Air Force at Nebraska

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  The chronicle, Mississippi, October 14, 1963, page 7 (results column)

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  The topsy-turvy world of col lege football plays no favorites and its darling of last week end may prove the prize patsy next Saturday. Texas played a prime role in as upSetting a week as the col legianS have ever experienced by knocking off Oklahoma, the top-ranked team in the country, 28–⁠7. But the football very pos sibly can bounce the other way when the second-ranked Long horns face always-rugged Ar kansas Saturday night. Only three members Of the top 10 escaped unscathed from the weekend blitz, and this in cludes fourth-ranked Pittsburgh, which did not play. In addition to Texas, the only other winner among the elite was fifth-ranked Wisconsin, which routed Purdue, 1920. OSU Held to Tie Ohio State, the No. 7 team, got away with only its pride injured after being held to a 1920 tie by Illinois. Third-ranked Alabama lost to Florida 1915, eighth-r a n k e d Penn State fell before Army, 1917, Southern California, the de- Tending national champion and rated ninth this week, was topped by Notre Dame, 17–⁠14, and 10th-ranked Nebraska lost to the Air Force Academy, 17–⁠13. Navy, the No. 6 team, was a 1928 victim to Southern Method list on Friday night. Arkansas itself fell before the upset jinx, losing to Baylor, 1910, but the Razorbacks were considered strong contenders for the Southwest Conference title

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Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.