for former Sooner athletes in the service, only. Dec. 5, 1944,

 

 

OKLAHOMA 31, NEBRASKA 12 :

The lowdown....Our first team was too experienced and too good for Nebraska's kids

(six of their starters are only 17, although husky). We played our first team

most of the first half, led 25-0 at the half, The first team started the last
heat, got a td. in three minutes, led 31-0 and saw very little action afterward as
“ebraska licked our second team all over the field.

Statistics...eFirst downs, Oklahoma, 9-8. Tet yards rushed, Oklahoma 108-92. Pass»
ing, UkIahoma hit 7 of 10 for 132, “ebraska 4 of 16 for 78. Punt returns, Okla-
homa 7 for 64, “ebraska 1 for 9, Total yards, Sklahoma 369-254, Penalties, Okla-
homa 20-16,

Play-byplaye...First quarter: Sooners drove 40 yards in seven plays to score with
Lebow smashing over. Longest gain this drive a e2eyard pass, “ebow to Dollarhide,
Wooten's conversion blocked by Center Keith Doyle of “ebraska, an outstanding lines.
man, Sooners drove 65 to a second teuchdown, Tommy Meason, Ardmore fresnman and
Lebow's sub, scoring it on a nine-yard cutback behind a solid block by Guard Thur-
man Tigart who played a fine game, Longest plays this drive two insideM reverses
by Charley Heard, 13 and 15 yards, and Meason s passes to Sparkman for 7 and Do] >
achide for 7. Meased missed goal, 12-0. Third touchdown: Sparkman, our 149-15,
qb, ran wide, faked a lateral; kept the ball, cut back in the secondary and sutran
the Cornhuskers 20 yards to a touchdown, Wooten hit this one, 1940, dust
before the half ended we drove 47 to a fourth touchdown, Meason passing 13 yards te
Wooten who was all alone in the end zone, Previously Meason had eniped another
pass to Wooten for 37 yards, Wooten sensationally taking the ball oway from Betz.
Wooten missed goale 25-0, last half: We scored in three vlays, Noliashide scc7ri.-
ing 3 yards off the T, Lebow trapped passing, had to run, made 2, then Lebow bu" l.
etted the ball to Dinkins who ran 3]. yards to a touchdowa, Wooten's kick hit the
post, 31-0, Nebraska drove 48 to a touch, Joe Kessler running 11 and Betz passing
to Kessler for a td, 31 yards. ¥Berkey's kick was wide, 31-6, In the fourtheper
ied they drove 60 in five plays to another, Collopy piunging 3 for it after Knight
had reversed 25 to the three and fell down and Ban Perdew had hit two nice passes,
Knight missed goal, 31-12, Thoy made another long drive at the bell which we
stepped on our 4 only after Snorter sent the first team back ine Those Cornhusker
kids were a frisky bunch. They were never licked, playing their best ball when
five tds. behind,

Oklahoma wins Big Six...eThe victory gave us another undispited Big Six title, our

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second in a row, We had 4 wins, 1 tie, Iowa Stato second 3 wins, 1 loss, 1 +13.
It was a weird season, Snorter's boys played more hulleguli football than ever
vefore, breaking a 25-yoar scoring record at the university. Hewever they also
were scored ont i49 ptse, 22 tds, ) more thar ary Oklahoma team of all time, and Poot
bail is 50 years cé@d at Norman this years, We defeated Texas Ags 23-14, Kansas itate
68-0, Texas Christian(Southwest conference champions and meeS Okla. Ageios in Cotton
3ow1) 64-19, Iowa State 12-7, Kansas 20-0 and “ebraska 31-12, We 4057 to Norman

Navy Zoomers 14-28, to Texas O0=20, to Aggies 6-28, Tied Missouri 21-21,

Stuffese..The players autographed the Nebraska game ball with which they won the Big
Six and it will be auctioned off between halves OU-SMU baskatball game herve Friday
night to highest wer bond biddere..oJohn ?acots was hunting cuail. near Capshaw
school house east cf town, started to biow nose, quail fist up under his feet, ska
put the hanky in his mouth; upped his gun, fired twice; missed both shotseocsBrucs
Drake's car stolen from in front of Fieldhouse last night..- Drake just left, accorr.
panied by the sheriff, two detectives and a police dogeeseebut no clues yetese.epro>:
abiy some of the basketball players just borrowed it to go down to the corneress-
Three years ago Bruce lost another Ford V-8 in the South Canadian rivercoecsePlease
lct us have your address changes as promptiy as possible.;. okesults first rourd
class A Okla. HS football playoffs: Classen 20, Ardmore 0; Tulsa Central 12, Ada ¢:.
Perry 22, Sand Springs 0; Altus 15, Lawton 0, This class A only. So long...