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1949 Oklahoma

11–⁠0 (5–⁠0 Big Seven), coached by Bud Wilkinson, finished No. 2 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1949, game by game: won at Boston College 46–0; won vs. Texas A&M 33–13; won vs. No. 12 Texas 20–14; won vs. Kansas 48–26; won at Nebraska 48–0; won vs. Iowa State 34–7; won at Kansas State 39–0; won at Missouri 27–7; won vs. No. 19 Santa Clara 28–21; won vs. Oklahoma State 41–0; won vs. No. 13 LSU 35–0+48Won 46–0 at Boston College+46Boston CollegeWon 33–13 vs. Texas A&M+20Texas A&MWon 20–14 vs. No. 12 Texas+6No. 12 TexasWon 48–26 vs. Kansas+22KansasWon 48–0 at Nebraska+48NebraskaWon 34–7 vs. Iowa State+27Iowa StateWon 39–0 at Kansas State+39Kansas StateWon 27–7 at Missouri+20MissouriWon 28–21 vs. No. 19 Santa Clara+7No. 19 Santa ClaraWon 41–0 vs. Oklahoma State+41Oklahoma StateWon 35–0 vs. No. 13 LSU+35No. 13 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atBoston CollegeW 46–⁠063%
Oct 1vsTexas A&MW 33–⁠1387%
Oct 8vs12TexasW 20–⁠1453%
Oct 15vsKansasW 48–⁠2685%
Oct 22atNebraskaW 48–⁠084%
Oct 29vsIowa StateW 34–⁠787%
Nov 5atKansas StateW 39–⁠092%
Nov 12atMissouriW 27–⁠756%
Nov 19vs19Santa ClaraW 28–⁠2178%
Nov 26vsOklahoma StateW 41–⁠088%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs13LSUSugar BowlW 35–⁠070%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat LSU 35–⁠0 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 2 in the final AP poll; Big Seven champions.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 3
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 4
  4. Wk 4: 3
  5. Wk 5: 3
  6. Wk 6: 3
  7. Wk 7: 2
  8. Wk 8: 3
  9. Final: 2

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 1949.

Big Seven champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Led the nationGeorge Thomas: points (117 pts)

Record
11–⁠0
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Big Seven
AP final
No. 2 peak No. 2
Points
399–⁠88
Coach
Bud Wilkinson
Elo
1818 +147 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
26.7 No. 3 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jim Owens and Stan West

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 1George Thomas BWashington Redskins
Rd 1Stan West OGLos Angeles Rams
Rd 7Leon Manley OGGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Seven

5 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠011–⁠02
Missouri5–⁠17–⁠420
Iowa State3–⁠35–⁠3–⁠1
Nebraska3–⁠34–⁠5
Kansas2–⁠45–⁠5
Colorado1–⁠43–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠52–⁠8

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