Kansas State at Oklahoma

Saturday, October 22, 1960

Oklahoma beat Kansas State 49–⁠7. It was their 45th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 32–⁠9–⁠4.

AwayKansas State1–⁠9 in 1960
7
HomeOklahoma3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1960
49

FinalHigh 78°F, low 48°FAttendance 44,677

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: OkIdhonno ] rounces Kansas State, 4o-7 /.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 23, 1960, page 47

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    OkIdhonno ] rounces Kansas State, 4o-7 /. NORMAN. Okla. oct. 20 tAPl, rushed across two in . hurry and blasted an inept Kansas State, 49–⁠7. in q Big Eight football game here today. The victory started the Soon ers on q drive toward their 18th straight conference title after “a 1878 tie with o strong Kan sas team last week. Oklahoma had the game well in hand with two touchdowlis In eight minutes after the opening kickoh. Oklahoma was guilty Of Ilu. merous mechanical errors In. GLIDING gummed-up signali and missed blocks and tackles The Sooners’ best offensive weapon was the quarterbacl keeper worked by jimmy Car. penter and Bob Cornell. These plays helped the Soon ers amass 402 yards rushing while their defense was good enough to hold the Wildcats to o net 81. Carpenter scored two Of Okla homa’s touchdowns on short dives Of one and three yards while Sophomore Halfback Dor

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 76–⁠22–⁠4 in 102 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Kansas State 41, Oklahoma 34
2021Oklahoma 37, Kansas State 31
2020Kansas State 38, Oklahoma 35
2019Kansas State 48, Oklahoma 41
2018Oklahoma 51, Kansas State 14
2017Oklahoma 42, Kansas State 35

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