1952 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1952 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Seven champion
Conference Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches #4
AP #4
1952 record 8–1–1 (5–0–1 Big 7)
Head coach Bud Wilkinson
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 55,647)
1952 Big 7 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Oklahoma $ 5 – 0 – 1     8 – 1 – 1
Missouri 5 – 1 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Nebraska 3 – 2 – 1     5 – 4 – 1
Kansas 3 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Colorado 2 – 2 – 2     6 – 2 – 2
Iowa State 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1952 college football season. It was the 58th season of play for the Sooners. Led by head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners offense scored 407 points, while the defense allowed only 141.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 27 at Colorado #4 Folsom Field • Boulder, CO T 21–21   30,569[1]
October 4 Pittsburgh* #20 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 49–20   37,716[1]
October 11 vs. Texas* #12 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX W 49–20   75,504[1]
October 18 at #8 Kansas #6 Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS W 42–20   37,946[1]
October 25 Kansas State #3 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 49–6   38,168[1]
November 1 at Iowa State #3 Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, IA W 41–0   9,619[1]
November 8 at #10 Notre Dame* #4 Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN NBC L 21–27   57,466[1]
November 15 Missouri #8 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 47–7   43,393[1]
November 22 Nebraska #5 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 34–13   42,489[1]
November 29 at Oklahoma A&M #4 Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK W 54–7   21,408[1]
*Non-conference game.

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Awards and honors

1953 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Billy VesselsHalfback1 2 Baltimore Colts

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/schedule.cfm?SeasonID=1952&type=All&location=H
  2. ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=382&season=1952
  3. ↑ http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html
  4. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1953.htm

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