1952 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1952 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Seven champion
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
1952 record8–1–1 (5–0–1 Big 7)
Head coach
  • Bud Wilkinson (6th season)
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 55,647)
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Big Seven Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Oklahoma $ 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Missouri 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Nebraska 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Kansas 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Colorado 2 – 2 – 2 6 – 2 – 2
Iowa State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1952 college football season. It was the 58th season of play for the Sooners. Led by head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners offense scored 407 points, while the defense allowed only 141.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27at ColoradoNo. 4
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
T 21–2130,569[1]
October 4Pittsburgh*No. 20
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 49–2037,716[1]
October 11vs. Texas*No. 12
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX (Red River Showdown)
W 49–2075,504[1]
October 18at No. 8 KansasNo. 6
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
W 42–2037,946[1]
October 25Kansas StateNo. 3
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 49–638,168[1]
November 1at Iowa StateNo. 3
  • Clyde Williams Stadium
  • Ames, IA
W 41–09,619[1]
November 8at No. 10 Notre Dame*No. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
NBCL 21–2757,466[1]
November 15MissouriNo. 8
W 47–743,393[1]
November 22NebraskaNo. 5
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 34–1342,489[1]
November 29at Oklahoma A&M*No. 4
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)
W 54–721,408[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

  • QB Eddie Crowder, Sr.
  • G J.D. Roberts, Jr.
  • HB Billy Vessels, Sr.
  • E Carl Allison, So.

Rankings[]

See also: 1952 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 9 Final 
AP 4 (16) 20 12 (1) 6 (5) 3 (23) 3 (20) 4 (27) 8 5 (1) 4 (3) 4 (14)

Awards and honors[]

Postseason[]

NFL draft[]

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

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Billy Vessels Running Back 1 2 Baltimore Colts
Eddie Crowder Quarterback 2 22 New York Giants
Buck McPhail Back 3 26 Baltimore Colts
Tom Catlin Center 4 38 Baltimore Colts
Dick Bowman Guard 15 177 New York Giants
Tom Carroll Back 15 180 Los Angeles Rams

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 1952 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "1953 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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