1958 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1958 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 21–6 vs. Syracuse
Conference Big Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
Record10–1 (7–0 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1957
1959  →
1958 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Oklahoma $ 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
Missouri 4 –1 –15 –4 –1
Colorado 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Kansas 3 –2 –14 –5 –1
Kansas State 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Nebraska 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
Iowa State 0 –6 –04 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1958 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

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27No. 13 West Virginia *No. 2
W 47–1455,432 [1]
October 4 Oregon *No. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 6–060,511
October 11vs. No. 16 Texas *No. 2
L 14–1575,780
October 18at Kansas No. 11
 NBC W 43–028,861
October 25 Kansas State No. 9
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 40–647,743
November 1at No. 9 Colorado No. 7
W 23–728,264
November 8at Iowa State No. 6
W 20–010,314
November 15 Missouri No. 6
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
NBCW 39–054,268
November 22 Nebraska No. 4
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 40–744,740
November 29at Oklahoma State No. 3
W 7–037,014
January 1, 1959vs. No. 9 Syracuse *No. 5
W 21–675,281
  • *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
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910Final
AP 2 (23)2 (12)1 (66)2 (24)119 (1)7 (5)6 (8)6 (3)4 (22)3 (9)5 (10)

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season. [3]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL team
15 Dave Baker Quarterback San Francisco 49ers
217 Bob Harrison CenterSan Francisco 49ers
20237 Ross Coyle End Los Angeles Rams

References

  1. ↑ "New look Sooners maul West Virginia". Shawnee News-Star. September 28, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ "1959 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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