1954 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1954 Oklahoma Sooners football team (variously "Oklahoma", "OU", or the "Sooners") represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1954 college football season, the sixtieth season of Sooner football. Led by eighth-year head coach Bud Wilkinson, they played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, and were members of the Big Seven Conference.

1954 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Seven champion
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
1954 record10–0 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
  • Gene Calame
  • Gene Mears
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
1954 Big Seven Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Oklahoma $ 6 –0 –010 –0 –0
Nebraska 4 –2 –06 –5 –0
Colorado 3 –2 –17 –2 –1
Missouri 3 –2 –14 –5 –1
Kansas State 3 –3 –07 –3 –0
Iowa State 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Kansas 0 –6 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The Sooners went undefeated and were ranked third in both final polls, released in late November at the end of the regular season. Because of a conference "no-repeat" rule, Oklahoma did not play in a bowl game.[1][2] Unranked runner-up Nebraska was invited to the Orange Bowl,[1] and was defeated 34–7 by No. 14 Duke.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 18at No. 12 California*No. 2
ABCW 27–1348,095[3]
September 25No. 20 TCU*No. 1
W 21–1650,878[3]
October 9vs. No. 15 Texas*No. 1
W 14–776,204[3]
October 16at KansasNo. 1
W 65–028,211[3]
October 23Kansas StateNo. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 21–046,356[3]
October 30at ColoradoNo. 2
W 13–631,247[3]
November 6at Iowa StateNo. 3
W 40–010,209[3]
November 13MissouriNo. 3
W 34–1354,173[3]
November 20NebraskaNo. 3
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 55–755,172[3]
November 27at Oklahoma A&M*No. 3
W 14–038,000[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

Rankings
See also: 1954 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910Final
AP2 (74)1 (56)2 (24)1 (77)1 (118)1 (115)2 (74)3 (42)3 (44)3 (28)3 (31)3 (35)

Postseason

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[4]

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Max BoydstonEnd12Chicago Cardinals
Kurt BurrisCenter113Cleveland Browns
Buddy LeakeBack329Green Bay Packers
Bob HerndonBack16182Chicago Cardinals
Steve ChamplinTackle18217Cleveland Browns
Carl AllisonBack22263Detroit Lions

References
  1. "Busy scoreboard eyed as Duke, Nebraska tangle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 1, 1955. p. 8.
  2. Funk, Ben (January 2, 1955). "Duke rips Huskers 34-7". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  3. "1954 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
  4. "1955 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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