At the end of that season, Okeson played for Duquesne against the 1898 Western Pennsylvania All-Star football team, formed by Latrobe manager Dave Berry.

The 1934 edition of the Guide contained a "National Champion Foot Ball Teams" list compiled by football historian Parke H. Davis, who died before publication.

As editor, Okeson was responsible for the subsequent additions to this list in the 1935 and 1936 editions of the Guide, which were then titled "Outstanding Nationwide and Sectional Teams" that were "Originally Compiled by the late Parke H.

... After 50 years of football as a player in prep school, college and professional teams, as a coach of high school, college and 'pro' teams, as an official, a graduate manager, a Commissioner of Officials, Chairman of the Foot Ball Rules Committee, I am convinced that calling foot ball part of the educational program is a lot of 'hooey.'

Permit foot ball to hold its place as the greatest game ever devised for young men who love body contact, as the highlight in the college sports program.