Iowa State at Oklahoma

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  Evening star, November 15, 1953, page 69

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  Oklahoma Pounds Iowa State, Cinches Orange Bowl Trip NORMAN, Okla. Nov. IA Oklahoma easily won it’s sixth straight Big Seven football championship and a trip to the Orange Bowl today by pound ing hapleSs Iowa State. 47–⁠0, before $4,000 fans. The Big Seven title carries an automatic invitation to the Orange Bowl at Miami. Fla, for a New Years Day game against the Atlantic Coast Conference champion, probably Maryland. The victory was the Sooners’ fifth straight in conference COM petition this year. They got a clear-cut hold on the pennant when Missouri stopped Kansas State, 1876. Oklahoma has yet to be beaten in 40 straight loop games and it was its 22d con- Secutive victory over the Cyclones, the leagues cellar club. Oklahoma’s offensive rolled S76 yards on the ground. highlighted by a 68-yard punt return by Halfback Merrill Green, who now has made four touchdown runs of more than SO yards each this year. oEfshdms 5STs sIat’ -----1Ss g Il a&499 Oklahoma scoring: Touchdowns- Grigg (2). Calame. Herndon. Green Arms. Cross. Conversions-Leake (2) | Cling (0l 0,Nea1

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Oklahoma leads 80–⁠7–⁠2 in 89 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.