1964 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1964 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1964 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 first–year head coach Gomer Jones.

1964 Oklahoma Sooners football
Gator Bowl, L 19–36 vs. Florida State
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
1964 record6–4–1 (5–1–1 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 61,836)
1964 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Nebraska $ 6 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Oklahoma 5 –1 –1  6 –4 –1
Kansas 5 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Missouri 4 –2 –1  6 –3 –1
Oklahoma State 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Kansas State 3 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Colorado 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
Iowa State 0 –7 –0  1 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Maryland*No. 2
W 13–335,709
September 26USC*No. 2
L 14–4062,579
October 10vs. No. 1 Texas*
NBCL 7–2875,504
October 17at Kansas
L 14–1542,130
October 24Kansas State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 44–046,708
October 31at Colorado
W 14–1127,768
November 7at Iowa State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 30–042,982
November 14Missouri
T 14–1451,090
November 21No. 4 Nebraska
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 17–754,552
November 28at Oklahoma State
W 21–1636,987
January 2, 1965vs. Florida State*
ABCL 19–3650,408[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Postseason

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League on November 28, 1964.[3] Players were offered contracts but were decalred inelgible to play in the Gator Bowl if they signed them before the game, as was the case with Ralph Neely.[4]

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Lance RentzelWide receiver223Minnesota Vikings
Ralph NeelyTackle228Baltimore Colts
John FlynnEnd567Detroit Lions
Jim GrishamBack679Minnesota Vikings
Larry BrownBack14193Detroit Lions
Ed McQuartersGuard18250St. Louis Cardinals

References
  1. Bassine, Bob (January 3, 1965). "Seminoles Fill Airways, Gun Down Oklahoma". Orlando Sentinel. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
  3. "1965 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  4. Sherrington, Kevin (November 14, 2015). "Sherrington: Half a century later, OL stalwart Ralph Neely still Cowboys' most expensive acquisition ever". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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