1959 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1959 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 15
Record7–3 (5–1 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
1959 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Missouri 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Colorado 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Iowa State 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Kansas 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Nebraska 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1959 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

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 26at No. 10 Northwestern*No. 2
NBCL 13–4550,010
October 3Colorado
W 42–1253,745
October 10vs. No. 4 Texas*No. 13
NBCL 12–1975,504[1]
October 17at Missouri
W 23–038,561
October 24KansasNo. 18
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 7–651,013
October 31at NebraskaNo. 19
L 21–2532,703
November 7at Kansas State
W 36–011,204
November 14Army*
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
NBCW 28–2061,718–62,472
November 21Iowa State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 35–1246,529
November 28Oklahoma State*No. 17
W 17–759,136
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

See also: 1959 major college football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
AP2 (48)2 (12)—13 (2)—1819———171515

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[3]

Round Pick Player Position NFL team
2 19 Prentice Gautt Running back Cleveland Browns
10 119 Bobby Boyd Defensive back Baltimore Colts
20 233 Gilmer Lewis Tackle Green Bay Packers

References

  1. ^ "Longhorns defeat Oklahoma, 19 to 12". The Vernon Daily Record. October 11, 1959. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  3. ^ "1960 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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