Texas vs. Oklahoma

Saturday, October 11, 1952. Oklahoma took the Golden Hat from Texas

No. 12 Oklahoma beat Texas 49–⁠20. It was their 47th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 27–⁠15–⁠2 in the games on file.

Neutral siteTexas9–⁠2 in 1952
20
Neutral site12Oklahoma8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1952
49

FinalAttendance 75,504

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Oklahoma Rips Texas 492O Kansas Crushes Iowa State 43 Great Lakes Sailors Hand Fort Knox First Defeat

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1952, page 73

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    Oklahoma Rips Texas 492O Kansas Crushes Iowa State 43 Great Lakes Sailors Hand Fort Knox First Defeat GREAT LAKES. ILL.,, Oct. IL Great Lakes Naval Training Gen. ter defeated Fort Knox. KY, 1876, on Constitution Field today in game televised by CHS on the Special Service football network. 1t was the Soldiers first loss in four starts this season ard gave the TarS a record of three wins and two losses. Great Lakes scored first on Joe Rayls 31-yard end run early in the second quarter. Martin kicked the extra point. Shortly after. the Sailors scored again when Quarterback Junior Arterburn screen-passed to Halfback Claude Taliafero, who sprinted “a yards for a touchdown. In the third quarter Mickey Carter, Fort Knox quarterback, passed 10 yards to End Horace White for the Soldiers only score. Four plays later Arterburn passed to Rayl on a touchdown play COW ering 81 yards. Great Lakes --------- 13 0–⁠1o

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Texas leads 65–⁠52–⁠5; as played, 62–⁠52–⁠5 in the 119 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Oklahoma 27, Texas 24
2025Texas 23, Oklahoma 6Allstate Red River Rivalry
2024Texas 34, Oklahoma 3Allstate Red River Rivalry
2023Oklahoma 34, Texas 30Allstate Red River Rivalry
2022Texas 49, Oklahoma 0
2021Oklahoma 55, Texas 48

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