1959 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Appearance
1959 Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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Big 7 champion | |
Conference | Big Seven Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 15 |
AP | No. 15 |
Record | 7–3 (5–1 Big 7) |
Head coach |
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Captains |
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Home stadium | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium |
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No. 15 Oklahoma $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Missouri | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AP Poll
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The 1959 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the
Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Seven Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 26 | at No. 10 Northwestern* | No. 2 | NBC | L 13–45 | 50,010 | |
October 3 | Colorado | W 42–12 | 53,745 | |||
October 10 | vs. No. 4 Texas* | No. 13 | NBC | L 12–19 | 75,504 | |
October 17 | at Missouri | W 23–0 | 38,561 | |||
October 24 | Kansas | No. 18 |
| W 7–6 | 51,013 | |
October 31 | at Nebraska | No. 19 | L 21–25 | 32,703 | ||
November 7 | at Kansas State | W 36–0 | 11,204 | |||
November 14 | Army* |
| NBC | W 28–20 | 62,472 | |
November 21 | Iowa State |
| W 35–12 | 46,529 | ||
November 28 | Oklahoma State* | No. 17 |
| W 17–7 | 59,136 | |
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Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
AP | 2 (48) | 2 (12) | — | 13 (2) | — | 18 | 19 | — | — | — | 17 | 15 | 15 |
Postseason
NFL Draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[2]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Team |
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2 | 19 | Prentice Gautt | Running back | Cleveland Browns |
10 | 119 | Bobby Boyd | Defensive back | Baltimore Colts |
20 | 233 | Gilmer Lewis | Tackle | Green Bay Packers |
References
- ^ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ "1960 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.