Oklahoma at Kansas State

Saturday, October 26, 1963

No. 7 Oklahoma beat Kansas State 34–⁠9. It was their 48th meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 35–⁠9–⁠4.

Away7Oklahoma8–⁠2 in 1963
34
HomeKansas State2–⁠7 in 1963
9

FinalHigh 79°F, low 58°FAttendance 14,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story

    The Nome nugget, October 28, 1963, page 7 (results column)

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    another fine job for Purdue. And the Boilermakers blanked Iowa 14 to 0. Minnesota edged Michigan 6 to } and held on to the little brown jug for the fourth straight year. Seventh-ranked Oklah om trampled Kansas State 34 to 9 for it’s fourth victory of the year. A 50-yard run with an inter- cepted pass gave Missouri the only touchdown of the game and a ‘ 70 0 victory over Iowa State. Another brilliant running job by Gale Savers led Kansas to a 41 to 2 rout over Oklahoma State. In the Southeastern Conference Georgia edged Kentucky IF to IA. A pair of touchdown plunges by Don Schwab led Louisiana State to a IA to 0 victory over Florida The Atlantic Coast Conference had major upset with North Caro- lima State beating Duke 21 to ‘. Five different Clemson backs had a chance to score, on short line plunges as the Tigers whipped Virginia 35 to 0. In an upset in the Southwest Conference, it was Texas Tech 13, Southern Methodist 6. In the East, the longest winning streak in major college football came to an end when Harvard up- set Dartmouth IT to 13. Dartmouth had won Is straight games. Underdog Stanford defeated Notre Dame, “A to IA, before 55 ,OOO fans, plus a nationwide television audience. The University of Washington came from behind in a hard hitting g game with independent Oregon to capture a 26 to 19 football victory before a sell-out crowd at Port land.

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1963, page 18 (results column)

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    ! ford humbled Notre Dame. “a IA, Michigan State thumped No. 9 Northwestern, I5–⁠7 and Memphis State (5-0-D took over as the top independent by knocking off Mississippi State, 1910. Louisiana States l4–⁠0 victory over Florida also comes In the unexpected cate CORY. The other teams in the As ISOLATED Press Top Ten won. Mississippi. No. S. beat Wander bilt, 27–⁠7, Alabama, No. 6, took Houston, 21–⁠13, and Oklahoma, No. Z, whipped Kansas State, 34–⁠9. Illinois, No. 4, came from behind to defeat UCLA, 1912, Friday night. ROssi PAGES WOlfpack As it turned out, Tommy Ford’s 33-yard touchdown run and Tony Crosby’s conversion in the first period proved to be enough as Texas chalked up its sixth straight. However, with Rice quarterbacks Walter Nc Reynolds and Benny HoIlingsworth filling the air with passes. the game was in doubt until Joe Dixon intercepted q long heave by Hollingsworth on

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oklahoma leads 76–⁠22–⁠4 in 102 meetings, counting the 54 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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