Oklahoma at Nebraska

Saturday, November 23, 1957

No. 6 Oklahoma beat Nebraska 32–⁠7. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 18–⁠16–⁠3.

Away6Oklahoma10–⁠1 in 1957
32
HomeNebraska1–⁠9 in 1957
7

FinalHigh 47°F, low 26°F, 5 in. on the groundAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Oklahoma Loshes Back To Rout Nebraska, 32-7

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 24, 1957, page 1

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    Oklahoma Loshes Back To Rout Nebraska, 32–⁠7 LINCOLN. Nebr.. Nov. % tR. Oklahoma’s Sooners, stung by Notre Dame last week, dashed back today to whip Nebraska 32–⁠7. in q duel between leaders and tail-enders of the Big Eight Conference. To the delight Of $4,000 par tisans, Nebraska grabbed a TO first quarter lead and still was nursing a 7–⁠6 advantage with Is minutes Of playing time gone. Then the roof fell in. Score 5 Touchdowns Three Oklahoma touchdowns in the second quarter provided the Sooners with an 1877 intermission advantage and two more toucndowns in the third quarter-one Of them a sheer gift-put the Nebraska threat at rest for keeps. Oklahoma Left End Joe Rec tor got the gratis touchdown on the second half kickoff. The Oklahoma kick rolled into the Nebraska end zone. Carroll Ia

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 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 47–⁠38–⁠3 in 88 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Oklahoma 49, Nebraska 14
2021Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 16
2010Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 20Big 12 Championship Game
2009Nebraska 10, Oklahoma 3
2008Oklahoma 62, Nebraska 28
2006Oklahoma 21, Nebraska 7Big 12 Championship Game

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