Maryland vs. Oklahoma
Friday, January 1, 1954, Orange Bowl Share
No. 4 Oklahoma beat No. 1 Maryland 7–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Oklahoma led the series 1–0.
FinalTV: CBSAttendance 68,640Payout $121,308 (Wikipedia)Referee: George D. Watson (ACC; split crew: ACC, Big Seven)The game on Wikipedia
On the newsreel
- ORANGE BOWLHalf a million spectators see the 20th annual King Orange Jamboree parade, and next day, watch the Oklahoma Sooners engineer a 7-0 upset of Maryland, rated the nation's number one college team
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Maryland 57% to win. Oklahoma pulled the upset.
The series
Every Maryland–Oklahoma gameOklahoma leads 4–0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1967 | Oklahoma 35, Maryland 0 | |
| 1964 | Oklahoma 13, Maryland 3 | |
| 1955 | Oklahoma 20, Maryland 6 | Orange Bowl |
| 1953 | Oklahoma 7, Maryland 0 | Orange Bowl |
Around this game
Maryland
- Next gameat KentuckySept. 18, 1954
- SeasonMaryland in 1953
- ProgramMaryland history and records
Oklahoma
- Next gameat CaliforniaSept. 18, 1954
- SeasonOklahoma in 1953
- ProgramOklahoma history and records