Texas vs. Oklahoma

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 10, 1954, page 61

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  Oklahoma off and paraded 73 yards for a touchdown. Herndon and Leake did most of the work as the Sooners hammered the Texas line for all except IL yards picked up on a pass from Harris to Max Boydston. Leake slammed across from yard out and then kicked the extra point to tie the score at TT. Womack fumbled Texas kick off and Wray Littlejohn recovcred for Oklahoma on the Texas So. However, the Longhorn line steadily threw the Sooners back and they had to kick. But Texas had to punt also and from the Oklahoma AZ the Sooners launched another touchdown drive. The biggest blow was a 40-yard pass play from O’Neal to John Bell to the Is. Harris made the touchdown from the Texas 2 and Leake again converted to put Oklahoma ahead. 14–⁠7. That ended the days scoring. Penalty Stops Drive. The next time Oklahoma got the ball it rolled to the Texas “a, but a l6-yard roughing penal ty wiped out the drive. just before the half ended Texas started moving on. the passing arm Of Brewer, but when the Texas quarterback tried a long one from his 49, O’Neal intercepted. Oklahoma started a drive early in the third period that reached the Texas 81 before the ball was lost on a tumble. Two other times Oklahoma drives were halted by fumbles and on the third one, which Bob Finn grabbed on the Texas 40. the Longhorns paraded down to the Oklahoma 10, before being stopped on a fourth-down pass that Burris broke up. Oklahoma then roared back on the running of Herndon and Leake and the passing Of Harris to slam to the Texas 13 before losing the ball on downs. Texas O O o. Z Oklahoma scoring: Touchdowns, Leake Harris. Conversions, Leake f2). Texas scoring: Touchdown, Brewer Conversion, Lansford,

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Officially, Texas leads 65–⁠52–⁠5; as played, 62–⁠52–⁠5 in the 119 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.