1958 Oklahoma Sooners football team

American college football season

1958 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 21–6 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	10–1 (7–0 Big 7)
Head coach	Bud Wilkinson (12th season)
Captains	Bob Harrison Joe Rector
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons← 1957 1959 →

1958 Big Seven Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Missouri	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Colorado	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Kansas	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Nebraska	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	0	–	6	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1958 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	TV	Result	Attendance
September 27	No. 13 West Virginia*	No. 2	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 47–14	55,432
October 4	Oregon*	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 6–0	60,511
October 11	vs. No. 16 Texas*	No. 2	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)		L 14–15	75,780
October 18	at Kansas	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	NBC	W 43–0	28,861
October 25	Kansas State	No. 9	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 40–6	47,743
November 1	at No. 9 Colorado	No. 7	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 23–7	28,264
November 8	at Iowa State	No. 6	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA		W 20–0	10,314
November 15	Missouri	No. 6	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	NBC	W 39–0	54,268
November 22	Nebraska	No. 4	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)		W 40–7	44,740
November 29	at Oklahoma State	No. 3	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)		W 7–0	37,014
January 1, 1959	vs. No. 9 Syracuse*	No. 5	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)		W 21–6	75,281
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
AP	2 (23)	2 (12)	1 (66)	2 (24)	11	9 (1)	7 (5)	6 (8)	6 (3)	4 (22)	3 (9)	5 (10)

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL team
1	5	Dave Baker	Quarterback	San Francisco 49ers
2	17	Bob Harrison	Center	San Francisco 49ers
20	237	Ross Coyle	End	Los Angeles Rams

References

"New look Sooners maul West Virginia". Shawnee News-Star. September 28, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
"1959 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

v t e Oklahoma Sooners football
Venues	Boyd Field (1905–1923) Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma State: Bedlam Series Texas: Red River Rivalry
Culture & lore	T formation Wishbone formation 1971 Nebraska game 2008 Big 12 South 3-way tie controversy 2016 Texas Tech game Oklahoma drill Sooner Schooner RUF/NEKS Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass Boomer and Sooner "Boomer Sooner" Marching band The Kick Play Like a Champion Today
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Big Eight Conference football champions
MVIAA	Iowa & Nebraska (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909) Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919) Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Drake & Nebraska (1922) Kansas & Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927)
Big Six	Nebraska (1928) Nebraska (1929) Kansas (1930) Nebraska (1931) Nebraska (1932) Nebraska (1933) Kansas State (1934) Nebraska (1935) Nebraska (1936) Nebraska (1937) Oklahoma (1938) Missouri (1939) Nebraska (1940) Missouri (1941) Missouri (1942) Oklahoma (1943) Oklahoma (1944) Missouri (1945) Kansas & Oklahoma (1946) Kansas & Oklahoma (1947)
Big Seven	Oklahoma (1948) Oklahoma (1949) Oklahoma (1950) Oklahoma (1951) Oklahoma (1952) Oklahoma (1953) Oklahoma (1954) Oklahoma (1955) Oklahoma (1956) Oklahoma (1957) Oklahoma (1958) Oklahoma (1959)
Big Eight	Missouri (1960) Colorado (1961) Oklahoma (1962) Nebraska (1963) Nebraska (1964) Nebraska (1965) Nebraska (1966) Oklahoma (1967) Kansas & Oklahoma (1968) Missouri & Nebraska (1969) Nebraska (1970) Nebraska (1971) Nebraska (1972) Oklahoma (1973) Oklahoma (1974) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975) Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976) Oklahoma (1977) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978) Oklahoma (1979) Oklahoma (1980) Nebraska (1981) Nebraska (1982) Nebraska (1983) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984) Oklahoma (1985) Oklahoma (1986) Oklahoma (1987) Nebraska (1988) Colorado (1989) Colorado (1990) Colorado & Nebraska (1991) Nebraska (1992) Nebraska (1993) Nebraska (1994) Nebraska (1995)
National championships in bold

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