1951 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1951 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
Record8–2 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
1951 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Colorado 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Kansas 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Iowa State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Nebraska 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Missouri 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1951 college football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Seven Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29William & Mary*No. 4
W 49–739,184[1]
October 6at No. 10 Texas A&M*No. 4
L 7–1434,789–40,000[2]
October 13vs. No. 6 Texas*
L 7–975,080[3]
October 20KansasNo. 19
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 33–2144,462
October 27Colorado
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 55–1446,686
November 3at Kansas StateNo. 17
W 33–011,248
November 10at MissouriNo. 14
W 34–2023,198
November 17Iowa StateNo. 12
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 35–634,761
November 24at NebraskaNo. 12
W 27–033,698
December 1Oklahoma A&M*No. 10
W 41–633,103
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

See also: 1951 college football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
AP4 (16)4 (16)4 (16)4 (18)1119—17 (1)14 (1)12 (1)1210 (2)10 (4)

Roster

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[5]

Round Pick Player Position NFL team
2 17 Jim Weatherall Tackle Philadelphia Eagles
16 192 Ed Rowland Tackle Cleveland Browns

References

  1. ^ "Sooners display blasting power". Monroe Morning World. September 30, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Big Red stunes by Texas A&M on muddy field". The Wewoka Times. October 7, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Texas edges stubborn Sooners, 9–7". The Ponca City News. October 14, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. ^ "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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