1951 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1951 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion
Conference Big Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
Record8–2 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1950
1952  →
1951 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Oklahoma $ 6 –0 –08 –2 –0
Colorado 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Kansas 4 –2 –08 –2 –0
Iowa State 2 –4 –04 –4 –1
Nebraska 2 –4 –02 –8 –0
Missouri 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Kansas State 0 –6 –00 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1951 college football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Seven Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 William & Mary *No. 4
W 49–739,184 [1]
October 6at No. 10 Texas A&M *No. 4
L 7–1434,789–40,000 [2]
October 13vs. No. 6 Texas *
L 7–975,080 [3]
October 20 Kansas No. 19
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 33–2144,462
October 27 Colorado
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 55–1446,686
November 3at Kansas State No. 17
W 33–011,248
November 10at Missouri No. 14
W 34–2023,198
November 17 Iowa State No. 12
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 35–634,761
November 24at Nebraska No. 12
W 27–033,698
December 1 Oklahoma A&M *No. 10
W 41–633,103
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
AP 4 (16)4 (16)4 (16)4 (18)1119—17 (1)14 (1)12 (1)1210 (2)10 (4)

Roster

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season. [5]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL team
217 Jim Weatherall Tackle Philadelphia Eagles
16192Ed RowlandTackle Cleveland Browns

References

  1. ↑ "Sooners display blasting power". Monroe Morning World. September 30, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Big Red stunes by Texas A&M on muddy field". The Wewoka Times. October 7, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Texas edges stubborn Sooners, 9–7". The Ponca City News. October 14, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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