Iowa State at Oklahoma

Saturday, October 5, 1957

No. 1 Oklahoma beat Iowa State 40–⁠14. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 27–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayIowa State4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1957
14
Home1Oklahoma10–⁠1 in 1957
40

FinalHigh 85°F, low 63°FAttendance 53,392

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: FIu-Ridden Oklahoma Beats Iowa State, 4O-l4

    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.

Oklahoma leads 80–⁠7–⁠2 in 89 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Oklahoma 50, Iowa State 20
2022Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 13
2021Oklahoma 28, Iowa State 21
2020Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 21Big 12 Championship Game
2020Iowa State 37, Oklahoma 30
2019Oklahoma 42, Iowa State 41

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