Thursday. Oct. 30, 1958 University Daily Kansan Page:5
Sooner-Buff Game Rated Toss-Up; But Colorado Looks Best on Paper
The "game of the year" as far as the Big Eight conference is concerned will be played this Saturday between Oklahoma and Colorado at Boulder.
The Buffs and not the Sooners are the league leaders, both in games won and in statistics. Colorado has run up a total of 2056 yards on the ground and through the air. The Sooners are second with 1911.
Barring any late season upsets, this match will again decide the league championship. But things are a little different this year.
Prentice Gautt, Oklahoma's current leading ground gainer with 216 yards, ranks no higher than eighth in the league.
For the first time in many seasons, the Sooners do not have an outstanding rusher. The Billy Vessels and Tommy McDonalds are gone.
By comparison, the Buffaloes have three backs among the top 10 rushers. Tailback Howard Cook leads the league with 500 yards in 69 carries. Eddie Dove is fourth with 361 yards gained.
Oklahoma leads in top passers. The Sooners have Bobby Boyd and David Baker, who rank fifth and sixth respectively in the league. Cook, the Buff best passer, is right behind them in seventh place.
Bovd has completed 15 passes for 241 yards, Baker 12 for 206 and Cook 9 for 151.
Cook tops the Big Eight in searing with 53 points on eight touchdowns, one conversion and a field goal. Oklahoma has no scorer among the top ten.
But statistics and records will not decide the outcome of this one. The game is rated a toss-up by the experts.
According to Coach Dal Ward of the Buffaloes, Colorado's chief problem will be matching the Sooners' depth. Ward rates the first units of both teams equal, but says Oklahoma has a better second unit.
Coach Bud Wilkinson of the Sooners took his squad to Denver a day early this year to permit an extra workout in the mountain air. He said that this year's Colorado team is "the best ever."
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