Oklahoma at Colorado

Saturday, September 27, 1952

No. 4 Oklahoma and Colorado tied 21–⁠21. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 5–⁠1–⁠1.

Away4Oklahoma8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1952
21
HomeColorado6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1952
21

FinalHigh 93°F, low 57°FAttendance 30,732

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: .N Game Shocks Colorado: Right Teams, Wronq Year

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1952, page 62

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    .N Game Shocks Colorado: Right Teams, Wronq Year DENVER, Oct. 2.-Television set football at the University of Colo RADIO back a year today, and II gave Oklahoma the last laugh. Last Saturday Colorado and Oklahoma met in an important Big Seven Conference game. Colo RADIO played probably the best game in its history in grabbing Ia 21–⁠21 tie. Last night. the conferences Game of the Week came on ovel a local video station. Colorado fans got q shock. The firm showed the right teams but lit was for the wrong year. Colo RADIO would just as soon forget last years flasco at Norman, Okla The Sooners won. IS to, II.

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 55% to win.

Oklahoma leads 40–⁠17–⁠2 in 59 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Oklahoma 43, Colorado 10
2007Colorado 27, Oklahoma 24
2006Oklahoma 24, Colorado 3
2004Oklahoma 42, Colorado 3Big 12 Championship Game
2003Oklahoma 34, Colorado 20
2002Oklahoma 29, Colorado 7Big 12 Championship Game

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