1958 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1958 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Seven champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 21–6 vs. Syracuse
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
1958 record10–1 (7–0 Big 7)
Head coach
  • Bud Wilkinson (12th season)
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 61,724)
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Big Seven Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Oklahoma $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Missouri 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Colorado 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Kansas 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Kansas State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Nebraska 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Iowa State 0 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1958 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.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27No. 13 West Virginia*No. 2
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 47–1455,432
October 4Oregon*No. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 6–060,511
October 11vs. No. 16 Texas*No. 2
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)
L 14–1575,780
October 18at KansasNo. 11
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
NBCW 43–028,861
October 25Kansas StateNo. 9
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 40–647,743
November 1at No. 9 ColoradoNo. 7
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
W 23–728,264
November 8at Iowa StateNo. 6
W 20–010,314
November 15MissouriNo. 6
NBCW 39–054,268
November 22NebraskaNo. 4
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 40–744,740
November 29at Oklahoma StateNo. 3
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)
W 7–037,014
January 1, 1959vs. No. 9 Syracuse*No. 5
W 21–675,281
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[1]

Rankings[]

See also: 1958 NCAA University Division 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 (23) 2 (12) 1 (66) 2 (24) 11 9 (1) 7 (5) 6 (8) 6 (3) 4 (22) 3 (9) 5 (10)

Postseason[]

NFL draft[]

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

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Dave Baker Quarterback 1 5 San Francisco 49ers
Bob Harrison Center 2 17 San Francisco 49ers
Ross Coyle End 20 237 Los Angeles Rams

References[]

  1. ^ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "1959 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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