Oklahoma vs. Texas

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  Evening star, October 13, 1947, page 18

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  Texas Great Eleven, Winner Of 4 in Row Really 1948 Team AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. 13-Want in on a little secret known only to about 100000 persons? This University of Texas football team that’s about the hottest article in the country right now really Is the 1948 team. Confusing isn’t It? But the fact of the matter is that when Blair Cherry became head coach this year he didn’t expect to do more than win probably more games than he lost. He started with the intention Of building for the future 40 , Loses Only Four Men. You couldn’t have convinced Cherry or any other coach or critic that by October Texas would be rated with the top. three teams in the Nation and would be considcred better than last season. Now, there are those who think this. may be the greatest Texas squad of all time. Anyway, from the first three teams Texas will lose only four men for 948-Bobby Layne and Raymond Jones. backs: Joe Magliolo, guard, and Max Bumgardner. end. OF course, loss of Layne is something to think about since he’s the most valuable player Texas has ever had! But, despite this. Texas prospects for 1948 and 1949 are considered better than this season. Four Wins in Four Starts. Cherry has to look at the figures to convince himself that all this has happened to him. -Four VIC tories in four starts for an average Of 34.7 points per game, 1,484 yards rushing and passing for an average of 371 yards per game. And included in the victims are such teams as North Carolina and Oklahoma. The 34–⁠14 victory over Oklahoma Saturday was the payoff for those who had their doubts over Texas and wanted to wait and see before passing judgment. Texas has q tough, durable team and it is made up of opportunists. Its defense isn’t great by any means as evidenced by the fact that it has al lowed 215 yards per game to its opponents. But it has all the weapons to get more points than the other team. And it’s all velvet for Blair Cherry

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 13, 1947, page 1 (results column)

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  other and set up a third with another heave. Purdues seven points were the most scored against “a Notre Dame team since 1915. Last year the unbeaten but Army-tied Irish gave up four touchdowns, but Art Haverstock’s point after touchdown placement yesterday was the first extra point mark ed up against the Irish in two seasons. Other teams to retain their top rating include Texas, Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania, California and Vanderbilt. The Longhorns, paced by pitchin’ Bobby Layne, defeated Oklahoma 34–⁠14 in the widest contest of their 41-game series. Layne figured in all his teams scoring, completing eight passes of II for 129 yards. The game was punctuated by arguments among the players, fights among the fans, and pop-bottle throwing by the spectators. Georgia Tech and surprising Vanderbilt moved to the head oil the Southeastern Conference class as the unbeaten Yellow Jackets scored a 200 victory over Virginia Military Institute and the Commodores won 6 stirring 1916 battle from hitherto undefeated Mississippi. The Yellow Jackets are still unscored upon in three games. Zach Clinard again was the Vanderbilt hero, kicking a field goal ano place-kicking the extra point. CALIFORNIA; hard-driving Gold. en- Bears, already visualizing the Pacific Coast championship ane a Rose Bowl chance, whackee Wisconsin at Madison 48–⁠7 as California Coach Lyn WALDORF made a triumphant return to the midwest. Waldorf’s team which he built in his first sea son on the West Coast since re signing as tutor of Northwestern could do no wrong. 1t rolled through, over and around the Ba@gers nearly at will after TAX. ing advantage of a tumble tt score in the first two minutes 0. play. 1oveSfnl Damn. held Ia n nn<

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  The Daily Alaska empire, October 14, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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  BIG GAMES SCHEDULED AT WEEKEND NEW YORK, Oct 14.-tR-With each succeeding Saturday in this dizzy football season it looks more and mere like Fritz Crisler, who turned down the coaching job at Califcrnla, and Lynn Waldorf, who didn’t, will be looking across the field at each other in Pasadena on New Years Day. When California went looking tor a new coach at the end of a 1946 season in which the Golden Bears won only two games, Crisler was the No. l choice. But Crisler took one look at his prospective Wolverine roster and elected to stay at Michigan. Waldorf, who gave up a comfort able position at Northwestern and took tl.e California post on which Crisler turned his back, returned to the Big Nine country last Satur- day and sent his now-ferocious Bears wltziirg through Wisconsin to the tune of 48–⁠7. Fourth Triumph That was the fourth triumph in four starts for California. Michigan, meanwhile, flattened Pittsburgh, 69-O, for it’s third straighe one-sided conference win. While Michigan and California were winning with ease last week, such other powers as Notre Dame, Texas and Georgia Tech were more or less hard pressed to keep their records clean. Notre Dame relied on the passing of Johnny Lujack to turn back stubborn Purdue, 11–⁠7. Texas bank ed chiefly on Bobby Layne’s throw ing arm fer a 34–⁠14 triumph over an Oklahoma team that covered 263 yards on the ground. And Geor- gia Tech found VIII tough to take 200. Majors In Good Sailing By the tuck of the draw, all five major. unkeaten and united clubs appear to have smooth sailing ahead this week as the accent swings more to conference play with important tests carded in ev- cry loon. Michigan invades Northwestern

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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 80 since this game.