1948 Oklahoma Sooners football team
| 1948 Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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Big Seven champion Sugar Bowl champion | |
Sugar Bowl, W 14–6 vs. North Carolina | |
| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 5 |
| Record | 10–1 (5–0 Big 7) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 1948, 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
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 25 | at Santa Clara* | L 17–20 | 7,000 | ||
| October 5 | Texas A&M* | W 42–14 | 27,000 | ||
| October 9 | vs. Texas* | W 20–14 | 70,345 | ||
| October 16 | Kansas State | No. 20 |
| W 42–0 | 26,000 |
| October 23 | at TCU* | No. 88 | W 21–18 | 20,000 | |
| October 30 | at Iowa State | No. 16 | W 33–6 | 9,985 | |
| November 6 | No. 9 Missouri | No. 15 |
| W 41–7 | 39,297 |
| November 13 | Nebraska | No. 9 |
| W 41–14 | 28,000 |
| November 20 | at Kansas | No. 8 | W 60–7 | 39,000 | |
| November 27 | at Oklahoma A&M* | No. 6 | W 19–15 | 30,000 | |
| January 1, 1949 | vs. No. 3 North Carolina* | No. 5 | W 14–6 | 80,383 | |
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Source:DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1945–1949". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
Roster
- Claude Arnold
- QB Darrell Royal, Jr.
References
- ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "1948 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.