Texas vs. Oklahoma

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  Evening star, October 9, 1949, page 47

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  Oklahoma Rips Texas Line Wide Open Score 2O14 Triumph Record Crowd Sees Giant Sooner Team |0utp|ay Longhorns + DALLAS, Oct. 8.-Oklahoms gouged out a 20–⁠14 victory ovel Texas today in a rough forty. fourth renewal of this football Igame. Gouged is right, because the massive Sooners tore the Texas line as wide open as the Lone Star prairie. Leon Heath, Gene Thomas and Darrell Royal scootec through for great chunks of yard age. No team with more power ever showed it’s wares in the big Cot ton Bowl. 1t was for the edification of 75,347 fans-the largest crowd ever to see a gridiron bat tie in Southwestern history. Texas fought back and al though outplayed could have won or tied but for a dropped pass and several fizzles of drives that carried deep into Sooner terri tory. Sooners Roar Back. Oklahoma spotted Texas q touchdown and then roared back as a team rated No. 3 nationally should. The Sooners pounded out ZIG yards on the ground and used the overhead sparingly, although it was the air weapon that brought the last touchdown. Texas got lib yards rushing and 139 passing. Texas scored to open the second period. After twice being repulsed in the shadow of the Sooner goal line, the Longhorns got a drive under way that carried So yards for the pay-off. Randy Clay made it, cracking the line twice from the 10-yard line. He also kicked the extra point. But Oklahoma took the kick off and paraded 66 yards to a tying touchdown, getting it in six plays. The payoff was a 39-yard blast over left guard by Thomas Ken Tipps converted. Pearson Scores. | Oklahoma SOON settled the issue Taking the second half kickoff the Sooners snorted and crunched to a score in five plays. From the 12-yard line, Lindell Pearson plowed left tackle for a touch down. Tipps again converted. Oklahoma scored again in the fourth period on 38-yard surge after a short Texas punt. Heath circled end for IT and Royal passed to Jim Owens for the score Tipps missed the extra point. Texas smashed 68 yards for q touchdown as time ran out. Lew Levine made it with a 12-yard crash through the line. Clay kicked the point. fsas0nA Fexas --o -o ! Q S-is Oklahoma scoring: Touchdowns – Thomas. Pearson. Owens. Points aftel ! Texas scoring: Touchdowns-clay, Le. ! vine. Points after touchdown-Clay (2)

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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 78 since this game.