Oklahoma rolled to its eighteenth successive victory since losing to Santa Clara in its 1948 opener. The victory gave Oklahoma a perfect Big Seven record Of SO and charged Missouri with its first league defeat. Wins on Power. Oklahoma won on sheer power over a team that refused to crack against the Nations number one team in rushing offense. Coach Bud Wilkinson’s Sooners gained 257 yards rushing and its defense, also tops in the Nation. held Missouri, to net total of Is yards. Oklahoma brokes q scoreless. bruising battle in the second quarter with Halfback Lindell Pearson going over from the three-yard line for his first Of two touchdowns.. Ken Tipps
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.
On the newsreel
- OKLAHOMA TROUNCES MISSOURIThe unbeaten Sooners stay n the unbeaten ranks with a 27-7 victory over a bulky Missouri team. Spot passes and line-smashing plunges provide the thrills for the spectators
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)
Oklahoma 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Oklahoma–Missouri gameOklahoma leads 68–25–5 in 98 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.
| 2025 | Oklahoma 17, Missouri 6 | |
| 2024 | Missouri 30, Oklahoma 23 | |
| 2011 | Oklahoma 38, Missouri 28 | |
| 2010 | Missouri 36, Oklahoma 27 | |
| 2008 | Oklahoma 62, Missouri 21 | Big 12 Championship Game |
| 2007 | Oklahoma 38, Missouri 17 | Big 12 Championship Game |
Around this game
Oklahoma
- Next gamevs. Santa ClaraNov. 19, 1949
- SeasonOklahoma in 1949
- ProgramOklahoma history and records
Missouri
- Next gameat KansasNov. 19, 1949
- SeasonMissouri in 1949
- ProgramMissouri history and records