1956 Oklahoma Sooners football team
| 1956 Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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Consensus national champion Big Seven champion | |
| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 1 |
| AP | No. 1 |
| 1956 record | 10–0 (6–0 Big 7) |
| Head coach | Bud Wilkinson (10th season) |
| Home stadium |
Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 55,647) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Oklahoma $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Colorado | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Oklahoma Sooners football team (variously "Oklahoma", "OU", or the "Sooners") represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1956 college football season. It was the 62nd season of play for the Sooners and they repeated as consensus national champions. They were led by hall of fame head coach Bud Wilkinson, in his tenth season. On the field, the Sooners were led on offense by quarterback Jim Harris, and played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma.
After another undefeated season, Oklahoma was first in both final polls in early December.[1] Their winning streak was up to forty games,[2] but they did not play in a bowl game due to the Big Seven's no-repeat rule;[1] runner-up Colorado was invited to and won the Orange Bowl.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 29 | North Carolina* | No. 1 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma | W 36–0 | 57,559[3] | ||||
| October 6 | Kansas State | No. 1 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma | W 66–0 | 39,981[3] | ||||
| October 13 | vs. Texas* | No. 1 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas (Red River Shootout) | NBC | W 45–0 | 75,504[3] | |||
| October 20 | at Kansas | No. 1 | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas | W 34–12 | 30,129[3] | ||||
| October 27 | at Notre Dame* | No. 2 | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana | NBC | W 40–0 | 60,128[3] | |||
| November 3 | at No. 18 Colorado | No. 1 | Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado | W 27–19 | 46,563[3] | ||||
| November 10 | at Iowa State | No. 1 | Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, Iowa | W 44–0 | 11,409[3] | ||||
| November 17 | Missouri | No. 1 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma | W 67–14 | 57,647[3] | ||||
| November 24 | Nebraska | No. 1 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma (Rivalry) | W 54–6 | 50,039[3] | ||||
| December 1 | at Oklahoma A&M* | No. 1 | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series) | W 53–0 | 36,500[3] | ||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
Game summaries
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Awards
- C Jerry Tubbs (All-American, Heisman Finalist)
- G Bill Krisher (All-American)
- HB Tommy McDonald (All-American)
- G Ed Gray (All-American)
References
- 1 2 Miller, Norman (December 4, 1956). "Oklahoma voted grid champion in final AP and UP polls". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). United Press. p. 23.
- ↑ "Oklahoma wins 40th in a row". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 2, 1956. p. 1, sports.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/schedule.cfm?seasonid=1956
- ↑ . Retrieved 2015-Jul-25.
- ↑ SoonerSports.com. Retrieved 2015-Jul-25.