1953 Oklahoma Sooners football team
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Big Seven champion
Orange Bowl champion |
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Orange Bowl, W 7–0 vs. Maryland
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Conference | Big Seven Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | #5 |
AP | #4 |
1953 record | 9–1–1 (6–0 Big 7) |
Head coach | Bud Wilkinson |
Home stadium | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 55,647) |
1953 Big 7 football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#4 Oklahoma $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1953 college 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
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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September 26 | #1 Notre Dame* | #6 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | L 21–28 | 59,461 | ||||
October 3 | at Pittsburgh* | #8 | Pitt Field • Pittsburgh, PA | T 7–7 | 28,152 | ||||
October 10 | vs. #15 Texas* | #16 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | W 19–14 | 75,504 | ||||
October 17 | Kansas | #12 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 45–0 | 45,862 | ||||
October 24 | Colorado | #9 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 27–20 | 36,565 | ||||
October 31 | Kansas State | #9 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 34–0 | 23,822 | ||||
November 7 | at Missouri | #8 | Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO (Peace Pipe) | W 14–7 | 30,020 | ||||
November 14 | Iowa State | #6 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 47–0 | 43,713 | ||||
November 21 | at Nebraska | #4 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry) | W 30–7 | 31,551 | ||||
November 28 | Oklahoma A&M* | #4 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam) | W 42–7 | 50,524 | ||||
January 1 | vs. #1 Maryland* | #4 | Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) | W 7–0 | 68,640 | ||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |