Colorado at Oklahoma

Thursday, November 27, 1913

Oklahoma beat Colorado 14–⁠3. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayColorado5–⁠1–⁠1 in 1913
3
HomeOklahoma6–⁠2 in 1913
14

FinalHigh 69°F, low 58°F, 0.01 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: OKLAHOMA ELEVEN DEFEATS COLORADO

    The Birmingham age-herald, November 28, 1913, page 8

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    OKLAHOMA ELEVEN DEFEATS COLORADO Oklahoma City. okla, November 27 notwithstanding that they were out weighed IL pounds to the man and were at a further disadvantage on account of muddy field, the University of Okla homa football players defeated the Uni versity of Colorado here today IA to 8. Oklahoma used open football and was very successful with the forward pass while Colorado banked ON old style foot ball, using line plunges for short but in effectual gains. In the first few minutes of play Colo RADIO made its lone three points ON place kick. In the Second quarter Claude Reeds and Raymond Courtright each secured a touchdown for Oklahoma and both goals were kicked. Rains of the last few days made the field inches deep in mud in places and the players frequently were blinded by the mud.

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)

Colorado 53% to win. Oklahoma won as Elo’s underdog.

Oklahoma leads 40–⁠17–⁠2 in 59 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Oklahoma 43, Colorado 10
2007Colorado 27, Oklahoma 24
2006Oklahoma 24, Colorado 3
2004Oklahoma 42, Colorado 3Big 12 Championship Game
2003Oklahoma 34, Colorado 20
2002Oklahoma 29, Colorado 7Big 12 Championship Game

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