1955 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1955 Oklahoma Sooners football
Consensus national champion
Big Seven champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 20–6 vs. Maryland
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
1955 record11–0 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach
  • Bud Wilkinson (9th season)
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 55,647)
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Oklahoma $ 6 0 0 11 0 0
Nebraska 5 1 0 5 5 0
Colorado 3 3 0 6 4 0
Kansas State 3 3 0 4 6 0
Kansas 1 4 1 3 6 1
Iowa State 1 4 1 1 7 1
Missouri 1 5 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1955 college football season, the 61st season of Sooner football. Led by ninth-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.

Oklahoma opened the season ranked third in the polls, and were led on offense by quarterback Jimmy Harris. The Sooners finished the regular season 10–0 (6–0 in Big 7), while winning their tenth consecutive Big 7 title and their 16th conference title overall.

They were invited to the Orange Bowl in Miami on January 2, where they defeated the Maryland Terrapins 20–6; trailing by six at halftime, Oklahoma outscored Maryland 20–0 in the second half.[1] The Sooners claimed their second national championship and continued their record-setting winning streak, which was now at thirty games. It continued for nearly two more seasons, until stopped at 47 in November 1957.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 24at North Carolina*No. 3
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 13–626,638[3]
October 1No. 12 Pittsburgh*No. 5
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 26–1456,907[3]
October 8vs. Texas*No. 3
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)
NBCW 20–075,504[3]
October 15KansasNo. 3
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 44–639,789[3]
October 22No. 14 ColoradoNo. 3
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
NBCW 56–2157,663[3]
October 29at Kansas StateNo. 2
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 40–718,263[3]
November 5at MissouriNo. 1
W 20–032,289[3]
November 12Iowa StateNo. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 52–046,455[3]
November 19at NebraskaNo. 1
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
W 41–036,576[3]
November 26Oklahoma A&M*No. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (Bedlam)
W 53–040,182[3]
January 2, 1956vs. No. 3 Maryland*No. 1
CBSW 20–676,561[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

  • QB Jimmy Harris, Jr.
  • C Jerry Tubbs, Jr.

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 (32) 3 (10) 5 (12) 3 (13) 3 (21) 3 (29) 2 (53) 2 (54) 1 (115) 1 (103) 1 (114) 1 (218)

Postseason[]

NFL draft[]

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

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Cecil Morris Guard 4 44 Green Bay Packers
Bob Burris Back 6 68 Green Bay Packers
Bo Bolinger Guard 13 149 Chicago Cardinals
Joe Mobra End 20 241 Cleveland Browns

References[]

  1. ^ "Oklahoma rallies to beat Maryland, 20-6". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 3, 1956. p. 18.
  2. ^ "Irish snap Sooners' streak, 7-0". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 17, 1957. p. 1C.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "1955 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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