Nebraska at Oklahoma

Saturday, November 24, 1962

No. 10 Oklahoma beat Nebraska 34–⁠6. It was their 42nd meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 21–⁠18–⁠3.

AwayNebraska9–⁠2 in 1962
6
Home10Oklahoma8–⁠3 in 1962
34

FinalHigh 60°F, low 44°FAttendance 60,000

On the newsreel

  • OKLAHOMA 34 NEBRASKA 6The Sooners of Oklahoma clinch an Orange Bowl bid as they rout the Nebraska Cornhuskers 34-6. Monte Deere tosses passes like crazy to roll up the impressive score. They will probably play Alabama on New Year's DayUniversal Newsreel, November 26, 1962. 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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 47–⁠38–⁠3 in 88 meetings, counting the 46 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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