1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1957 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Seven champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 48–21 vs. Duke
Conference Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 4
1957 record 10–1 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach Bud Wilkinson (11th season)
Captain Ed Gray
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 61,724)
1957 Big 7 football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Oklahoma $ 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Kansas 4 –2 –0  5 –4 –1
Colorado 3 –3 –0  6 –3 –1
Missouri 3 –3 –0  5 –4 –1
Iowa State 2 –4 –0  4 –5 –1
Kansas State 2 –4 –0  3 –6 –1
Nebraska 1 –5 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1957 college football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, and were members of the Big Seven Conference. They were two-time defending national champions (1955, 1956), led by head coach Bud Wilkinson, in his eleventh season.

The Sooners won their first seven games in 1957, but were upset at home by unranked Notre Dame on November 16, stopping Oklahoma's record-breaking win streak at 47 games.[1] It was their only loss of the season; they finished fourth in both final polls in early December,[2][3] and won the Orange Bowl in January.[4]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 21 at No. 8 Pittsburgh* No. 1 Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania W 26–0   59,025
October 5 Iowa State No. 1 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma W 40–14   53,392
October 12 vs. Texas* No. 1 Cotton Bowl • Dallas (Red River Shootout) NBC W 21–7   75,505
October 19 Kansas No. 2 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma W 47–0   51,582
October 26 Colorado No. 1 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma NBC W 14–13   61,624
November 2 at Kansas State No. 2 Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas W 13–0   15,480
November 9 at No. 19 Missouri No. 2 Memorial Stadium • Columbia, Missouri (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe) W 39–14   39,018
November 16 Notre Dame* No. 2 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma NBC L    0–7   63,170
November 23 at Nebraska No. 6 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska (Rivalry) W 32–7   29,844
November 30 Oklahoma State* No. 5 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series) W 53–6   52,366
January 1, 1958 vs. No. 16 Duke* No. 4 Burdine Stadium • Miami, Florida (Orange Bowl) CBS W 48–21   76,561
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Source:[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Irish snap Sooners' string, 7-0". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 17, 1957. p. 1C.
  2. ↑ "Coaches rate Buckeyes tops in final poll". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. December 2, 1957. p. 18.
  3. ↑ "Auburn tops final poll; Badgers 19th". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. December 3, 1957. p. 4, part 2.
  4. ↑ "Sooners cash in on six mistakes; crush Duke, 48-21". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. January 2, 1958. p. 3, part 2.
  5. ↑ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
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