1957_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team

1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team

American college football season

The 1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, and were members of the Big Seven Conference. They were two-time defending national champions (1955, 1956), led by head coach Bud Wilkinson, in his eleventh season.

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The Sooners won their first seven games in 1957, but were upset at home by unranked Notre Dame on November 16, stopping Oklahoma's record-breaking win streak at 47 games.[1] It was their only loss of the season; they finished fourth in both final polls in early December,[2][3] and won the Orange Bowl in January.[4]

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Rankings

See also: 1957 NCAA University Division football rankings
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Postseason

NFL Draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[7]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Irish snap Sooners' string, 7-0". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 17, 1957. p. 1C.
  2. [2]
    "Coaches rate Buckeyes tops in final poll". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. December 2, 1957. p. 18.
  3. [3]
    "Auburn tops final poll; Badgers 19th". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. December 3, 1957. p. 4, part 2.
  4. [4]
    "Sooners cash in on six mistakes; crush Duke, 48-21". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. January 2, 1958. p. 3, part 2.
  5. [5]
    "Sooners explode to rout Duke". The San Francisco Examiner. January 2, 1958. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. [6]
    "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  7. [7]
    "1958 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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