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1957 Oklahoma

10–⁠1 (6–⁠0 Big Seven), coached by Bud Wilkinson, finished No. 4 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1957, game by game: won at No. 8 Pittsburgh 26–0; won vs. Iowa State 40–14; won vs. Texas 21–7; won vs. Kansas 47–0; won vs. Colorado 14–13; won at Kansas State 13–0; won at No. 19 Missouri 39–14; lost vs. Notre Dame 0–7; won at Nebraska 32–7; won vs. Oklahoma State 53–6; won vs. No. 16 Duke 48–21+47−7Won 26–0 at No. 8 Pittsburgh+26No. 8 PittsburghWon 40–14 vs. Iowa State+26Iowa StateWon 21–7 vs. Texas+14TexasWon 47–0 vs. Kansas+47KansasWon 14–13 vs. Colorado+1ColoradoWon 13–0 at Kansas State+13Kansas StateWon 39–14 at No. 19 Missouri+25No. 19 MissouriLost 0–7 vs. Notre Dame-7Notre DameWon 32–7 at Nebraska+25NebraskaWon 53–6 vs. Oklahoma State+47Oklahoma StateWon 48–21 vs. No. 16 Duke+27No. 16 Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21at8PittsburghW 26–⁠058%
Oct 5vsIowa StateW 40–⁠1490%
Oct 12vsTexasW 21–⁠782%
Oct 19vsKansasW 47–⁠091%
Oct 26vsColoradoW 14–⁠1375%
Nov 2atKansas StateW 13–⁠083%
Nov 9at19MissouriW 39–⁠1474%
Nov 16vsNotre DameL 0–⁠785%
Nov 23atNebraskaW 32–⁠788%
Nov 30vsOklahoma StateW 53–⁠680%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs16DukeOrange BowlW 48–⁠2174%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Duke 48–⁠21 in the Orange Bowl; No. 4 in the final AP poll; Big Seven champions.

In program history: The tied 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 1957.

Big Seven champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Led the nationLeon Burton: points (96 pts)

2 consensus All-AmericansBill Krisher, OG; Clendon Thomas, RB

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Big Seven
AP final
No. 4 peak No. 1
Points
333–⁠89
Coach
Bud Wilkinson
Elo
1782 +68 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.9 No. 6 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Don Stiller and Clendon Thomas

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 2Clendon Thomas BLos Angeles Rams
Rd 3Bill Krisher OGPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Seven

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ross CoyleEAP-2
  • Don StillerEAP-2
  • Byron SearcyOTAP-2
  • Kenneth NorthcuttOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠14
Kansas4–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Colorado3–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Missouri3–⁠35–⁠4–⁠1
Iowa State2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
Nebraska1–⁠51–⁠9

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