Oklahoma at Kansas

Saturday, November 11, 1950

No. 3 Oklahoma beat No. 19 Kansas 33–⁠13. It was their 48th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 24–⁠19–⁠5.

Away3Oklahoma10–⁠1 in 1950
33
Home19Kansas6–⁠4 in 1950
13

FinalHigh 47°F, low 20°FAttendance 37,621

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Oklahoma Rally Beats Kansas, 1913, and Runs String to 28

    Evening star, November 12, 1950, page 44

    Read the text

    Oklahoma Rally Beats Kansas, 1913, and Runs String to 28 Weatherall converted but Okla homa was still behind. Z to 13. Kansas hung on gamely for an other few minutes. But the turn of the final period meant disaster as Oklahoma tied it up. 13 to 13, on Arnold’s 32-yard pass. to End Jack Lockett and Weatherall’s S conversion. Arrlold’s third touchdown pitch, a honey to Halfback Bill Vessels good for 81 yards. put Oklahoma into the lead to stay. Weatherall, a standout tackle on both offense and defense. again converted from placement and for all practical Kansas purposes the firing was over. Kansas -. o 6 Ola Scoring; oklahoma, touchdowns-.Keller, Lockett, VESSELS. Catlin, Redell. Conversions – Weatherall go. Kansas – Smith,

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

  • "SOONERS" GRID STREAK INTACTOklahoma's record victory streak remains intact, as the "Sooners" come from behind to quell a surprising Kansas "Jayhawker" team by a score of 33-13.Universal Newsreel, November 17, 1950. Catalog record at the National Archives

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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 80–⁠28–⁠6 in 114 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Kansas 38, Oklahoma 33
2022Oklahoma 52, Kansas 42
2021Oklahoma 35, Kansas 23
2020Oklahoma 62, Kansas 9
2019Oklahoma 45, Kansas 20
2018Oklahoma 55, Kansas 40

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