1958 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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.

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
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 61,724)
1958 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27No. 13 West Virginia*No. 2W 47–1455,432
October 4Oregon*No. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 6–060,511
October 11vs. No. 16 Texas*No. 2L 14–1575,780
October 18at KansasNo. 11NBCW 43–028,861
October 25Kansas StateNo. 9
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 40–647,743
November 1at No. 9 ColoradoNo. 7W 23–728,264
November 8at Iowa StateNo. 6W 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. 3W 7–037,014
January 1, 1959vs. No. 9 Syracuse*No. 5W 21–675,281
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[1]

Postseason

NFL draft

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

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Dave BakerQuarterback15San Francisco 49ers
Bob HarrisonCenter217San Francisco 49ers
Ross CoyleEnd20237Los Angeles Rams

References

  1. "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  2. "1959 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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