Oklahoma at Missouri

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  The Guthrie daily leader, Guthrie, Okla., October 29, 1910, page 2

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  | SOONER” CLAWED BY n TIGERS” OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VARSITY TEAMS ON GRIDIRoN 8tf N FINE exhibition UNDER NEW FOOTBALL RULES Str II LIZ New STATE Team Fought OssperatsIy, But Beaten, Score rs to 0 Joplin. Mo-. Oct. 29-ln game which was pronounced the best exhibltion Of football under the new rules which has been played in the Middle West this season, Missouri university defeated Oklahoma universlty here Friday afternoon. The final score was 26 to 0. At no time was the result in doubt although the Oklahomans fought stub bornly. forcing the Tigers to earn every foot OF the ground that was gained The Missouri line was inn penetrable to their opponents, and the entire game. with practically no exceptions. was played in Oklahoma’s territory. Quarterback Hackney, starred for the Tigers. He kicked one field goal, mace two of Missouri’s three touch downs, and kicked uaree goals, thus being personally responsible for Is Of the Tigers scores. Thompson and Ratcliffe starred for Oklahoma. Ratcliffe’s kicking and fierce line plunges being easily the features of the Sooners’ play. Okla homa’s line was weak. and time and again Knobel plunged through for from Ave to fifteen yard gains, while Hackney and Hall both succeodei in getting around the ends on ireqrelt occasions for good gains The variety of new plays made PER missible under the revised rules sas frequently demonstrated during DE game. Especially effective was the forward pass, as made for gain or Is yards BY Hackney and Burress. Quarterback Ratcliffe AMI Left End Rogers Of the Sooners. also worked this play for good gains. The linz

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  The Vinita daily chieftain, Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.], October 29, 1910, page 1

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  Interference, he waded through a broken field for twenty yards, landing the pigskin on oklahoma’s twenty-five yard line. Hackney covered the renaming distance III spectacular man ner and made his second touchdown of the game Hackney kicked goal again. In the fourth quarter Coach Hollenback sent in several substitutes. Purkhiser replacing Roberts at left guard and Kline taking Mills place: Oklahoma made her last gallant stand against the irresistible Tigers and. despite the odds against her by natural precedence. she made an excellent showing and fought on the defensive like 2 wounded lioness. Rat cliffe made two neat runs for good gains and Norton hurdIed the Tiger line for seven yards, but Missouri regained the ball and Knobell tore through the Oklahoma line for twelve yards. Then for four minutes the bali see-sawed up and down the field and finally the Tigers carried It to Okla homa’s twenty yard line, where they were held Inf magnificent style, where upon the Sooners marched straight down the field to Missouri’s twenty five yardl inc, and Ratliff kicked Burres fell on the ball back of the goal posts and thus made the Tigers fourth touchdown. Hackney failed to kick goal, and the final score stood at 26 to 0.

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 29, 1910, page 1

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  LINCOLN OMAHA TIGERS CRUSH THE SooNERS Missouri Eleven Gives DFubbing 10 Oklahoma Team--ScOre Twenty SIX to Nothing. JOPLIN No, oct. 2S.-(Special Telem)-Missouri administered a crushing defeat TO Oklahoma university at Miners park here this afternoon, the final score being rs to 0, At no time did the Sooners threaten to score. while Missouri really earned another touchdown not credited to them. The score Missouri piled up was not secured easily, but every inch OF ground was stubbornly contested until the final minute Of play. Knoebels line plunges after he replaced Novel; at fullback was the feature and he now seems to have regular place on the Tigers team cinched. The work Of Hall and Hackney for Missouri and Radcliffe and Capshaw for Oklahoma was also brilliant Oklahoma made but two first downs and was never within striking distance Of Nfssourrs goal The lineup:

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  The Birmingham age-herald, October 29, 1910, page 8

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  OKLAHOMA IS EASY FOR MISSOURI TEAM Joplin. Mo, October 2s.-Missouri uni versity football team won from Okla homa university here today, 26 to 0. At no time in the game did the Oklahomans, who hoped to have a victory today over Missouri, to get step nearer place on the Missouri valley conference, nase chance. The kicking of Pinckney and line bucks by Hall and Mills did most to run the score up for MissoAri.

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.

Oklahoma leads 68–⁠25–⁠5 in 98 meetings, counting the 96 since this game.