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1955 Oklahoma

11–⁠0 (6–⁠0 Big Seven), coached by Bud Wilkinson, finished No. 1 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1955, game by game: won at North Carolina 13–6; won vs. Pittsburgh 26–14; won vs. Texas 20–0; won vs. Kansas 44–6; won vs. Colorado 56–21; won at Kansas State 40–7; won at Missouri 20–0; won vs. Iowa State 52–0; won at Nebraska 41–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 53–0; won vs. No. 3 Maryland 20–6+53Won 13–6 at North Carolina+7North CarolinaWon 26–14 vs. Pittsburgh+12PittsburghWon 20–0 vs. Texas+20TexasWon 44–6 vs. Kansas+38KansasWon 56–21 vs. Colorado+35ColoradoWon 40–7 at Kansas State+33Kansas StateWon 20–0 at Missouri+20MissouriWon 52–0 vs. Iowa State+52Iowa StateWon 41–0 at Nebraska+41NebraskaWon 53–0 vs. Oklahoma State+53Oklahoma StateWon 20–6 vs. No. 3 Maryland+14No. 3 Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atNorth CarolinaW 13–⁠673%
Oct 1vsPittsburghW 26–⁠1478%
Oct 8vsTexasW 20–⁠076%
Oct 15vsKansasW 44–⁠692%
Oct 22vsColoradoW 56–⁠2170%
Oct 29atKansas StateW 40–⁠780%
Nov 5atMissouriW 20–⁠083%
Nov 12vsIowa StateW 52–⁠094%
Nov 19atNebraskaW 41–⁠079%
Nov 26vsOklahoma StateW 53–⁠092%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs3MarylandOrange BowlW 20–⁠653%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Maryland 20–⁠6 in the Orange Bowl; No. 1 in the final AP poll; Big Seven champions.

In program history: The 4th-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: 3
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 4: 3
  5. Wk 5: 3
  6. Wk 6: 3
  7. Wk 7: 2
  8. Wk 8: 2
  9. Wk 9: 1
  10. Wk 10: 1
  11. Wk 11: 1
  12. 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 1955.

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

Big Seven champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanBo Bolinger, OG

Record
11–⁠0
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Big Seven
AP final
No. 1 peak No. 1
Points
385–⁠60
Coach
Bud Wilkinson
Elo
1831 +131 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
23.1 No. 4 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bo Bolinger, Robert Loughridge and Cecil Morris

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 4Cecil Morris OGGreen Bay Packers
Rd 6Bob Burris BGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Seven

7 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠011–⁠01
Nebraska5–⁠15–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠36–⁠4
Kansas State3–⁠34–⁠6
Kansas1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Iowa State1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Missouri1–⁠51–⁠9

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