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.
| 1957 Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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Big 7 champion Orange Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 4 |
| Record | 10–1 (6–0 Big 7) |
| Head coach |
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| Captains | |
| Home stadium | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Oklahoma $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 21 | at No. 8 Pittsburgh* | No. 1 | W 26–0 | 58,942–59,025 | [5] | ||
| October 5 | Iowa State | No. 1 | W 40–14 | 53,392 | |||
| October 12 | vs. Texas* | No. 1 | NBC | W 21–7 | 75,504 | [6] | |
| October 19 | Kansas | No. 2 |
| W 47–0 | 51,582 | ||
| October 26 | Colorado | No. 1 |
| NBC | W 14–13 | 61,624 | |
| November 2 | at Kansas State | No. 2 | W 13–0 | 15,480 | |||
| November 9 | at No. 19 Missouri | No. 2 | W 39–14 | 39,018 | |||
| November 16 | Notre Dame* | No. 2 |
| NBC | L 0–7 | 63,170 | |
| November 23 | at Nebraska | No. 6 | W 32–7 | 29,844 | |||
| November 30 | Oklahoma State* | No. 5 |
| W 53–6 | 52,366 | ||
| January 1, 1958 | vs. No. 16 Duke* | No. 4 | CBS | W 48–21 | 76,318 | [7] | |
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Rankings
edit| Week | ||||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| AP | 1 (127) | 1 (65) | 1 (81) | 1 (65) | 2 (64) | 1 (89) | 2 (51) | 2 (48) | 2 (46) | 6 (4) | 5 (8) | 4 (22) |
NFL draft
editThe following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[9]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 19 | Clendon Thomas | Back | Los Angeles Rams |
| 3 | 32 | Bill Krisher | Guard | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 14 | 164 | Doyle Jennings | Tackle | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 18 | 215 | Dennit Morris | Back | San Francisco 49ers |
References
edit- ↑ "Irish snap Sooners' string, 7-0". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 17, 1957. p. 1C.
- ↑ "Coaches rate Buckeyes tops in final poll". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. December 2, 1957. p. 18.
- ↑ "Auburn tops final poll; Badgers 19th". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. December 3, 1957. p. 4, part 2.
- ↑ "Sooners cash in on six mistakes; crush Duke, 48-21". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. January 2, 1958. p. 3, part 2.
- ↑ John Cronley (September 22, 1957). "OU Speed Dazes Gigantic Panthers". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 1b. Retrieved June 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Sooners survive Texas ordeal, 21–7". Tulsa Sunday World. October 13, 1957. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Sooners explode to rout Duke". The San Francisco Examiner. January 2, 1958. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ↑ "1958 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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