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1958 Oklahoma

10–⁠1 (6–⁠0 Big Eight), coached by Bud Wilkinson, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1958, game by game: won vs. No. 13 West Virginia 47–14; won vs. Oregon 6–0; lost vs. No. 16 Texas 14–15; won at Kansas 43–0; won vs. Kansas State 40–6; won at No. 9 Colorado 23–7; won at Iowa State 20–0; won vs. Missouri 39–0; won vs. Nebraska 40–7; won at Oklahoma State 7–0; won vs. No. 10 Syracuse 21–6+43−1Won 47–14 vs. No. 13 West Virginia+33No. 13 West VirginiaWon 6–0 vs. Oregon+6OregonLost 14–15 vs. No. 16 Texas-1No. 16 TexasWon 43–0 at Kansas+43KansasWon 40–6 vs. Kansas State+34Kansas StateWon 23–7 at No. 9 Colorado+16No. 9 ColoradoWon 20–0 at Iowa State+20Iowa StateWon 39–0 vs. Missouri+39MissouriWon 40–7 vs. Nebraska+33NebraskaWon 7–0 at Oklahoma State+7Oklahoma StateWon 21–6 vs. No. 10 Syracuse+15No. 10 Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vs13West VirginiaW 47–⁠1470%
Oct 4vsOregonW 6–⁠076%
Oct 11vs16TexasL 14–⁠1571%
Oct 18atKansasW 43–⁠078%
Oct 25vsKansas StateW 40–⁠689%
Nov 1at9ColoradoW 23–⁠752%
Nov 8atIowa StateW 20–⁠084%
Nov 15vsMissouriW 39–⁠082%
Nov 22vsNebraskaW 40–⁠794%
Nov 29atOklahoma StateW 7–⁠068%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs10SyracuseOrange BowlW 21–⁠664%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Syracuse 21–⁠6 in the Orange Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

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

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 1958.

Big Eight champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanBob Harrison, C

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 1
Points
300–⁠55
Coach
Bud Wilkinson
Elo
1811 +123 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
24.8 No. 3 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bob Harrison and Joe Rector

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 1Dave Baker DBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 2Bob Harrison CSan Francisco 49ers

All-Big Seven

6 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Colorado4–⁠26–⁠4
Kansas3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠43–⁠7
Nebraska1–⁠53–⁠7
Iowa State0–⁠64–⁠6

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