Kansas at Oklahoma

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1957, page 1 (results column)

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  Sportons’ Defect Puts Illinois in Rough Spot champion. still are undefeated in conference play. Iowa. how ever. cannot return this year. For practical purposes. it’s q brand new race and instead Of the inside track. any Of several teams could make it. On the other side Of the Rose Bowl-the Pacific Coast Conference – things are just as misty. Washington State could have neatly wrapped 1t UP Saturday by beating Oregon. but 1t wasn’t to be. Oregon won the game. 1913. when Bobby New man missed the extra point after the Cougars secon d touchdown. Washington State already had licked California. and STAN ford. the other Rose Bowl eli gibles. Still. the Cougars can make it. Everything hinges on how Oregon does against Cali fornia this week end and STAN ford on November 2. Oklahoma, which won its 44th straight game Saturday, a 47–⁠0 rout Of Kansas in an effort to get back to the top OF the heap after being displaced by Michigan State. goes against Colorado. The Bluffs are perhaps the second-best team in the Bib Eight. They tied Okla homa at 2l-all back In 1852, the last conference game the Sooners didn’t win. In the Southwest Conference there doesn’t seem TO be q team capable OF blocking Texas AIMS surge to another title. although at the moment the Aggies are tied with Texas and Rice for the lead. Aggies Given Lift The Aggies received an UNI expected lift from Texas Saturday when the Longhorns. q weak sister in the league last year. upended Arkansas. ITO. Arkansas was rated the Aggies’ No. l rival. The Aggies had no easy pickings. either. escaping with a TO decision over Texas Christian. The tough Atlantic Coast Conference race could be decided this week when Duke and North Carolina State tangle. The Blue Devils. with a spotless SO overall record, will be favored. They coasted over Wake Forest. BAT. Unless catastrophe strikes In unexpected form. Dukes path TO the Orange Bowl appears clear. for N. c. State has been put on probation by the NCAA and is forbidden to participate In bowl games. Significant. too, is the fact that Maryland. until last year q power always 10 be reckoned with. Is showing signs Of COM y. See FOOTBALL. Page ALI

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Oklahoma leads 80–⁠28–⁠6 in 114 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.