1952 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1952 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1952 college football season. It was the 58th season of play for the Sooners. Led by head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners offense scored 407 points, while the defense allowed only 141.

1952 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Seven champion
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
1952 record8–1–1 (5–0–1 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 55,647)
1952 Big Seven Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Oklahoma $ 5 0 18 1 1
Missouri 5 1 05 5 0
Nebraska 3 2 15 4 1
Kansas 3 3 07 3 0
Colorado 2 2 26 2 2
Iowa State 1 5 03 6 0
Kansas State 0 6 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27at ColoradoNo. 4T 21–2130,569[1]
October 4Pittsburgh*No. 20W 49–2037,716[1]
October 11vs. Texas*No. 12W 49–2075,504[1]
October 18at No. 8 KansasNo. 6W 42–2037,946[1]
October 25Kansas StateNo. 3
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 49–638,168[1]
November 1at Iowa StateNo. 3W 41–09,619[1]
November 8at No. 10 Notre Dame*No. 4NBCL 21–2757,466[1]
November 15MissouriNo. 8
W 47–743,393[1]
November 22NebraskaNo. 5
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 34–1342,489[1]
November 29at Oklahoma A&M*No. 4W 54–721,408[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Roster

  • QB Eddie Crowder, Sr.
  • G J.D. Roberts, Jr.
  • HB Billy Vessels, Sr.
  • E Carl Allison, So.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789Final
AP4 (16)2012 (1)6 (5)3 (23)3 (20)4 (27)85 (1)4 (3)4 (14)

Awards and honors

Postseason

NFL draft

Six Sooners were selected in the 1953 NFL Draft, held on January 22.[3]

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Billy VesselsRunning Back12Baltimore Colts
Eddie CrowderQuarterback222New York Giants
Buck McPhailBack326Baltimore Colts
Tom CatlinCenter438Baltimore Colts
Dick BowmanGuard15177New York Giants
Tom CarrollBack15180Los Angeles Rams

References

  1. 1952 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "1953 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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