1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1957 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 48–21 vs. Duke
Conference Big Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record10–1 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1956
1958  →
1957 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Oklahoma $ 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
Kansas 4 –2 –05 –4 –1
Missouri 3 –3 –05 –4 –1
Colorado 3 –3 –06 –3 –1
Iowa State 2 –4 –04 –5 –1
Kansas State 2 –4 –03 –6 –1
Nebraska 1 –5 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1957 college football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, and were members of the Big Seven Conference. They were two-time defending national champions (1955, 1956), led by head coach Bud Wilkinson, in his eleventh season.

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The Sooners won their first seven games in 1957, but were upset at home by unranked Notre Dame on November 16, stopping Oklahoma's record-breaking win streak at 47 games. [1] It was their only loss of the season; they finished fourth in both final polls in early December, [2] [3] and won the Orange Bowl in January. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 21at No. 8 Pittsburgh *No. 1
W 26–059,025
October 5 Iowa State No. 1
W 40–1453,392
October 12vs. Texas *No. 1
 NBC W 21–775,504 [5]
October 19 Kansas No. 2
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 47–051,582
October 26 Colorado No. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
NBCW 14–1361,624
November 2at Kansas State No. 2
W 13–015,480
November 9at No. 19 Missouri No. 2
W 39–1439,018
November 16 Notre Dame *No. 2
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
NBCL 0–763,170
November 23at Nebraska No. 6
W 32–729,844
November 30 Oklahoma State *No. 5
W 53–652,366
January 1, 1958vs. No. 16 Duke *No. 4
 CBS W 48–2176,318 [6]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[7]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910Final
AP 1 (127)1 (65)1 (81)1 (65)2 (64)1 (89)2 (51)2 (48)2 (46)6 (4)5 (8)4 (22)

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season. [8]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL team
219 Clendon Thomas Back Los Angeles Rams
332 Bill Krisher Guard Pittsburgh Steelers
14164Doyle JenningsTacklePittsburgh Steelers
18215 Dennit Morris Back San Francisco 49ers

References

  1. ↑ "Irish snap Sooners' string, 7-0". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 17, 1957. p. 1C.
  2. ↑ "Coaches rate Buckeyes tops in final poll". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. December 2, 1957. p. 18.
  3. ↑ "Auburn tops final poll; Badgers 19th". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. December 3, 1957. p. 4, part 2.
  4. ↑ "Sooners cash in on six mistakes; crush Duke, 48-21". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. January 2, 1958. p. 3, part 2.
  5. ↑ "Sooners survive Texas ordeal, 21–7". Tulsa Sunday World. October 13, 1957. Retrieved April 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Sooners explode to rout Duke". The San Francisco Examiner. January 2, 1958. Retrieved January 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  8. ↑ "1958 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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