1948 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1948 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Seven champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 14–6 vs. North Carolina
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
APNo. 5
1948 record10–1 (5–0 Big 7)
Head coach
  • Bud Wilkinson (2nd season)
Captains
  • Homer Paine
  • Wade Walker
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Big Seven Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Oklahoma $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Missouri 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Kansas 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Colorado 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Iowa State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Nebraska 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1948 college football season. In their second year under head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners compiled a 10–1 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the Big Seven Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 350 to 121.[1][2]

Two Sooners received All-America honors in 1948, Buddy Burris, and Jack Mitchell.[3] Six Sooners received all-conference honors: Burris (guard), Mitchell (back), Owens (end), Paine (tackle), Thomas (back), and Walker (tackle).[4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 25at Santa Clara*
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 17–207,000
October 5Texas A&M*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 42–1427,000
October 9vs. Texas*
  • Fair Park
  • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)
W 20–1470,345
October 16Kansas StateNo. 20
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 42–026,000
October 23at TCU*No. 18
W 21–1820,000
October 30at Iowa StateNo. 16
  • Clyde Williams Stadium
  • Ames, IA
W 33–69,985
November 6No. 9 MissouriNo. 15
W 41–739,297
November 13NebraskaNo. 9
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 41–1428,000
November 20at KansasNo. 8
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
W 60–739,000
November 27at Oklahoma A&M*No. 6
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)
W 19–1530,000
January 1, 1949vs. No. 3 North Carolina*No. 5
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)
W 14–680,383
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1945–1949". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

Roster[]

  • Claude Arnold
  • Jack Mitchell
  • QB Darrell Royal, Jr.

Rankings[]

See also: 1948 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final 
AP Not released NR 20 18 16 (1) 15 (2) 9 (5) 8 (5) 6 (13) 5 (30)

Postseason[]

NFL draft[]

Two Sooners were selected in the 1949 NFL Draft, held in December 1948.[5]

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Myrl Greathouse Back 7 62 Chicago Cardinals
Jim Owens End 23 225 Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Owens played another season for Oklahoma in 1949.

References[]

  1. ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "1948 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  5. ^ "1949 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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