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Kevin Haskin's Tackling Dummy: Lynn Dickey-led Wildcats engineer historic victory at Oklahoma 35 years ago

TRIP IN TIME

45 YEARS AGO/OCT. 24, 1970

K-STATE 19, OKLAHOMA 14

NORMAN, Okla. — Quarterback Lynn Dickey engineered two touchdown drives in the final four minutes as the Wildcats won at Oklahoma for the first time since the 1934 squad captured the Big Six title.

Playing with a pad to protect his bruised ribs, Dickey passed for 384 yards, most of them in the second half, and two touchdowns. Dickey completed 27 of 46 attempts. Henry Hawthorne led the Cats’ receivers with six grabs for 138 yards.

“Lynn Dickey!