Oklahoma State at Drake

Saturday, October 7, 1950

Oklahoma State and Drake tied 14–⁠14. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Oklahoma State led the series 6–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayOklahoma State4–⁠6–⁠1 in 1950
14
HomeDrake6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1950
14

FinalHigh 78°F, low 66°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Miami Rallies 10 Beat vilIanova;; Drake Ties Oklahoma Aggies

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 7, 1950, page 11 (results column)

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    Miami Rallies 10 Beat vilIanova;; Drake Ties Oklahoma Aggies Last nights college football games didn’t do much to alter the national picture. but several games Of more than passing in terest were played. ... The University of Miami slipped past Villanova, 1912, in the mud before 1924 in Miami’s Orange Bowl. Villanova lost a chance to win when the Miami line held for four downs after the Wildcats had a first on the 4. Villanova took the lead in the first five minutes, but Miami came back with two scores to go ahead, 1876, at the half. The Wildcats knotted the count three minutes after the third quarter started, but Miami marched 68 yards to score. South Carolina Tops Furman. Halfback Steve Wadiak and Bishop Strickland ran the Uni versity of South Carolina to a 2l-6 Southern Conference win over Furman at Greenville, S. c. Strickland set up the first touch down on two runs and then plunged over from the 2. Wadiak got South Carolina in position for the other scores. taking the ball over himself for one. Substitute Halfback Zach Taylor made the other. Furman’s only score came on a 100-yard march in the second quarter. but twice in the fourth period it reached South Carolina S 6 before losing the ball. Drake battled favored Oklahoma A. & M. to a 14–⁠14 tie at Des Moines in the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both schools. Drake went ahead, 14–⁠7, in the last quarter, but the Aggies drove So yards after the kickoff to tie. COP Overwhelms Denver. College Of the Pacific rolled UP 385 yards on the ground and 1856 in the air to overwhelm Denver University. Alt. at Denver. Tom Mccormick, 19-year- -old halfback, led the COP scoring parade with three touchdowns. Spanked by the smooth-running Jimmy Nutter. Wichita pushed over two touchdowns in the final quarter for a 21–⁠13 win over Uni versity of Detroit at Detroit. The Paris Island Marines gained their first win of the season as they trounced Fort Lee, 400, at Fort Lee. Leatherneck Dick Ambrogi. former Quantico star, scored two touchdowns.

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)

Drake 51% to win.

Oklahoma State leads 7–⁠2–⁠1 in 10 meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1951Oklahoma State 27, Drake 14
1950Oklahoma State 14, Drake 14
1949Oklahoma State 28, Drake 0
1947Drake 13, Oklahoma State 9
1946Oklahoma State 59, Drake 7
1942Oklahoma State 55, Drake 12

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