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{{NCAATeamFootballSeason
#REDIRECT [[Oklahoma Sooners football, 1940–49]]
|Year=1948
|Team=Oklahoma Sooners
|Image = Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg
|ImageSize = 100
|Conference=Big Six Conference
|Division=
|ShortConference=Big 7
|CoachRank=
|APRank=
|Record=10–1
|ConfRecord=5–0
|HeadCoach=[[Bud Wilkinson]]
|HCYear=4th
|OffCoach=
|DefCoach=
|OScheme=
|DScheme=
|MVP=
|Captain=
|StadiumArena=[[Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium|Memorial Stadium]] (Capacity: 32,000)
|Champion=Big Seven Champions
|BowlTourney = [[1949 Sugar Bowl|Sugar Bowl]] vs. [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]]
|BowlTourneyResult = W 14–6
}}
{{1948 Big 7 football standings}}
The '''1948 Oklahoma Sooners football team''' represented the [[University of Oklahoma]] in the [[1948 college football season]]. In their second year under head coach [[Bud Wilkinson]], the Sooners compiled a 10–1 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the [[Big Seven Conference]] championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 350 to 121.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oklahoma Yearly Results (1940-1944)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=July 20, 2015|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/o/oklahoma/1940-1944_yearly_results.php}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1944 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=July 20, 2015|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oklahoma/1944-schedule.html}}</ref>


Two Sooners received All-America honors in 1944, [[Buddy Burris]], and [[Jack Mitchell (American football)|Jack Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement|publisher=University of Oklahoma|year=2014|accessdate=July 20, 2014|page=90|url=https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2900563.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=31000&}}</ref> Six Sooners received all-conference honors: Burris (guard), Mitchell (back), Owens (end), Paine (tackle), Thomas (back), and Walker (tackle).<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement|publisher=University of Oklahoma|year=2014|accessdate=July 20, 2014|page=95|url=https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2900563.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=31000&}}</ref>
[[Category:Sugar Bowl champion seasons]]
==Schedule==
{{CFB Schedule Start
| time = no
| rank =
| ranklink = no
| rankyear = no
| tv = no
| attend = yes
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = September 25
| time = no
| w/l = l
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| rank =
| opponent = [[Santa Clara University|Santa Clara]]
| site_stadium = [[Kezar Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[San Francisco|San Francisco, CA]]
| tv = no
| score = 17&ndash;20
| attend = 7,000
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = October 5
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| rank =
| opponent = [[Texas A&M Aggies football, 1940-1949#1948|Texas A&M]]
| site_stadium = [[Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium|Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Norman, Oklahoma|Norman, OK]]
| tv = no
| score = 42&ndash;14
| attend = 27,000
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = October 9
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = [[1948 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]
| site_stadium = [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Fair Park]]
| site_cityst = [[Dallas|Dallas, TX]]
| gamename = [[Red River Rivalry|Red River Shootout]]
| tv = no
| score = 20&ndash;14
| attend = 70,345
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = October 16
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| rank = 20
| opponent = [[1948 Kansas State Wildcats football team|Kansas State]]
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Norman, OK
| tv = no
| score = 42&ndash;0
| attend = 26,000
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = October 23
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| awey = yes
| rank = 18
| opponent = [[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU]]
| site_stadium = [[Amon G. Carter Stadium|Amon Carter Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Fort Worth, Texas|Ft. Worth, TX]]
| tv = no
| score = 21&ndash;18
| attend = 20,000
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = October 30
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away = yes
| rank = 16
| opponent = [[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State]]
| site_stadium = [[Clyde Williams Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Ames, Iowa|Ames, IA]]
| tv = no
| score = 33&ndash;6
| attend = 9,985
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = November 6
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| rank = 15
| opponent = [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]
| opprank = 9
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Norman, OK
| tv = no
| score = 41&ndash;7
| attend = 39,297
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = November 13
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| rank = 9
| opponent = [[1948 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Norman, OK
| tv = no
| score = 41&ndash;14
| attend = 28,000
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = November 20
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| away = yes
| rank = 8
| opponent = [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]]
| site_stadium = [[University of Kansas Memorial Stadium|Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence, KS]]
| tv = no
| score = 60&ndash;7
| attend = 39,000
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = November 27
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| rank = 6
| opponent = [[Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football, 1940-1949#1948|Oklahoma A&M]]
| site_stadium = [[Boone Pickens Stadium|Lewis Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Stillwater, Oklahoma|Stillwater, OK]]
| gamename = [[Bedlam Series|Bedlam]]
| tv = no
| score = 19&ndash;15
| attend = 30,000
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| date = January 1
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| neutral = yes
| rank = 5
| opponent = [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]]
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = [[Tulane Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[New Orleans|New Orleans, LA]]
| gamename = [[Sugar Bowl]]
| tv = no
| score = 14&ndash;6
| attend = 80,383
}}
{{CFB Schedule End|rank=|poll=[[AP Poll]]|hc=no|ncg=}}
{{-}}
<small>Source:{{Cite web |last = DeLassus|first= David |title=Oklahoma Yearly Results 1945–1949 |publisher=[[College Football Data Warehouse]] |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/o/oklahoma/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|format=html|accessdate=July 20, 2015}}</small>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Sugar Bowl champions seasons]]

Revision as of 15:52, 20 July 2015

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1948 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Oklahoma $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Missouri 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Kansas 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Colorado 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Iowa State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Nebraska 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1948 college football season. In their second year under head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners compiled a 10–1 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the Big Seven Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 350 to 121.[1][2]

Two Sooners received All-America honors in 1944, Buddy Burris, and Jack Mitchell.[3] Six Sooners received all-conference honors: Burris (guard), Mitchell (back), Owens (end), Paine (tackle), Thomas (back), and Walker (tackle).[4]

Schedule

September 25at Santa Clara*

L 17–207,000 October 5Texas A&M*

W 42–1427,000 October 9vs. Texas*

W 20–1470,345 October 16Kansas StateNo. 20

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK

W 42–026,000 October 23TCU*No. 18

W 21–1820,000 October 30at Iowa StateNo. 16

W 33–69,985 November 6No. 9 MissouriNo. 15

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK

W 41–739,297 November 13NebraskaNo. 9

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK

W 41–1428,000 November 20at KansasNo. 8

W 60–739,000 November 27at Oklahoma A&M*No. 6

W 19–1530,000 January 1vs. No. 3 North Carolina*No. 5

W 14–680,383

Template:CFB Schedule End

Source:DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1945–1949" (html). College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

References

  1. ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "1944 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
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