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1952 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record8–1–1 (5–0–1 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons← 19511953 →
1952 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 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

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27at ColoradoNo. 4T 21–2130,569
October 4Pittsburgh*No. 20W 49–2037,716–38,000
October 11vs. Texas*No. 12W 49–2075,504
October 18at No. 8 KansasNo. 6W 42–2037,946
October 25Kansas StateNo. 3
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 49–638,168
November 1at Iowa StateNo. 3W 41–09,619
November 8at No. 10 Notre Dame*No. 4NBCL 21–2757,466
November 15MissouriNo. 8
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 47–743,393
November 22NebraskaNo. 5
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 34–1342,489
November 29at Oklahoma A&M*No. 4W 54–721,408
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1952 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789Final
AP4 (16)2012 (1)6 (5)3 (23)3 (20)4 (27)85 (1)4 (3)4 (14)

Roster

Awards and honors

NFL draft

Six Sooners were selected in the 1953 NFL draft, held on January 22.

Round Pick Player Position NFL team
1 2 Billy Vessels Running back Baltimore Colts
2 22 Eddie Crowder Quarterback New York Giants
3 26 Buck McPhail Back Baltimore Colts
4 38 Tom Catlin Center Baltimore Colts
15 177 Dick Bowman Guard New York Giants
15 180 Tom Carroll Back Los Angeles Rams

References

  1. George Kiseda (October 5, 1952). "Buddy Leake Star of Game With 20 Points". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 2, part 4. Retrieved October 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "O.U. shocks Texas, 49–20, in power display". The Ponca City News. October 12, 1952. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1952 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball
  4. "Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2007.
  5. "1953 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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