Kansas at Oklahoma State
Saturday, October 27, 1962 Share
Kansas beat Oklahoma State 36–17. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 16–5.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 51°FAttendance 18,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1962, page 86
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SALTWATER, Okla. Oct. q CAP) kansas rallied from a IT. first-half deficit to score two touchdowns in the third quarter and two more in the fourth to defeat Oklahoma State. 36–17. in a Big Eight Conference football game today. : Gale Savers, sophomore half back whose 69-yard run put Kansas in position for its first touchdown in the second quarter. broke loose in the fourth and ran 96 yards for a touch down. Sayers gained 283 yards in % carries, which. if accepted, gives him the one-game conference scoring record. The old record of 271 yards was set by Dave Hoppman of Iowa State against Kansas State in 1861. Late in the fourth quarter a fight developed on the field between players of both teams. Field Judge Marcus Rosky put Savers out of the game. Later he re-entered and made a gain of Is yards, but the field judge again put him out, ruling he was substituted illegally. Coach Jack Mitchell of Kan sas said he had not understood that Sayers had been put out of the game. 1t may take a
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)
Kansas 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Kansas–Oklahoma State gameOklahoma State leads 41–31–3 in 75 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.
Around this game
Kansas
- Next gameat Kansas StateNov. 3, 1962
- SeasonKansas in 1962
- ProgramKansas history and records
Oklahoma State
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateNov. 3, 1962
- SeasonOklahoma State in 1962
- ProgramOklahoma State history and records

