1955 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1955 Oklahoma Sooners football
Consensus national champion
Big 7 champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 20–6 vs. Maryland
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record11–0 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Oklahoma $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
Nebraska 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Colorado 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Kansas State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Kansas 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Iowa State 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Missouri 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1955 Oklahoma Sooners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Oklahoma in the Big Seven Conference (Big 7) during the 1955 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners compiled an 11–0 record, outscored opponents by a total of 385 to 60, won the Big 7 and national championships, and defeated No. 3 Maryland, 20–6, in the 1956 Orange Bowl.[1] In the Orange Bowl, Oklahoma trailed by six at halftime, and then outscored Maryland, 20–0, in the second half.[2] Oklahoma's 1955 season was the school's tenth consecutive conference championship and part of a record-setting 47-game winning streak that lasted from October 10, 1953, through November 9, 1957.[3]

The Sooners played their home games at

Owen Field in Norman, Oklahoma
.

National championship

In the final

Sagarin Ratings, and Williamson System.[7]
: 113 

Honors and statistical leaders

Guard Bo Bolinger was a consensus first-team pick on the 1955 All-America college football team.[8]

Halfback Tommy McDonald led the team with 102 points scored, 715 rushing yards, and 284 passing yards.[9] McDonald received first-team All-America honors from the Associated Press.

Three of the coaches and two of the players on the 1955 Sooners were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: coach Wilkinson (inducted 1969);[10] assistant coach Gomer Jones (inducted 1978);[11] Tommy McDonald (inducted 1985);[12] assistant coach Pete Elliott (inducted 1994);[13] and center Jerry Tubbs (inducted 1996).[14]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 24at North Carolina*No. 3
W 13–626,638[15]
October 1No. 12 Pittsburgh*No. 5
W 26–1456,907[16]
October 8vs.
Red River Shootout)
W 20–075,504[17]
October 15KansasNo. 3
  • Owen Field
  • Norman, OK
W 44–639,789[18]
October 22No. 14 ColoradoNo. 3
  • Owen Field
  • Norman, OK
NBCW 56–2157,663[19]
October 29at Kansas StateNo. 2
W 40–718,263[20]
November 5at MissouriNo. 1
W 20–032,289[21]
November 12Iowa StateNo. 1
  • Owen Field
  • Norman, OK
W 52–046,455[22]
November 19at NebraskaNo. 1
W 41–036,576[23]
November 26Oklahoma A&M*No. 1
W 53–040,182[24]
January 2, 1956vs. No. 3 Maryland*No. 1
CBSW 20–676,561[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

Players

Coaches

Rankings

See also: 1955 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910Final
AP
2 (32)3 (10)5 (12)3 (13)3 (21)3 (29)2 (53)2 (54)1 (115)1 (103)1 (114)1 (218)

After the season

NFL Draft

The following Sooners were selected in the

1955 NFL Draft following the season.[26]
[27]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
4 44 Cecil Morris Guard Green Bay Packers
6 68 Bob Burris Back Green Bay Packers
13 149 Bo Bolinger Guard Chicago Cardinals
20 241 Joe Mobra End Cleveland Browns

References

  1. ^ "1955 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
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  3. ^ "Irish snap Sooners' streak, 7-0". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 17, 1957. p. 1C.
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  5. ^ "Final UP poll". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. November 29, 1955. p. 2B.
  6. ^ Miller, Norman (December 4, 1956). "Oklahoma voted grid champion in final AP and UP polls". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). United Press. p. 23.
  7. ^ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  8. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 9. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "1955 Oklahoma Sooners Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  10. ^ "Bud Wilkinson". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  11. ^ "Gomer Jones". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  12. ^ "Tommy McDonald". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  13. ^ "Pete Elliott". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  14. ^ "Jerry Tubbs". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
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  25. ^ "1955 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
  26. ^ "1955 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  27. ^ "Oklahoma Drafted Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
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