1959 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1959 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion
Conference Big Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 15
Record7–3 (5–1 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
(capacity:: 61,724)
Seasons
  1958
1960  
1959 Big Seven Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Oklahoma $ 5 1 07 3 0
No. 18 Missouri 4 2 06 5 0
Colorado 3 3 05 5 0
Iowa State 3 3 07 3 0
Kansas 3 3 05 5 0
Nebraska 2 4 04 6 0
Kansas State 1 5 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1959 NCAA University Division 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

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26at No. 10 Northwestern *No. 2 NBC L 13–4550,010
October 3 Colorado W 42–1253,745
October 10vs. No. 4 Texas *No. 13NBCL 12–1975,504
October 17at Missouri W 23–038,561
October 24 Kansas No. 18
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 7–651,013
October 31at Nebraska No. 19L 21–2532,703
November 7at Kansas State W 36–011,204
November 14 Army *
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
NBCW 28–2062,472
November 21 Iowa State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 35–1246,529
November 28 Oklahoma State *No. 17
W 17–759,136
  • *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.
— = Not ranked. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
AP 2 (48)2 (12)13 (2)1819171515

Postseason

NFL Draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season. [2]

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Prentice Gautt Running back219 Cleveland Browns
Bobby Boyd Defensive back10119 Baltimore Colts
Gilmer LewisTackle20233 Green Bay Packers

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References

  1. "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  2. "1960 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.