Oklahoma at Kansas State

Saturday, October 31, 1953

No. 9 Oklahoma beat Kansas State 34–⁠0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 25–⁠9–⁠4.

Away9Oklahoma9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1953
34
HomeKansas State6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
0

FinalHigh 75°F, low 42°FAttendance 23,822

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Oklahoma Routs Kansas State To Take Over Big Seven Lead

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 1, 1953, page 67

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    Oklahoma Routs Kansas State To Take Over Big Seven Lead period from the one-yard line. Calame missed the try for the extra point. The Sooners used II players for the first of two touchdoWns in the last quarter. Jack Cling went the last nine yards in a 51-yard drive and Leake kicked the point. Chuck Baker scored a few minutes later from the two-foot mark after Oklahoma had recovered a tumble on the Kansas State 18. Robert Santee kicked the point. Kansas State never got up much steam on the ofense. But Veryl (Joe) Switzer sparked a drive that reached the Sooner’s 90 in the third quarter. A pass interception killed off that threat. Oklahoma – TT 8 14–⁠3t Kansas City .----- u Oklahoma scoring: Touchdowns-Grigg C2l, Herndon, Cling, Baker. Conversions --Calame, Leake t2), Santee.

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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 76–⁠22–⁠4 in 102 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Kansas State 41, Oklahoma 34
2021Oklahoma 37, Kansas State 31
2020Kansas State 38, Oklahoma 35
2019Kansas State 48, Oklahoma 41
2018Oklahoma 51, Kansas State 14
2017Oklahoma 42, Kansas State 35

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