1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1962 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl, L 0–17 vs. Alabama
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
Record8–3 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 61,724)
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Oklahoma $ 7 0 0 8 3 0
Missouri 5 1 1 8 1 2
Nebraska 5 2 0 9 2 0
Kansas 4 2 1 6 3 1
Iowa State 3 4 0 5 5 0
Oklahoma State 2 5 0 4 6 0
Colorado 1 6 0 2 8 0
Kansas State 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 22Syracuse*W 7–354,600
September 29Notre Dame*
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
CBSL 7–1360,640
October 13vs. No. 2 Texas*CBSL 6–975,504
October 20at KansasW 13–738,540
October 27Kansas State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 47–045,085
November 3at ColoradoW 62–027,871
November 10at Iowa StateW 41–015,391
November 17No. 6 Missouri
W 13–062,181
November 24NebraskaNo. 10
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 34–658,768
December 1at Oklahoma StateNo. 8W 37–635,727
January 1, 1963vs. No. 5 Alabama*No. 8L 0–1773,380
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Roster

Postseason

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[2]

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Jim Cook Guard 8 101 St. Louis Cardinals
Dennis Ward Tackle 9 116 Philadelphia Eagles
Paul Lea Back 14 185 St. Louis Cardinals

References

  1. ^ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
  2. ^ "1963 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.