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1950 Oklahoma

10–⁠1 (6–⁠0 Big Seven), coached by Bud Wilkinson, finished No. 1 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1950, game by game: won vs. Boston College 28–0; won vs. Texas A&M 34–28; won vs. No. 4 Texas 14–13; won vs. Kansas State 58–0; won at Iowa State 20–7; won at Colorado 27–18; won at No. 19 Kansas 33–13; won vs. Missouri 41–7; won vs. No. 16 Nebraska 49–35; won at Oklahoma State 41–14; lost vs. No. 3 Kentucky 7–13+58−6Won 28–0 vs. Boston College+28Boston CollegeWon 34–28 vs. Texas A&M+6Texas A&MWon 14–13 vs. No. 4 Texas+1No. 4 TexasWon 58–0 vs. Kansas State+58Kansas StateWon 20–7 at Iowa State+13Iowa StateWon 27–18 at Colorado+9ColoradoWon 33–13 at No. 19 Kansas+20No. 19 KansasWon 41–7 vs. Missouri+34MissouriWon 49–35 vs. No. 16 Nebraska+14No. 16 NebraskaWon 41–14 at Oklahoma State+27Oklahoma StateLost 7–13 vs. No. 3 Kentucky-6No. 3 Kentucky
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsBoston CollegeW 28–⁠081%
Oct 7vsTexas A&MW 34–⁠2885%
Oct 14vs4TexasW 14–⁠1360%
Oct 21vsKansas StateW 58–⁠095%
Oct 28atIowa StateW 20–⁠779%
Nov 4atColoradoW 27–⁠1880%
Nov 11at19KansasW 33–⁠1366%
Nov 18vsMissouriW 41–⁠784%
Nov 25vs16NebraskaW 49–⁠3584%
Dec 2atOklahoma StateW 41–⁠1484%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs3KentuckySugar BowlL 7–⁠1362%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kentucky 13–⁠7 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 1 in the final AP poll; Big Seven champions.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 1950.

National championsNo. 1 in the final AP poll, and a title the school claims

Big Seven champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Led the nationClaude Arnold: passer rating (157.3)

2 consensus All-AmericansJim Weatherall, OT; Leon Heath, FB

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Big Seven
AP final
No. 1 peak No. 1
Points
352–⁠148
Coach
Bud Wilkinson
Elo
1777 +65 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.9 No. 5 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Norman McNabb and Harry Moore

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 1Leon Heath FBWashington Redskins

All-Big Seven

5 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

  • Claude ArnoldBAP-2; UP-2
  • Billy VesselsBAP-2; UP-2
  • Dean SmithOTUP-2
  • Clair MayesOGAP-2; UP-2
  • Bert ClarkCAP-2
  • Tom CatlinCUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠11
Nebraska4–⁠26–⁠2–⁠117
Missouri3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas3–⁠36–⁠4
Iowa State2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Colorado2–⁠45–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠61–⁠9–⁠1

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