Oklahoma vs. Texas

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1963, page 1

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  NORMAN. Okla, Oct. is CAPD.-The University Of Okla homa football team became the object Of nationwide surprise for the second time in three days yesterday when star Half back Joe Don Looney was dropped from the squad for disciplinary reasons. The first surprise came Saturday, when the Sooners, then rated No. /, were soundly out played by Texas and defeated. 28–⁠7. Coach Bud Wilkinson declined to comment on the in cident. He would not say If the loss to Texas had anything to do with the dismissal Of the 224-pound speedster from Fort Worth, Tex. However, Looney’s father, Don Looney, a star end for Texas Christian in the late 1930s, told the Fort Worth Star Telegram that Wilkinson telephoned him to say: II am sorry it happened. He had lots Of ability, but he had some bad practices last week, and we decided that this cost us the ball game” Looney’s father said his son had a sore foot last week which hampered him in practice. Seniors Take Vote The elder Looney told the Star Telegram that Wilkinson said the Oklahoma senior foot ball players had taken a vote and decided they could do bet ter without his son. Looney’s father said, “Evi- IDENTIFY those people up there are not our kind of people, and ] am glad Joe Don is through with them. I Just wish this

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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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Officially, Texas leads 65–⁠52–⁠5; as played, 62–⁠52–⁠5 in the 119 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.