1957 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 48–21 vs. Duke
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record10–1 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
1957 Big Seven Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Oklahoma $ 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
Kansas 4 –2 –05 –4 –1
Missouri 3 –3 –05 –4 –1
Colorado 3 –3 –06 –3 –1
Iowa State 2 –4 –04 –5 –1
Kansas State 2 –4 –03 –6 –1
Nebraska 1 –5 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, and were members of the Big Seven Conference. They were two-time defending national champions (1955, 1956), led by head coach Bud Wilkinson, in his eleventh season.

The Sooners won their first seven games in 1957, but were upset at home by unranked Notre Dame on November 16, stopping Oklahoma's record-breaking win streak at 47 games.[1] It was their only loss of the season; they finished fourth in both final polls in early December,[2][3] and won the Orange Bowl in January.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 21at No. 8 Pittsburgh*No. 1
W 26–059,025
October 5Iowa StateNo. 1
W 40–1453,392
October 12vs. Texas*No. 1
NBCW 21–775,505
October 19KansasNo. 2
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 47–051,582
October 26ColoradoNo. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
NBCW 14–1361,624
November 2at Kansas StateNo. 2
W 13–015,480
November 9at No. 19 MissouriNo. 2
W 39–1439,018
November 16Notre Dame*No. 2
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
NBCL 0–763,170
November 23at NebraskaNo. 6
W 32–729,844
November 30Oklahoma State*No. 5
W 53–652,366
January 1, 1958vs. No. 16 Duke*No. 4
CBSW 48–2176,318[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[6]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910Final
AP1 (127)1 (65)1 (81)1 (65)2 (64)1 (89)2 (51)2 (48)2 (46)6 (4)5 (8)4 (22)

Postseason

NFL Draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[7]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
219Clendon ThomasBackLos Angeles Rams
332Bill KrisherGuardPittsburgh Steelers
14164Doyle JenningsTacklePittsburgh Steelers
18215Dennit MorrisBackSan Francisco 49ers

References

  1. ↑ "Irish snap Sooners' string, 7-0". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 17, 1957. p. 1C.
  2. ↑ "Coaches rate Buckeyes tops in final poll". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. December 2, 1957. p. 18.
  3. ↑ "Auburn tops final poll; Badgers 19th". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. December 3, 1957. p. 4, part 2.
  4. ↑ "Sooners cash in on six mistakes; crush Duke, 48-21". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. January 2, 1958. p. 3, part 2.
  5. ↑ "Sooners explode to rout Duke". The San Francisco Examiner. January 2, 1958. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ "1958 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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