Oklahoma at Colorado

Saturday, October 30, 1954

No. 2 Oklahoma beat Colorado 13–⁠6. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 7–⁠1–⁠1.

Away2Oklahoma10–⁠0 in 1954
13
HomeColorado7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1954
6

FinalHigh 52°F, low 32°FAttendance 32,600

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: NOTRE DAME 6 NAVY ------ o naI-Period Scores Give Oklahoma 1876 Win Over Colorado

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 31, 1954, page 62

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    NOTRE DAME 6 NAVY ------ o naI-Period Scores Give Oklahoma 1876 Win Over Colorado BOULDER, Colo, Oct. 30 Trailing for two quarters, Oklahoma’s Sooners struck for two touchdownS behind savage line play today to win their 18th straight victory by jarring Col orado. 1876. Halfback Buddy Leake ran II yards for Oklahoma’s tying

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 40–⁠17–⁠2 in 59 meetings, counting the 50 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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