1954 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1954 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion
Conference Big Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record10–0 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
  • Gene Calame
  • Gene Mears
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1953
1955  →
1954 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Oklahoma $ 6 –0 –010 –0 –0
Nebraska 4 –2 –06 –5 –0
Colorado 3 –2 –17 –2 –1
Missouri 3 –2 –14 –5 –1
Kansas State 3 –3 –07 –3 –0
Iowa State 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Kansas 0 –6 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Oklahoma Sooners football team (variously "Oklahoma", "OU", or the "Sooners") represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1954 college football season, the sixtieth season of Sooner football. Led by eighth-year head coach Bud Wilkinson, they played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, and were members of the Big Seven Conference.

Contents

The Sooners went undefeated and were ranked third in both final polls, released in late November at the end of the regular season. Because of a conference "no-repeat" rule, Oklahoma did not play in a bowl game. [1] [2] Unranked runner-up Nebraska was invited to the Orange Bowl, [1] and was defeated 34–7by No. 14 Duke. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 18at No. 12 California *No. 2
 ABC W 27–1348,095
September 25No. 20 TCU *No. 1
W 21–1650,878
October 9vs. No. 15 Texas *No. 1
W 14–776,204 [3]
October 16at Kansas No. 1
W 65–028,211
October 23 Kansas State No. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 21–046,356
October 30at Colorado No. 2
W 13–631,247
November 6at Iowa State No. 3
W 40–010,209
November 13 Missouri No. 3
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 34–1354,173
November 20 Nebraska No. 3
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 55–755,172
November 27at Oklahoma A&M *No. 3
W 14–038,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910Final
AP 2 (74)1 (56)2 (24)1 (77)1 (118)1 (115)2 (74)3 (42)3 (44)3 (28)3 (31)3 (35)

Roster

NFL Draft

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

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL team
12 Max Boydston End Chicago Cardinals
113 Kurt Burris Center Cleveland Browns
329 Buddy Leake Back Green Bay Packers
16182Bob HerndonBackChicago Cardinals
18217Steve ChamplinTackleCleveland Browns
22263 Carl Allison Back Detroit Lions

References

  1. 1 2 "Busy scoreboard eyed as Duke, Nebraska tangle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 1, 1955. p. 8.
  2. 1 2 Funk, Ben (January 2, 1955). "Duke rips Huskers 34-7". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  3. ↑ "Sooners tip Texas 14–7". The Odessa American. October 10, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "1954 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
  5. ↑ "1955 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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