Kansas at Oklahoma State

Saturday, October 27, 1962

Kansas beat Oklahoma State 36–⁠17. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 16–⁠5.

AwayKansas6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1962
36
HomeOklahoma State4–⁠6 in 1962
17

FinalHigh 78°F, low 51°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    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.

Oklahoma State leads 41–⁠31–⁠3 in 75 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Kansas 38, Oklahoma State 21
2023Oklahoma State 39, Kansas 32
2022Kansas 37, Oklahoma State 16
2021Oklahoma State 55, Kansas 3
2020Oklahoma State 47, Kansas 7
2019Oklahoma State 31, Kansas 13

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