1963 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1963 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference Big Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 9
Record8–2 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach
Captains
  • John Garrett
  • Larry Vermillion
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1962
1964  
1963 Big Eight Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Nebraska $ 7 0 010 1 0
No. 9 Oklahoma 6 1 08 2 0
Missouri 5 2 07 3 0
Kansas 3 4 05 5 0
Iowa State 3 4 04 5 0
Colorado 2 5 02 8 0
Kansas State 1 5 02 7 0
Oklahoma State 0 6 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson, who would retire from coaching after the conclusion of the season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 21 Clemson *No. 4W 31–1462,034 [1]
September 28at No. 1 USC *No. 3 CBS W 17–1252,245
October 12vs. No. 2 Texas *No. 1CBSL 7–2876,004
October 19 Kansas No. 6
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 21–1861,826
October 26at Kansas State No. 7W 34–912,200
November 2 Colorado No. 6
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 35–049,402
November 9 Iowa State No. 6
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 24–1451,688
November 16at Missouri No. 5CBSW 13–350,711
November 23at No. 10 Nebraska No. 6L 20–2938,362
November 30 Oklahoma State No. 10
W 34–1050,678
  • *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
PollPre1234567891011Final
AP 43 (2)1 (36)1 (40)67665610810

Postseason

NFL draft

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

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Team
112 Joe Don Looney Running back New York Giants
11152 Glen Condren TackleNew York Giants
14189John GarrettLinebacker Los Angeles Rams

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References

  1. "Sooners storm back for 31–14 victory". Albuquerque Journal. September 22, 1963. Retrieved January 20, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  3. "1964 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.