Oklahoma at Pittsburgh

Saturday, September 21, 1957

No. 1 Oklahoma beat No. 8 Pittsburgh 26–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 3–⁠0–⁠1.

Away1Oklahoma10–⁠1 in 1957
26
Home8Pittsburgh4–⁠6 in 1957
0

FinalHigh 83°F, low 70°FAttendance 58,942

On the newsreel

  • OKLAHOMA 26, PITTSBURGH 0At Pittsburgh, Oklahoma's Sooners keep college football's longest winning streak alive as they open the season with a searing assaultUniversal Newsreel, September 23, 1957. 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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 9–⁠1–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1990Oklahoma 52, Pittsburgh 10
1984Oklahoma 42, Pittsburgh 10
1975Oklahoma 46, Pittsburgh 10
1971Oklahoma 55, Pittsburgh 29
1969Oklahoma 37, Pittsburgh 8
1965Pittsburgh 13, Oklahoma 9

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