1958 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 21–6 vs. Syracuse
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
Record10–1 (7–0 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
1958 Big Seven Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Oklahoma $ 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
Missouri 4 –1 –15 –4 –1
Colorado 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Kansas 3 –2 –14 –5 –1
Kansas State 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Nebraska 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
Iowa State 0 –6 –04 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Seven Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27No. 13 West Virginia*No. 2
W 47–1455,432
October 4Oregon*No. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 6–060,511
October 11vs. No. 16 Texas*No. 2
L 14–1575,780
October 18at KansasNo. 11
NBCW 43–028,861
October 25Kansas StateNo. 9
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 40–647,743
November 1at No. 9 ColoradoNo. 7
W 23–728,264
November 8at Iowa StateNo. 6
W 20–010,314
November 15MissouriNo. 6
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
NBCW 39–054,268
November 22NebraskaNo. 4
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 40–744,740
November 29at Oklahoma StateNo. 3
W 7–037,014
January 1, 1959vs. No. 9 Syracuse*No. 5
W 21–675,281
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910Final
AP2 (23)2 (12)1 (66)2 (24)119 (1)7 (5)6 (8)6 (3)4 (22)3 (9)5 (10)

Postseason

NFL Draft

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

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
15Dave BakerQuarterbackSan Francisco 49ers
217Bob HarrisonCenterSan Francisco 49ers
20237Ross CoyleEndLos Angeles Rams

References

  1. ↑ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ "1959 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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