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1954 Oklahoma

10–⁠0 (6–⁠0 Big Seven), coached by Bud Wilkinson, finished No. 3 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1954, game by game: won at No. 12 California 27–13; won vs. No. 20 TCU 21–16; won vs. No. 15 Texas 14–7; won at Kansas 65–0; won vs. Kansas State 21–0; won at Colorado 13–6; won at Iowa State 40–0; won vs. Missouri 34–13; won vs. Nebraska 55–7; won at Oklahoma State 14–0+65Won 27–13 at No. 12 California+14No. 12 CaliforniaWon 21–16 vs. No. 20 TCU+5No. 20 TCUWon 14–7 vs. No. 15 Texas+7No. 15 TexasWon 65–0 at Kansas+65KansasWon 21–0 vs. Kansas State+21Kansas StateWon 13–6 at Colorado+7ColoradoWon 40–0 at Iowa State+40Iowa StateWon 34–13 vs. Missouri+21MissouriWon 55–7 vs. Nebraska+48NebraskaWon 14–0 at Oklahoma State+14Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18at12CaliforniaW 27–⁠1360%
Sep 25vs20TCUW 21–⁠1678%
Oct 9vs15TexasW 14–⁠762%
Oct 16atKansasW 65–⁠086%
Oct 23vsKansas StateW 21–⁠083%
Oct 30atColoradoW 13–⁠663%
Nov 6atIowa StateW 40–⁠087%
Nov 13vsMissouriW 34–⁠1386%
Nov 20vsNebraskaW 55–⁠787%
Nov 27atOklahoma StateW 14–⁠074%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma State 14–⁠0; No. 3 in the final AP poll; Big Seven champions.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 2
  2. Wk 2: 1
  3. Wk 3: 2
  4. Wk 4: 1
  5. Wk 5: 1
  6. Wk 6: 1
  7. Wk 7: 2
  8. Wk 8: 3
  9. Wk 9: 3
  10. Wk 10: 3
  11. Wk 11: 3
  12. Final: 3

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 1954.

Big Seven champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Heisman voteKurt Burris, second

2 consensus All-AmericansMax Boydston, E; Kurt Burris, C

Record
10–⁠0
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Big Seven
AP final
No. 3 peak No. 1
Points
304–⁠62
Coach
Bud Wilkinson
Elo
1801 +116 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.6 No. 7 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Gene Calame and Gene Mears

Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft
Rd 1Max Boydston EChicago Cardinals
Rd 1Kurt Burris CCleveland Browns
Rd 3Buddy Leake BGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Seven

6 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠03
Nebraska4–⁠26–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Missouri3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas State3–⁠37–⁠3
Iowa State1–⁠53–⁠6
Kansas0–⁠60–⁠10

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