Oklahoma vs. Texas

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1944, page 19

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  Texas Defeats Oklahoma As Layne, Ball Shine DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 14-Blond Bobby Layne, a 17-year-old fresh man, passed and ran Texas to its fifth straight victory over Oklahoma in their annual football battle today, 300. Layne’s 16-yard pitch to Hubert Bechtol brought Texas a touchdown In the opening period and he came back with another in the fourth to Wayne Bennett for 27 and a score after the second team had rolled to touchdown on Make Bells accurate tossing. Bell passed to Leroy Anderson, who took it on the Oklahoma 25 and raced down the sidelines to tally. Penalties harassed the Longhorns.

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  Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 15, 1944, page 15 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES Wayne u, Otterbein II. Great Lakes 3S, West. Mich. o Mich. State as. Kansas State s LOCAL PREP U. OF D. High u, Central 0. Chadsey Z, Northwestern 0. Wyandotte Ii. Royal Oak 0. Hazel Park Is. Crosse Pointe 0. BIG TEN Michigan 81, Northwestern o. Ohio State 20, Wisconsin 7. Iowa Preflight Is. Purdue 6. Indiana 81, Nebraska o. Illinois 40, Iowa s. Minnesota 80, Missouri q. EAST New London SO, Bates Is. Penn State 20, Bucknell 6. Coast Guard 80. Rensselaer, 6. Yale n, Columbia 10. Notre Dame 81. Dartmouth O. Colgate IA. Cornell Z. Atlantic City 81. Scranton 7. Connecticut 10, Brooklyn 0. Tufts 0. Worcester 0. Muhlenberg 19, F. g. NJ. Is. Army SO. Pitt 7. Ursinus Is, Bloomsbury S. Penn 4, William and Mary 0. Temple %, n. Y. u. 0. Navy Z, Duke 0. WEST Miami II. Depauw 0. Denison 80, Bethany Il. Norman Navy q. Arkansas Z. Dekalb 25. ElmhurSt u. Wabash rs. Indiana T. 26. Iowa State 25, Kansas o. Texas 20. Oklahoma 0. Capital 20. Kenyon 0. Rochester q, Oberlin 7. Olathe Navy l.. Wichita o. Missouri Val. 81. William Jewell Maryville Tch. 33. Pittsburgh ?. ST. Olaf q, ST. Marys 9. SOUTH Tennessee 40, Florida o. Virginia Is, n. c. PreflightS Is. Duke B. q, Emory-Henry u. n. Carolina 20, Cherrypoint IA. Georgia Tech q. Auburn O. Miss. State 40, Ark. A. NJ. 20. Tulane n. Rice 9. Florida A. NJ. As. Ala. TchrS. 6. Alabama s., Millsaps 0. S’western CTexD 80, N. Tex. Ag. Z SW Louisiana Is, La. Tech 0. Jax Navy SO. Miami MIC Is. Presbyterian 29, Newberry 6. FAR WEST California IA Coll. Pacific 0. u. c. L. A. 80. st. Mary’S 0. Washington II, Whitman 0. Tonopah Z, Nevada 6. Arizona ST. 20, Compton J. c. Is Cal. Ramblers 25. Cp. Beale Ia. Second AAF 80. New Mexico 6. Utah Aggies 40. Pocatello 0. Colorado %. Utah o.

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Officially, 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 83 since this game.