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1964 Oklahoma

6–⁠4–⁠1 (5–⁠1–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Gomer Jones.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1964, game by game: won at Maryland 13–3; lost vs. USC 14–40; lost vs. No. 1 Texas 7–28; lost at Kansas 14–15; won vs. Kansas State 44–0; won at Colorado 14–11; won vs. Iowa State 30–0; tied vs. Missouri 14–14; won vs. No. 4 Nebraska 17–7; won at Oklahoma State 21–16; lost vs. No. 10 Florida State 19–36+44−26Won 13–3 at Maryland+10MarylandLost 14–40 vs. USC-26USCLost 7–28 vs. No. 1 Texas-21No. 1 TexasLost 14–15 at Kansas-1KansasWon 44–0 vs. Kansas State+44Kansas StateWon 14–11 at Colorado+3ColoradoWon 30–0 vs. Iowa State+30Iowa StateTied 14–14 vs. Missouri0MissouriWon 17–7 vs. No. 4 Nebraska+10No. 4 NebraskaWon 21–16 at Oklahoma State+5Oklahoma StateLost 19–36 vs. No. 10 Florida State-17No. 10 Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atMarylandW 13–⁠364%
Sep 26vsUSCL 14–⁠4060%
Oct 10vs1TexasL 7–⁠2833%
Oct 17atKansasL 14–⁠1545%
Oct 24vsKansas StateW 44–⁠082%
Oct 31atColoradoW 14–⁠1170%
Nov 7vsIowa StateW 30–⁠082%
Nov 14vsMissouriT 14–⁠1458%
Nov 21vs4NebraskaW 17–⁠741%
Nov 28atOklahoma StateW 21–⁠1667%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs10Florida StateGator BowlL 19–⁠3650%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 36–⁠19 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 2

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 1964.

Consensus All-AmericanRalph Neely, OT

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 2
Points
207–⁠170
Coach
Gomer Jones
Elo
1613 −9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.9 No. 22 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Newt Burton and John Garrett

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 2Lance Rentzel WRMinnesota Vikings
Rd 2Ralph Neely OTBaltimore Colts
Rd 5John Flynn EDetroit Lions
Rd 6Jim Grisham BMinnesota Vikings

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

  • Lance RentzelBAP-2
  • Butch MetcalfOTAP-2
  • Carl SchreinerOGAP-2
  • John GarrettCAP-2
  • Rick McCurdyDEAP-2
  • Larry ShieldsDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠26
Oklahoma5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas5–⁠26–⁠4
Missouri4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma State3–⁠44–⁠6
Kansas State3–⁠43–⁠7
Colorado1–⁠62–⁠8
Iowa State0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

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