Kansas at Oklahoma
Saturday, October 17, 1953 Share
No. 12 Oklahoma beat Kansas 45–0. It was their 51st meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 27–19–5.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 55°FAttendance 45,862
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 18, 1953, page 64
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Kansas–Oklahoma gameOklahoma leads 80–28–6 in 114 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.
| 2023 | Kansas 38, Oklahoma 33 | |
| 2022 | Oklahoma 52, Kansas 42 | |
| 2021 | Oklahoma 35, Kansas 23 | |
| 2020 | Oklahoma 62, Kansas 9 | |
| 2019 | Oklahoma 45, Kansas 20 | |
| 2018 | Oklahoma 55, Kansas 40 |
Around this game
Kansas
- Next gamevs. SMUOct. 24, 1953
- SeasonKansas in 1953
- ProgramKansas history and records
Oklahoma
- Next gamevs. ColoradoOct. 24, 1953
- SeasonOklahoma in 1953
- ProgramOklahoma history and records

