1948 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1948 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Seven champion
Sugar Bowl vs. North Carolina, W 14–6
Conference	Big Six Conference
1948 record	10–1 (5–0 Big 7)
Head coach	Bud Wilkinson (2nd year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)

1948 Big 7 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 Oklahoma $	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Missouri	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Kansas	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Colorado	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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.^[1][2]

Two Sooners received All-America honors in 1948, Buddy Burris, and Jack Mitchell.^[3] Six Sooners received all-conference honors: Burris (guard), Mitchell (back), Owens (end), Paine (tackle), Thomas (back), and Walker (tackle).^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	at Santa Clara*		Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, CA	L 17–20	7,000
October 5	Texas A&M*		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 42–14	27,000
October 9	vs. Texas*		Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	W 20–14	70,345
October 16	Kansas State	#20	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 42–0	26,000
October 23	TCU*	#88	Amon Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	W 21–18	20,000
October 30	at Iowa State	#16	Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, IA	W 33–6	9,985
November 6	#9 Missouri	#15	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 41–7	39,297
November 13	Nebraska	#9	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 41–14	28,000
November 20	at Kansas	#8	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 60–7	39,000
November 27	at Oklahoma A&M*	#6	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)	W 19–15	30,000
January 1	vs. #3 North Carolina*	#5	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 14–6	80,383
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Source:DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1945–1949" (html). College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

References

1. "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
2. "1948 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
3. "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
4. "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.