Kansas at Oklahoma

Saturday, October 17, 1953

No. 12 Oklahoma beat Kansas 45–⁠0. It was their 51st meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 27–⁠19–⁠5.

AwayKansas2–⁠8 in 1953
0
Home12Oklahoma9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1953
45

FinalHigh 83°F, low 55°FAttendance 45,862

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Oklahoma Routs Kansas, $50, In Defense of Big Seven 7 title

    Evening star, October 18, 1953, page 64

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    Oklahoma Routs Kansas, $50, In Defense of Big Seven 7 title moralized by the crushing Soon er power. Oklahoma added one touch down in the third quarter and substitutes added three more in the fourth. The Sooners rolled to 537 yards rushing for a new school record in one game. Their previous mark was 436 yards against Nebraska in 1916. The game also marked Okla homa’s 36th consecutive game in Big Seven competition without a defeat. Kansas -------- j. U Oklahoma scoring: Touchdown Grigg, Allison (2), R. Burris, Herndon. Baker, Van Pool. Conversions-Calame (2), Leake.

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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 80–⁠28–⁠6 in 114 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Kansas 38, Oklahoma 33
2022Oklahoma 52, Kansas 42
2021Oklahoma 35, Kansas 23
2020Oklahoma 62, Kansas 9
2019Oklahoma 45, Kansas 20
2018Oklahoma 55, Kansas 40

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