Oklahoma at Pittsburgh
Saturday, October 3, 1953 Share
No. 8 Oklahoma and Pittsburgh tied 7–7. It was their second meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 1–0–1.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 71°FAttendance 28,152
In the newspapers

The Key West citizen, October 5, 1953, page 6 (results column)
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Page s NEW YORK H-Uneasy lies The head that wears q crown, Shake speare wrote many centuries ago but he didn’t have the Notre Dame football team In mind. Lachrymose Frank Leahy’s mer rule the college football roost to day, and they have no reason t. fear anyone. They don’t play thi. Saturday, so they’ll have two weeks to sharpen their claws fol the University of Pittsburgh. It’s been four years since th, Irish stood atop the pile. In 1856 they won only four games ant Leahy turned out to be right Ii his pessimistic predictions. Tht last two seasons they’ve beer threatening to come back by scor ing seven triumphs and losing but two each year. Now, with their great backs like Johnny Lattner and Ralph Gug |lielmi and Neil Worden tearing the opposition to shreads, the South FBenders could 60 right through After Pitt, they meet Georgia Tech which looks to be heading for q fall with its 29-game undefeateo skein. After that, it’s Navy, Penn North Carolina, Iowa, Southern California and Southern Methodist The Irish beat the tar out oi Purdue Saturday, 37–7, right on the heels Of hanging 1921 defeat on Oklahoma. Two weeks don’t make season, but this looks like the Midwest’s year. The Southern powerhouses |of last year seem to have run out |of gas. Michigan State, sOnio State and Michigan are rolling right alone with Notre Dame, and It’s a safe bet the experts vi predicted a runaway in the Big for the Spar. tans. are munching their words. The three teams ~ play each other, so it should & \ out to be a jolly scramble s. n could 20 right down to the Fl anne of the season when Ohio SAFE and Mich. gan clash. All three looked like worldbeaters on Saturday. The SDa-tans won their 26th straight game, clubbiAg Minnesota, 21–0; ONO State pol ished off California, 1918, and ruined Tulane, z7–7. Just as this looks like the Mid. vests year to shine, the South may not have a really outstanding team for the first time in many q moon-unless Georgia Tech snaps out Of the doldrums. The Engineers, tied by Florida two weeks ago, defeated Southern Methodist by the incongruous score of Ga on Saturday. Look at last years powerhouses from Dixie. Mississippi was shut out by Auburn. 1870 after winning its first two from weak foes. Ten nessee has yet TO score a point in two losses, the last being 21-O to Duke. Alabama kas a loss, a
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)
Oklahoma 64% to win.
The series
Every Oklahoma–Pittsburgh gameOklahoma leads 9–1–1 in 11 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 1990 | Oklahoma 52, Pittsburgh 10 | |
| 1984 | Oklahoma 42, Pittsburgh 10 | |
| 1975 | Oklahoma 46, Pittsburgh 10 | |
| 1971 | Oklahoma 55, Pittsburgh 29 | |
| 1969 | Oklahoma 37, Pittsburgh 8 | |
| 1965 | Pittsburgh 13, Oklahoma 9 |
Around this game
Oklahoma
- Next gamevs. TexasOct. 10, 1953
- SeasonOklahoma in 1953
- ProgramOklahoma history and records
Pittsburgh
- Next gamevs. NebraskaOct. 10, 1953
- SeasonPittsburgh in 1953
- ProgramPittsburgh history and records

