1948 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1948 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion
Sugar Bowl champion
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Ranking
APNo. 5
Record10–1 (5–0 Big 7)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Oklahoma $ 5 0 0 10 1 0
Missouri 5 1 0 8 3 0
Kansas 4 2 0 7 3 0
Colorado 2 3 0 3 6 0
Iowa State 2 4 0 4 6 0
Nebraska 2 4 0 2 8 0
Kansas State 0 6 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1948 college football season. In their second year under head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners compiled a 10–1 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the Big Seven Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 350 to 121.[1][2]

Two Sooners received All-America honors in 1948, Buddy Burris, and Jack Mitchell.[3] Six Sooners received all-conference honors: Burris (guard), Mitchell (back), Owens (end), Paine (tackle), Thomas (back), and Walker (tackle).[4]

  1. ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "1948 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.

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