Oregon State at Kansas
Saturday, September 28, 1957 Share
No. 9 Oregon State beat Kansas 34–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Oregon State led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 47°FAttendance 28,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1957, page 1 (results column)
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Linemen Given Credit For Two Big Surprises lnterSectlonally. the Big Ter continued to get its Jumps. Besides Ohio States loss to TCU Northwestern, hampered by lao yards of penalties. bowed to Stanford 1855, in a nationally televised game. While top-ranker Oklahoma was idle. girding for Saturdays game with Iowa State. the Tex as Aggies, second in the latest poll, shut out Texas Tech, 81 0; Navy, No. 5. sped past Will liam and Mary, 1916; Duke, with Halfback Wray Carlton scoring 26 points. smashed Virginia. 400. and Oregon State, the champion of the Pacific Coast. No. 8, trounced Kansas, 34–6. Coach Earl Blaik’s precision honed Cadets at West Point used three platoons in burying Nebraska. 42–0, and stimulated new interest in the approaching Army–Notr Dame renewal at Philadelphia October IL. Notre Dame, rallying from one of its poorest seasons, opened its campaign with a sweet-tasting 1910 victory over Purdue, an old nemesis. Mild surprises in the East saw Penn State. a strong in dependent contender for Sec tional honors, hard-pressed to beat Penn, 1914. and Princeton forced the limit to whip Rutgers TO, on a late TOUCHDOWN. West Virginia, tied by virginia a week ago, bounced back for a 14–0 triumph over Vir- GINA Tech, making the Noun taineers’ 22d straight Southern Conference victory. Pittsburgh. beaten by Okla homa in its first game, won over Oregon, 6–3, on a 22-yard touchdown pass from Sophomore Ivan Toncic to End Art Cob in the last % seconds. Other major results: East-Boston College 20, Flor ida State Z; Boston U. Sc, Mas sachusetts s: Dartmouth 81, New Hampshire O.; Holy Cross 81. VMI 81; Villanova 20. Fur man 0; Yale 81, Connecticut o, South-Florida 81, Wake For est O; Louisiana State %. Ala bama O.; Mississippi Is, Ken lucky o; Mississippi State 10, Memphis State 6; North Carolima 26. Clemson O.; South Carolima 26. Wofford 0; Vanderbilt 8, Georgia 6. Southwest – Arkansas Al, Tulsa IA: Baylor IA. Houston 6; Texas 20, Tulane 6. West-Cincinnati 10. Wichita Is; Dayton IL, Richmond Z; Kansas State SO. Brigham Young 8; Missouri 35, Arizona l3; Wisconsin so, Marquette 6. Far WeSt-Air Force Acadenvy 40, Occidental g.; Colorado 80. Utah “a; Washington State Is. California Z; Wyoming 20, Montana b.
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)
Oregon State 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Oregon State–Kansas gameKansas leads 4–2 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1992 | Kansas 49, Oregon State 20 | |
| 1990 | Kansas 38, Oregon State 12 | |
| 1976 | Kansas 28, Oregon State 16 | |
| 1975 | Kansas 20, Oregon State 0 | |
| 1958 | Oregon State 12, Kansas 0 | |
| 1957 | Oregon State 34, Kansas 6 |
Around this game
Oregon State
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 5, 1957
- SeasonOregon State in 1957
- ProgramOregon State history and records
Kansas
- Next gameat ColoradoOct. 5, 1957
- SeasonKansas in 1957
- ProgramKansas history and records

