Oklahoma score in waning minutes downs Texas, 14-13, extending win string to 24 | Ou

Practically duplicating their wonder complete of the week in advance of to nudge the Texas Aggies, 28-24, Mentor Bud Wilkinson’s tiring but established and effectively-conditioned Sooners took brief advantage of a split in the past four minutes to appear from behind a 13-7 deficit.

But when Dame Fortune did grin broadly, the Massive Crimson struck and struck challenging, scoring in two plays from the 11- property line. Right here is the “blow-by-blow” account of the unexpected flip of occasions that still left a Cotton Bowl throng of 75,346 astound and limp.

Texas took the ball on its personal 23 next a Dick Heatly punt of 33 yards. The Longhorns wound up on their own 16 right after 3 performs and a 5-property penalty.

Then Billy Porter went back to punt on the fourth down. He fumbled the ball momentarily and the Faster line swarmed him down on the 11-lawn line.

Then in two performs, Oklahoma scored. Billy Vessels, the dynamic sophomore from Cleveland, Okla. was stopped for no acquire on a pitch-out.

Then the Sooners took time out and cooked up the tying touchdown play. Quarterback Claud Arnold, whose directing of the Quicker attack was on the brilliant aspect, faked to Leon Heath, the bruising fullback who dented the Longhorns all afternoon with his ability.

The ideal side of the Texas line was fooled. Vessels wound up with the ball on a reverse play and hammered his way across. And “hammer” is the right term. He experienced assistance with a superior block on the Texas left finish, but just throughout the line of scrimmage he rammed into Bill Wilson, the Texas tackle.

Wilson went down – flat – and Vessels went throughout standing up.

Jim Weatherall that same exceptional tackle who missed a person underneath hearth previous week in the initially “O.U. miracle” calmly booted the additional place – and the No. 3 workforce of the country had defeated the No. 4 workforce and put in a obstacle for the No. 1 location.

It was the 3rd straight victory for the Sooners over Texas, and while they acquired some breaks nowadays to snatch this one particular out of the fireplace, the “Wondermen” from Oklahoma had it when they required it.

Oklahoma went out in front in the first period scoring at 4:12 on 5 plays that protected 52 yards.

“Mule-Trair” Heath and Vessels established the phase for this tally — Vessels contributing 19 yards on a pitchout and Heath thundering 29 yards on a handoff to the Texas 2.

Vessels plowed over for the tally and Weatherall transformed.

The Longhorns bounced back again to tie it up early in the next interval.

They traveled 47 yards in 8 plays. Byron Townsend, the rip roaring Texas fullback who obtained 85 yards in 29 performs these days, took treatment of the inside get the job done on the Sooner line in this push.

The critical play, nonetheless, was a tough 1 in which Deal with Gene Vykukal turned eligible by means of a switch with Ben Proctor, Longhorn left close and took a location go from quarterback Ben Tompkins good for 20 yards to the O.U. 15.

Townsend then shot through a gaping gap in the Sooner remaining facet to score quickly. Porter converted to knot the score.

The Sooners showed the things of which they are made 2 times in that similar quarter. Once they found them selves back on their personal five-yard line adhering to Porter’s out of bounds kick in the coffin corner.

But with Arnold jogging the club in magnificent fashion, the Sooners punched out and moved 60 yards. Heath and Heatly did the line taming, but the huge participate in was a 19-garden go to Frankie Anderson from Vessels who experienced taken a pitch out from Arnold.

A fumble halted this Faster travel and then Oklahoma had to place up a huge objective line stand just moments later as the Longhorns drove 64 yards to inside of inches of the Faster goal.

Townsend and Lew Levine gobbled up most of the yardage through a tiring Oklahoma Line.

A shoe-string catch by Proctor of a Thompkins’ flat zone go put the ball on the Sooner five-yard line — 1st and aim and considerably less than a moment to engage in in the initial and target and significantly less than a minute to play in the very first 50 percent.

Townsend bulled to the just one. Then the established Sooners stopped three photographs at their line as the fifty percent ended.

Early in the fourth time period, the Sooners designed a passing miscalculation and Texas went into a 13-7 guide.

From his have 40, Heatly uncorked a move to Anderson. Bobby Dillon, a reserve halfback, streaked in front of Anderson, hauled the ball down at midfield and raced together the east sidelines all the way to score. He experienced an “assist” from Jim Milburn, a tackle who blocked out the final Oklahoman.

Porter missed the conversion which later proved disastrous.

Texas and Oklahoma both equally missed touchdowns on passes that should really have been taken care of.

In the initial quarter Tompkins laid just one in Proctor’s hand at the target line — but the large Texas wingman dropped it.

In the 3rd period of time, Arnold laid a person into the arms of Jack Lockett who was in the conclude zone by himself — but Lockett flubbed it too.

Before Texas went into the guide in the fourth period, the Sooners had a prospect to rating when Anderson recovered a Longhorn fumble on the Texas 19 but the Sooners could not transfer and Texas took about on its individual 16.

Both of those golf equipment experienced their heroes in this epic battle right now but Don Menasco, a defensive conclude for the Longhorns, was the stand-out. He seemed to diagnose the Oklahoma plays with relieve and he arrived up with at least ten jarring tackles on the Sooners.

For Oklahoma, the defensive standouts had been Guard Bert Clark, Norman McNabb, Tackle Ed Rowland and Buddy Jones.

The orchid most likely has to go to Clark, who was credited officially with 10 unassisted tackles.

In the last investigation, it was Oklahoma’s valiant intention line stand in the waning seconds of the 1st half — and the Sooners means to capitalize on the Longhorns fumble on a punt endeavor in the last 4 minutes.

DALLAS — Here’s what the opposing coaches in the Oklahoma-Texas football vintage had to say following the Sooners’ 14-13 victory went into the history guides.

Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma — “Our boys have a environment of coronary heart. It took that fumbled punt to beat Texas, but it appears if you engage in tough plenty of, matters like that will occur.”

“I imagined Billy Vessels manufactured a great run for that final landing. All the boys performed good, tough football.”

Blair Cherry, Texas — “Oklahoma has a high-quality workforce with loads of hustle and proved that they have been superior sufficient to win the recreation. There was very little improper with us apart from that our offense looked undesirable.

“We had been not able to capitalize on breaks as Oklahoma did …

“Claud Arnold was the outstanding participant for Oklahoma. He was the significant gun basically by mixing his plays nicely.”

Wilkinson was reminded of his pre-period statement that if the Sooners acquired through the to start with a few game titles, they may possibly go undefeated.

The handsome Quicker coach grinned and stated: “We’re in much better condition than if we had lost.”

Impression of the just about 400 information, radio and Tv adult males masking this “Barnum and Bailey” double-header was that the ball bounced appropriate for Oklahoma all the way.

The Sooners recovered a few Texas fumbles. Buck McPhail, Quicker kickoff expert, recovered a Texas bobble on the opening kickoff on the Texas 33.

Texas never truly bought out of that hole. The Sooners did not take quick edge of that recovery, but Dick Heatly’s ensuing punt that went out on the 3-property line set the phase for the Sooners’ first landing when Texas could punt out the 3rd interval.

Midway by way of the interval, the Longhorns get a 55-garden march going, but Townsend fumbled on the 5 and Buddy Jones recovered.

Afterwards in the period, right after Oklahoma experienced pushed to the Texas 24 only to be stopped, Townsend yet again fumbled and Anderson recovered the Longhorn 19.

These were the breaks — alongside with Billy Porter’s fumble as he tried out to punt from his possess 16 in the past 4 minutes of the contest — to which Cherry referred.

Texas fell on two Oklahoma fumbles. Claud Arnold was knocked unfastened from the ball on the Oklahoma 12 in the very first time period as the Sooners stopped a Texas march when Jack Lockett intercepted a Longhorn move on the OU 5.

But the Texans couldn’t capitalize. The Sooners dumped Texas for 18 yards in losses again to the 30, forcing Texas coffin corner punt effort and hard work which barely skipped-but went into the end zone.

Midway in the 2nd warmth, Leon Heath fumbled just after OU had march 60 yards out of hazard induced by Porter’s out-of-bounds punt on OU’s 5-yard line. Bill Williams tackle recovered on the Texas 35, and the Longhorns instantly repulsed a few line smashes from the 1-yard marker.

And which is the story of the fumbles, or breaks J.H.T.