1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1962 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl, L 0–17 vs. Alabama
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
1962 record8–3 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach
  • Bud Wilkinson (16th season)
Captains
  • Leon Cross
  • Wayne Lee
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 61,724)
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Oklahoma $ 7 0 0 8 3 0
Missouri 5 1 1 8 1 2
Nebraska 5 2 0 9 2 0
Kansas 4 2 1 6 3 1
Iowa State 3 4 0 5 5 0
Oklahoma State 2 5 0 4 6 0
Colorado 1 6 0 2 8 0
Kansas State 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1962 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[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 22Syracuse*
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 7–354,600
September 29Notre Dame*
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
CBSL 7–1360,640
October 13vs. No. 2 Texas*
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)
CBSL 6–975,504
October 20at Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
W 13–738,540
October 27Kansas State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 47–045,085
November 3at Colorado
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
W 62–027,871
November 10at Iowa StateW 41–015,391
November 17No. 6 Missouri
W 13–062,181
November 24NebraskaNo. 10
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 34–658,768
December 1at Oklahoma StateNo. 8
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)
W 37–635,727
January 1, 1963vs. No. 5 Alabama*No. 8
L 0–1773,380
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Roster[]

  • HB Joe Don Looney, 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 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 10 8 8

Postseason[]

NFL draft[]

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

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Jim Cook Guard 8 101 St. Louis Cardinals
Dennis Ward Tackle 9 116 Philadelphia Eagles
Paul Lea Back 14 185 St. Louis Cardinals

References[]

  1. ^ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  2. ^ "1963 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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