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
(capacity: 55,647)
Seasons
  1950
1952  
1951 Big Seven Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 1 5 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. 4W 49–739,184
October 6at No. 10 Texas A&M *No. 4L 7–1434,789
October 13vs. No. 6 Texas *L 7–975,080 [1]
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. 17W 33–011,248
November 10at Missouri No. 14W 34–2023,198
November 17 Iowa State No. 12
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 35–634,761
November 24at Nebraska No. 12W 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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Roster

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)111917 (1)14 (1)12 (1)1210 (2)10 (4)

Postseason

NFL Draft

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

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

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References

  1. "Texas edges stubborn Sooners, 9–7". The Ponca City News. October 14, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  3. "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.