1954 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1954 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Seven champion
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
1954 record10–0 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach
  • Bud Wilkinson (8th season)
Captains
  • Gene Calame
  • Gene Mears
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Big Seven Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Oklahoma $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Nebraska 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Colorado 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Missouri 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Kansas State 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Iowa State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Kansas 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Oklahoma Sooners football team (variously "Oklahoma", "OU", or the "Sooners") represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1954 college football season, the sixtieth season of Sooner football. Led by eighth-year head coach Bud Wilkinson, they played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, and were members of the Big Seven Conference.

The Sooners went undefeated and were ranked third in both final polls, released in late November at the end of the regular season. Because of a conference "no-repeat" rule, Oklahoma did not play in a bowl game.[1][2] Unranked runner-up Nebraska was invited to the Orange Bowl,[1] and was defeated 34–7 by No. 14 Duke.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 18at No. 12 California*No. 2
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
ABCW 27–1348,095[3]
September 25No. 20 TCU*No. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 21–1650,878[3]
October 9vs. No. 15 Texas*No. 1
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX (Red River Showdown)
W 14–776,204[3]
October 16at KansasNo. 1
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
W 65–028,211[3]
October 23Kansas StateNo. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 21–046,356[3]
October 30at ColoradoNo. 2
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
W 13–631,247[3]
November 6at Iowa StateNo. 3
  • Clyde Williams Stadium
  • Ames, IA
W 40–010,209[3]
November 13MissouriNo. 3
W 34–1354,173[3]
November 20NebraskaNo. 3
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 55–755,172[3]
November 27at Oklahoma A&M*No. 3
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)
W 14–038,000[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

  • E Carl Allison, Sr.
  • QB Jimmy Harris, So.
  • C Jerry Tubbs, So.

Rankings[]

See also: 1954 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 10 Final 
AP 2 (74) 1 (56) 2 (24) 1 (77) 1 (118) 1 (115) 2 (74) 3 (42) 3 (44) 3 (28) 3 (31) 3 (35)

Postseason[]

NFL draft[]

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[4]

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Max Boydston End 1 2 Chicago Cardinals
Kurt Burris Center 1 13 Cleveland Browns
Buddy Leake Back 3 29 Green Bay Packers
Bob Herndon Back 16 182 Chicago Cardinals
Steve Champlin Tackle 18 217 Cleveland Browns
Carl Allison Back 22 263 Detroit Lions

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Busy scoreboard eyed as Duke, Nebraska tangle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 1, 1955. p. 8.
  2. ^ a b Funk, Ben (January 2, 1955). "Duke rips Huskers 34-7". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "1954 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
  4. ^ "1955 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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