1961 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1961 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
1961 record5–5 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach
CaptainBill White
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 61,724)
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Big Eight Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Colorado $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Missouri 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Kansas 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Oklahoma 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Iowa State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Nebraska 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Kansas State 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 30at Notre Dame*
ABCL 6–1954,906
October 7Iowa State
L 15–2145,365
October 14vs. No. 4 Texas*
L 7–2875,504
October 21Kansas
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
L 0–1054,794
October 28No. 10 Colorado
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
L 14–2245,117
November 4at Kansas State
W 17–611,906
November 11at No. 10 Missouri
W 7–045,164
November 14at Army*
ABCW 14–839,552
November 25at Nebraska
W 21–1426,139
December 2Oklahoma State
W 21–1352,598
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
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