Texas at Oklahoma
Saturday, October 20, 1917 Share
Oklahoma beat Texas 14–0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 9–7–1 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 37°F
In the newspapers
Pine Bluff daily graphic, Arkansas, October 21, 1917, page 6
Read the text
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS WINS BIG VICTORY Georgia Teck Brushes Wash ington and Lee Oklahoma Downs Texas. Fayetteville, Oct. 20. = Arkansas university out classed the Missouri School of Mines today, defeating Rol- las eleven 30 to 4. Thirty firstdowns were counted by the razorbacks in making their six touchdowns. David son and w. Wilson were the princi pal scorers for Arkansas.
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)
Texas 55% to win. Oklahoma won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Texas–Oklahoma gameOfficially, Texas leads 65–52–5; as played, 62–52–5 in the 119 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 102 since this game.
| 2026 | Oklahoma 27, Texas 24 | |
| 2025 | Texas 23, Oklahoma 6 | Allstate Red River Rivalry |
| 2024 | Texas 34, Oklahoma 3 | Allstate Red River Rivalry |
| 2023 | Oklahoma 34, Texas 30 | Allstate Red River Rivalry |
| 2022 | Texas 49, Oklahoma 0 | |
| 2021 | Oklahoma 55, Texas 48 |
Around this game
Texas
- Next gamevs. RiceOct. 27, 1917
- SeasonTexas in 1917
- ProgramTexas history and records
Oklahoma
- Next gameat MissouriNov. 3, 1917
- SeasonOklahoma in 1917
- ProgramOklahoma history and records