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Monday, Oct. 21. 1957 University Daily Kans
By GEORGE ANTHAN
(Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
A shirtsleeved Chuck Mather walked out on the playing field in Norman Saturday and shook hands with Bud Wilkinson, the coach whose team had just defeated him. 47-0.
The two men left the field arm-in-arm but I doubt if they had very much to say to each other. What can a coach who had been defeated 47-0 say except, why?
As the two coaches left the field the 55,000 fans quietly got up. There was no cheer as the final gun went off. Bud Wilkinson had won his 44th straight game, as expected.
Some of the people smiled knowingly at each other as if there never really was any doubt, and there wasn't.
This Kansas team that on paper looked strong before the season again showed definite sieve-like qualities in the defensive department and folded like an accordion on offense.
Wilkinson was the right man at the right time. Jim Tatum, in 1946, got the veritable snowball rolling and Wilkinson stepped in and was the kind of man to keep it rolling.
If one factor could be singled out as having the most to do with Oklahoma's football fortunes it would have to be Wilkinson and his coaching methods.
Oklahoma and Kansas, after the war, found themselves in similar situations. Both schools had a wealth of material in men returning from the armed forces. That was what started the football rolling in Sooner land because coaches were on the spot and took advantage of the situation. Kansas had no such coaches.
Wilkinson instills in his men a fierce desire to play and win each game. Their physical condition is superb. The system of three or four separate teams with each doing its best to outdo the other takes advantage of this great desire to win and an opponent is pounded mercilessly into the ground.
There is no relief in sight for Kansas. Missouri, Miami and Oklahoma State loom as ghosts in the KU loss column while Nebraska and Kansas State could be rated even money.
In any event we wonder if Chuck Mather will, in 1958, be the Kansas coach who walks out on the field to congratulate Bud Wilkinson.
We had the very distinct pleasure Saturday in Oklahoma's press box, of sitting next to the conference's only lady sports editor. She is Mrs. Joan Emerson, the charming but very excitable sports editor of the Daily Oklahoma.
An otherwise drab and dreary game was brightened by Mrs. Emerson who literally bubbled over with information about the Sooner team. She too had little doubt what the final score would be and her face paled only when the Sooners made one of their few mistakes or when someone mentioned the University of Notre Dame. It was the spunky Irish who defeated Oklahoma in Norman in 1953 and Notre Dame comes back to Norman Nov. 16.
Sooner fans didn't take too kindly when we meekly suggested that Bud and boys would not have won 61 straight conference games in the Big Ten.
The unfortunate but true situation is that Big Eight football is something less than miserable. It's one thing to face Minnesota, Ohio State, Iowa, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan on successive weekends year after year than to face what for the Sooners have become pushovers a la king.
With the exception of Colorado, Notre Dame and Texas, the Sooners have few worries. In the last few years neither of the above teams have been of the caliber of Big Ten squads.
Oklahoma has collegiate football's longest victory streak, it has a magnificent football team but it also has a weak schedule.
Oklahoma-Colorado Game To Be Televised
Hirth-powered Colorado and need-no-adjective Oklahoma meet in the Big Eight's annual clash of the year this weekend with the photo finish, if history repeats, to be channeled into area living rooms.
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almost a decade the nearest thing to a "match" the Oklahoma-doninated Big Eight has mustered, will be televised regionally under the NCAA'S TV program.
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OU, Missouri Win By Large Margins To Stay Undefeated In League Play
Wildcats Score Twice
All Big Eight teams were in action Saturday and a look now finds Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska still undefeated in league play. Oklahoma, Missouri, and Colorado were victorious in their games while Oklahoma State tied Houston. Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska and Iowa State all went down to defeat by large margins.
Kansas' neighbor, Kansas State, lost to powerful Colorado, 42-14, in the Wildcat's homecoming game at Manhattan. Again, as it has been in past games, it was tailback Bob Stransky and wingback Eddie Dove who gave the opposition the most trouble. Stransky last week was ranked No. 2 ground gainer in the nation and Saturday picked up 168 yards on 14 carries. He also hit 5 of 6 passes for the Buffaloes to add 93 yards for a grand total of 261 yards.
Bus Mertes' Wildcats marched 64 yards, the score coming when quarterback Dick Corbin carried over from the 1-yard line.
Coach Dal Ward's Golden Buffs led at the half 21-0 and at the end of the third quarter 35-0. It was in the third quarter that K-State struck for its two touchdowns. The first came when halfback Ralph Pfeifer intercepted a Colorado flat pass and raced 62 yards for the touchdown. The second came after Colorado had scored its final touchdown of the game. With the clock running out,
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The Buffalooes earned their touchdowns the hard way as they marched over 70 yards for all but two of them. Stransky and Dove divided the scoring honors, each accounting for three touchdowns. Stransky booted one extra point to lead the scoring with 19 points.
Colorado had a total of 647 yards on offense while holding K-State to 244 yards.
Missouri, playing its opening conference game, was hard pressed to down Iowa State at Ames. With the score reading 7-7 at the half, Missouri struck fast, getting two touchdowns in both the third and fourth quarters.
Rely on Backfield
The Tigers relied heavily on their fullbacks as Hank Kuhlmann, Roger McCoy and Fred Henger moved distances of 52, 53, and 77 yards for touchdowns.
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Dodd also had his ideas on the best plays of the game. "The off
Nebraska lost its third game of the year Saturday, this time to unbeaten Syracuse. After being behind 9-7 at the end of the first quarter, Syracuse struck back with 13 points in the second quarter and six in the final period to keep their undefeated string alive. It was a strong passing attack by Syracuse that went against the Cornhuskers.
NEW YORK — (UP) — The Athletic department and student newspapers are conducting a contest at New York University in an effort to give the school a different athletic nickname from "Violets." A prize of $50 will be presented to the student who comes up with the best new nickname.
Oklahoma State, the newest
Oklahoma Dressing Room Quiet After 47-0 Victory
Quarterback Carl Dodd was happy over the game, but gave all indications that the players weren't too worried about the outcome. He stated, "The Texas game pulled us together. We knew we had to get together to win the game. So today we were really out after them. (Kansas)"
Quietness prevailed in the Oklahoma dressing room Saturday following their 47-0 trouncing of Kansas University. It was a quietness that comes from someone who has done a job correctly and as was expected. The quiet monotone chatter of the players was broken now and then when a fan would come in and loudly offer his congratulations. Other than that, it was just another game for their victory column, their 44th straight.
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tackle plays were good. Also in the first half, the wide stuff we were playing was good. However, the second half Kansas started shooting the gaps to slow that down."
member of the Big Eight, tied Houston after the Houston squad pushed over a touchdown with 83 seconds left to play. Oklahoma State scored its only touchdown in the first quarter on a 6-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Dick Soergel to halfback Duane Wood. Halfback John Jacobs had two chances to convert for the Cowboys but both attempts were wide.
It was with four minutes and 55 seconds left on the clock that Hogan Wharton, Houston tackle, blocked a punt by Jim Wiggins on the Oklahoma State 24-yard line. After seven plays, Houston quarterback Sam Blount went over from two yards out to tie the game. Blount's attempt at the extra point was wide following a five yard penalty.
Poland Edges Russia, 2-1
WARSAW, Poland — (UP) — Poland defeated Russia, 2-1, Sunday to hand the soviet team its first setback in a bid for the world soccer title. A crowd of 100,000 saw the game at Katowice's Chorzov Stadium.
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