Iowa State at Oklahoma
Saturday, October 5, 1957 Share
No. 1 Oklahoma beat Iowa State 40–14. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 27–2–1.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 63°FAttendance 53,392
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1957, page 81
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FIu-Ridden Oklahoma Beats Iowa State, 4O-l4 NORMAN. Okla. oct. 5 N9. “A wobbly Oklahoma football team. obviously on stride after u bout with the fiu. caught a stubborn Iowa State eleven today. And It wasn’t until the late stages Of the Big Eight conference contest that the Sooners were able to finally pull away with q 4O-l4 victory. Oklahoma, the Nations No. ! team. won its AID straight game but it was the Sooners’ second team that showed the spark which marked the previ- Gus triumphs. The alternates made two late touchdowns. For the rejuvenated Iowa State team under New Coach Jim Myers. the game was q moral victory II nothing else. Il was the first time since 1851 that Q Cyclone team was able to score against the Sooners. Both Iowa State touchdowns. one in the second quarter after on. led 1910. and the second with less than 3 minute left IN the game. were on passes BY Halfback Dwight Nichols. Starting Quarterback Carl
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 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa State–Oklahoma gameOklahoma leads 80–7–2 in 89 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.
| 2023 | Oklahoma 50, Iowa State 20 | |
| 2022 | Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 13 | |
| 2021 | Oklahoma 28, Iowa State 21 | |
| 2020 | Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 21 | Big 12 Championship Game |
| 2020 | Iowa State 37, Oklahoma 30 | |
| 2019 | Oklahoma 42, Iowa State 41 |
Around this game
Iowa State
- Next gameat KansasOct. 12, 1957
- SeasonIowa State in 1957
- ProgramIowa State history and records
Oklahoma
- Next gamevs. TexasOct. 12, 1957
- SeasonOklahoma in 1957
- ProgramOklahoma history and records

