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University Daily Kansan Monday, Oct. 21, 1957
KU Unable To Hold Sooners Who Romp To 47-0 Victory
Four University of Oklahoma football teams drove a much slower Kansas team into the ground in Norman Saturday and won, 47-0.
It was the Sooners' 61st straight conference victory and their 44th consecutive victory.
It was a case of too many and too fast Saturday as the Sooners ground out 447 vards rushing to KU's 95. The Jayhawkers could not even move through the air as Oklahoma outgained them in that department, 93-64.
Oklahoma right half Clendon Thomas carried 15 times for 120 yards—25 yards more than the total for the Kansas squad. Jake Sandefer, left half, carried 12 times for 76 yards.
There were no spectacular breakaway runs. It was simply a matter of speed and power. The Sooner line outcharged the Jayhawkers and the backs slipped through holes that were open one second and blocked the next.
Ten plays after the Sooners took the opening kickoff on the 48-yard line Thomas went through right tackle for six yards and a touchdown.
Kansas' first offensive drive ended when Jim Letevits punted to the OU 36-yard line. The Sooners scored with 3:51 to go in the first quarter as they went 51 yards in 11 plays.
Thirty one seconds later Sooner Fullback David Rolle took a pass in the end zone from David Baker to make the score 21-0. Homer Floyd had fumbled on the KU 18.
The Sooners scored once more in the first half when Dick Carpenter caught a pass in the end zone with 6:31 left in the half. Nine plays earlier KU had punted 26 yards to their own 36-yard line.
Floyd returned the fifth kick-off of the football game 31 yards to the Kansas 37 and eight plays later Letecavits punted out of bounds on the Sooner 27.
Oklahoma drove to the Kansas 8-yard line in 14 plays but Bob Kraus recovered a Sooner fumble and Oklahoma failed to score again in the first half.
Oklahoma scored twice in the third period making the score read 40-0. Rolle went over right guard for 11 yards to score with four minutes left in the quarter and with 2:38 left Baker went 8 yards on a keeper play off right guard. The Sooners went 16 yards in two plays for this touchdown.
The game's final touchdown came when Sandefe took a pitchout and went around end for eight yards and the Sooners' 46th point. Carl Dodd added his fifth extra point.
A crowd of 55,000 watched the Sooners regain their place in the sun—No.1 in the collegiate rankings
Kansas tried to fool the Sooners with an on-sides kick to start the game but Bob Harrison of Oklahoma fell on the ball on the Sooner 48.
The Oklahoma alternate units performed somewhat better than did the first team. In the third period the No. 1 squad was stopped twice by bad pitchouts, by Dodd which Kansas recovered.
Kansas players after the game agreed that Oklahoma had too many men of equal desire and ability.
Chuck Mather thought this year's Oklahoma team was "better than last season's, especially on defense."
Mather and some of his players, in comparing Oklahoma to Oregon State, were agreed that the Beavers would be no match for the depthladen Sooners.
Halfback Larry Carrier said Oklahoman "wont have any trouble with Colorado at all."
The Jayhawkers, early in the game, were hitting harder than in any game this season but as Wilkinson said after the game, "They hit very hard at first but gradually ran out of gas. I could see effects of the flu in them even while they were warming up."
CLENDON THOMAS—He rushed 25 yards more than the entire Kansas team
Wave Of Upsets Stuns Nation's Grid Powers As Halfway Point Nears
The nation's college grid powers—the few still unscatched and the walking wounded from Saturday's wave of upsets—plunge into "back-yard" conference play Saturday as the season passes the halfway point.
The highly attractive schedule is featured by key games in the Big 10, Atlantic Coast, Southwest and Ivy leagues plus such juicy non-conference fare as Notre Dame vs. Pittsburgh, Mississippi vs. Arkansas and Auburn vs. Houston.
The season's most spectacular successions of upsets claimed no fewer than four of the country's top 10 teams Saturday as Purdue defeated first-ranked Michigan State, 20-13, Illinois defeated third-ranked Minnesota, 34-13, UCLA defeated seventh-ranked Oregon State, 26-7, and Texas stunned ninth-ranked Arkansas, 17-0.
Both Michigan State and Minnesota face the necessity of bouncing back Saturday against formidable big 10 opponents. Michigan State (2-1 in the conference race) plays Illinois (1-1) and Minnesota (2-1) faces Michigan (1-1). Iowa and Ohio State, tied for the conference lead with 2-0 records, play Northwestern
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Pittsburg State was all alone ator the Central Intercollegiate Conference standings today but a taut battle was underway in the Kansas Conference between unbeaten Kansas Wesleyan and oncoming Baker University.
Pittsburg State All Alone Atop CIC Grid Standings
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Carnie Smith's Pitt eleven, presse severely only once in six straight victorious engagements, has four remaining contests with only defending champion, St. Benedict's, rating an outside chance of overtaking. The Ravens are 3-1 for the season and have three remaining conference games.
Pittsburg defeated Fort Hays State 54-0 last weekend while St. Benedict's moved past Washburn 40-13.
This week, Pittsburg meets Washburn while the Ravens take or Southwestern.
The Winfield, Kan., school was a 12-6 victim of Emporia State.
Emporia State engages Fort Hays Oct. 26 to round out another weekend of full conference action.
K-Wesleyan kept its mark unblemished with a 33-14 decision over McPherson in the Kansas Conference but Baker, marred only by a 7-7 tie with College of Emporia, kept pace with a 47-21 victory over Bethany.
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(0-2) and Wisconsin (1-1) respectively.
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The big one in the Atlantic Coast Conference will pit sixth-ranked Duke against North Carolina State in a game that probably will decide the title. The Blue Devils romped over Wake Forest, 34-7, Saturday while N. C. State played a scoreless tie with Miami, Fla., Friday night. Duke is 4-0 and N. C. State 3-0 in conference competition.
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Wesleyan meets College of Emporia, 51-6 losers to William Jewel of MIAA and Baker hopes to keep its title hopes alive against Bethel. The Newton, Kan., team clipped Friends 19-7 Saturday.
Friends, taking its name literally has lost six straight games and meets McPherson Friday night. Ottawa conquered Sterling 13-0 in its last start and vies with Bethany in Saturday's action. Sterling goes against non-league Dana.
Conference Games
Big 8 Standings
W L Pet.
Oklahoma 2 0 1.00
Missouri 1 0 1.00
Nebraska 1 0 1.00
Colorado 1 1 1.00
Iowa State 1 2 3.23
Kansas 1 2 2.33
Kansas State 2 0 2.00
x-Not eligible to compete for conference title.
W L T Pct.
Oklahoma 4 0 0 1.000
Missouri 3 1 1 1.700
Colorado 3 1 1 1.700
Oklahoma State 3 1 1 1.700
New York 2 2 1 5.000
Kansas State 1 3 1 1.300
Kansas 1 3 1 .300
Nebraska 1 4 0 .250
Oklahoma 47, Kansas 0.
Missouri 35, Iowa State 13.
Kansas State 14.
Syracuse 26, Nebraska 9.
Oklahoma State 6, Houston 6 (tie)
Saturday's Results
All Games
Games This Week
Colorado at Oklahoma.
Nebraska at Missouri.
Kansas at Miami (Fla.)
Kansas State at Iowa State.
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