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1947 Oklahoma

7–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠0–⁠1 Big Six), coached by Bud Wilkinson, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1947, game by game: won at Detroit Mercy 24–20; won vs. Texas A&M 26–14; lost vs. No. 3 Texas 14–34; tied vs. Kansas 13–13; lost vs. TCU 7–20; won vs. Iowa State 27–9; won at Kansas State 27–13; won at No. 17 Missouri 21–12; won at Nebraska 14–13; won vs. Oklahoma State 21–13+18−20Won 24–20 at Detroit Mercy+4Detroit MercyWon 26–14 vs. Texas A&M+12Texas A&MLost 14–34 vs. No. 3 Texas-20No. 3 TexasTied 13–13 vs. Kansas0KansasLost 7–20 vs. TCU-13TCUWon 27–9 vs. Iowa State+18Iowa StateWon 27–13 at Kansas State+14Kansas StateWon 21–12 at No. 17 Missouri+9No. 17 MissouriWon 14–13 at Nebraska+1NebraskaWon 21–13 vs. Oklahoma State+8Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atDetroit MercyW 24–⁠2054%
Oct 4vsTexas A&MW 26–⁠1469%
Oct 11vs3TexasL 14–⁠3442%
Oct 18vsKansasT 13–⁠1366%
Oct 25vsTCUL 7–⁠2073%
Nov 1vsIowa StateW 27–⁠984%
Nov 8atKansas StateW 27–⁠1384%
Nov 15at17MissouriW 21–⁠1237%
Nov 22atNebraskaW 14–⁠1371%
Nov 29vsOklahoma StateW 21–⁠1378%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma State 21–⁠13; No. 16 in the final AP poll; Big Six champions.

In program history: The tied 70th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 8: 20
  3. Wk 9: 18
  4. Final: 16

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1947.

Big Six champions4–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Kansas

Record
7–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠0–⁠1 shared first in Big Six
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 15
Points
194–⁠161
Coach
Bud Wilkinson
Elo
1613 +19 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.9 No. 36 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jim Tyree and Wade Walker

Drafted in 1948

The 1948 draft
Rd 7Homer Paine OTBrooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)

All-Big Six

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • George BrewerBUP-2
  • Jim TyreeEUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠212
Oklahoma4–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠116
Missouri3–⁠26–⁠4
Nebraska2–⁠32–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠43–⁠6
Kansas State0–⁠50–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.