1948 Oklahoma Sooners football team

American college football season January 2022 February 2026 1948 Oklahoma Sooners football Big Seven Conference Big 7 5 10–1 5–0 Bud Wilkinson 2nd Homer Paine Wade Walker Memorial Stadium National Champion (HAF, CFRA)Big 7 championSugar Bowl champion Sugar Bowl W 14–6 vs. North Carolina 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 121.1948 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football July 20, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oklahoma/1948-schedule.html Two Sooners received All-America honors in 1948, Buddy Burris, and Jack Mitchell.2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement University of Oklahoma 2014 July 20, 2014 90 https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2900563.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=31000& Six Sooners received all-conference honors: Burris (guard), Mitchell (back), Owens (end), Paine (tackle), Thomas (back), and Walker (tackle).2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement University of Oklahoma 2014 July 20, 2014 95 https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2900563.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=31000& Schedule 1948 AP September 25 l y y Santa Clara Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA 17–20 5,000 Broncos Surprise Oklahoma, 20-17 The San Francisco Examiner Bob Brachman September 26, 1948 23, 24 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99877269/broncos-surprise-oklahoma-20-17/ Newspapers.com October 2 w y Texas A&M Memorial Stadium Norman, OK 42–14 27,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/shawnee-news-star-surging-sooners-flash/168234363/ Shawnee News-Star Surging Sooners flash past Texas Aggies, 42–14 October 3, 1948 March 17, 2025 Newspapers.com October 9 w y y Texas Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX rivalry 20–14 67,435 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123770304/record-crowd-sees-oklahoma-defeat-longho/ Sunday Courier-Times-Telegraph Record crowd sees Oklahoma defeat Longhorns, 20–14 October 10, 1948 April 29, 2023 Newspapers.com October 16 w 20 Kansas State Memorial Stadium Norman, OK 42–0 26,000 October 23 w y y 18 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX 21–18 20,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/okmulgee-daily-times-oklahoma-edges-tcu/168229733/ Okmulgee Daily Times Oklahoma edges TCU 21 to 18 October 24, 1948 March 17, 2025 Newspapers.com October 30 w y 16 Iowa State Clyde Williams Stadium Ames, IA 33–6 9,985 November 6 w 15 Missouri 9 Memorial Stadium Norman, OK rivalry 41–7 39,297 November 13 w 9 Nebraska Memorial Stadium Norman, OK rivalry 41–14 28,000 November 20 w y 8 Kansas Lawrence, KS Memorial Stadium 60–7 39,000 November 27 w y y 6 Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field Stillwater, OK Bedlam 19–15 30,000 January 1, 1949 w y y 5 North Carolina 3 Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA Sugar Bowl 14–6 80,383 Rankings 1948 college football rankings AP 1 9 NR 20 18 16 (1) 15 (2) 9 (5) 8 (5) 6 (13) 5 (30) Roster Claude Arnold Jack Mitchell QB Darrell Royal, Jr. NFL draft Two Sooners were selected in the 1949 NFL draft, held in December 1948.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1949/draft.htm 1949 NFL Draft Listing Pro-Football-Reference.com November 29, 2020 Oklahoma Sooners 2 Round Pick Player Position NFL team 762Myrl GreathouseBackChicago Cardinals23225Jim OwensEndPittsburgh Steelers Owens played another season for Oklahoma in 1949. References Oklahoma Category:Oklahoma Sooners football seasons Category:Big Eight Conference football champion seasons Category:Sugar Bowl champion seasons Oklahoma Sooners football