Colorado at Oklahoma
Saturday, October 27, 1951 Share
Oklahoma beat Colorado 55–14. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 5–1.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 45°F, 1.02 in. of rainAttendance 46,686
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 28, 1951, page 40
Read the text
q Scoring Passes In 78 Minutes Win For Sooners, 55–74 NORMAN. Okla. Oct. 27-Oklahoma Quarterback Eddie Crow der threw four touchdown passes in the first Is minutes to demoralize Colorado today and send the Sooners on to a 55–14 victory. 1t put Oklahoma well on its way toward a fourth consecutive Big Seven Conference football title. Crowder played hocus-pocus with the ball until suddenly it was sailing through the air straight to the receivers. His four touchdown passes tied the school record and gave him a total of six out Of seven for 1876 yards on the day.
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. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colorado–Oklahoma gameOklahoma leads 40–17–2 in 59 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.
| 2010 | Oklahoma 43, Colorado 10 | |
| 2007 | Colorado 27, Oklahoma 24 | |
| 2006 | Oklahoma 24, Colorado 3 | |
| 2004 | Oklahoma 42, Colorado 3 | Big 12 Championship Game |
| 2003 | Oklahoma 34, Colorado 20 | |
| 2002 | Oklahoma 29, Colorado 7 | Big 12 Championship Game |
Around this game
Colorado
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateNov. 3, 1951
- SeasonColorado in 1951
- ProgramColorado history and records
Oklahoma
- Next gameat Kansas StateNov. 3, 1951
- SeasonOklahoma in 1951
- ProgramOklahoma history and records