Oklahoma at Kansas State
Saturday, October 31, 1953 Share
No. 9 Oklahoma beat Kansas State 34–0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 25–9–4.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 42°FAttendance 23,822
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 1, 1953, page 67
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Oklahoma–Kansas State gameOklahoma leads 76–22–4 in 102 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.
Around this game
Oklahoma
- Next gameat MissouriNov. 7, 1953
- SeasonOklahoma in 1953
- ProgramOklahoma history and records
Kansas State
- Next gameat KansasNov. 7, 1953
- SeasonKansas State in 1953
- ProgramKansas State history and records

