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1948 Oklahoma

10–⁠1 (5–⁠0 Big Seven), coached by Bud Wilkinson, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1948, game by game: lost at Santa Clara 17–20; won vs. Texas A&M 42–14; won vs. No. 16 Texas 20–14; won vs. Kansas State 42–0; won at TCU 21–18; won at Iowa State 33–6; won vs. No. 9 Missouri 41–7; won vs. Nebraska 41–14; won at Kansas 60–7; won at Oklahoma State 19–15; won vs. No. 4 North Carolina 14–6+53−3Lost 17–20 at Santa Clara-3Santa ClaraWon 42–14 vs. Texas A&M+28Texas A&MWon 20–14 vs. No. 16 Texas+6No. 16 TexasWon 42–0 vs. Kansas State+42Kansas StateWon 21–18 at TCU+3TCUWon 33–6 at Iowa State+27Iowa StateWon 41–7 vs. No. 9 Missouri+34No. 9 MissouriWon 41–14 vs. Nebraska+27NebraskaWon 60–7 at Kansas+53KansasWon 19–15 at Oklahoma State+4Oklahoma StateWon 14–6 vs. No. 4 North Carolina+8No. 4 North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atSanta ClaraL 17–⁠2061%
Oct 2vsTexas A&MW 42–⁠1473%
Oct 9vs16TexasW 20–⁠1435%
Oct 16vsKansas StateW 42–⁠090%
Oct 23atTCUW 21–⁠1852%
Oct 30atIowa StateW 33–⁠670%
Nov 6vs9MissouriW 41–⁠762%
Nov 13vsNebraskaW 41–⁠1489%
Nov 20atKansasW 60–⁠744%
Nov 27atOklahoma StateW 19–⁠1566%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs4North CarolinaSugar BowlW 14–⁠640%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina 14–⁠6 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Big Seven champions.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 20
  2. Wk 3: 18
  3. Wk 4: 16
  4. Wk 5: 15
  5. Wk 6: 9
  6. Wk 7: 8
  7. Wk 8: 6
  8. Final: 5

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 1948.

Big Seven champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanBuddy Burris, OG

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Big Seven
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 5
Points
350–⁠121
Coach
Bud Wilkinson
Elo
1755 +180 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.4 No. 9 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Homer Paine and Wade Walker

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 7Myrl Greathouse BChicago Cardinals
Rd 1Jack Mitchell QBCleveland Browns (AAFC)

All-Big Seven

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Darrell RoyalBAP-2
  • Wade WalkerOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri5–⁠18–⁠3
Kansas4–⁠27–⁠3
Colorado2–⁠33–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠44–⁠6
Nebraska2–⁠42–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠61–⁠9

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