1949 Oklahoma Sooners football team
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Big Seven champion
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Sugar Bowl, W 35–0 vs. LSU
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| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
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| AP | #2 |
| 1949 record | 11–0 (5–0 Big 7) |
| Head coach | Bud Wilkinson (3rd year) |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 Oklahoma $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #20 Missouri | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1949 college football season. In their third year under head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners compiled an undefeated 11–0 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the Big Six Conference championship, were ranked #2 in the final AP Poll, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 399 to 88.[1][2]
Five Sooners received All-America honors in 1949: Jim Owens (end), Darrell Royal (quarterback), George Thomas (halfback), Wade Walker (tackle) and Stanley West (guard).[3] The same five players also received all-conference honors.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 23 | at Boston College* | #3 | Braves Field • Boston, MA | W 46–0 | 36,241 | ||||
| October 1 | Texas A&M* | #3 | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 33–13 | 34,658 | ||||
| October 8 | vs. #12 Texas* | #3 | Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | W 20–14 | 75,347 | ||||
| October 15 | Kansas | #3 | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 48–26 | 37,660 | ||||
| October 22 | at Nebraska | #4 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE | W 48–0 | 39,000 | ||||
| October 29 | Iowa State | #3 | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 34–7 | 38,149 | ||||
| November 5 | at Kansas State | #3 | Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS | W 39–0 | 18,500 | ||||
| November 12 | at Missouri | #3 | Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO | W 27–7 | 37,152 | ||||
| November 19 | vs. #19 Santa Clara* | #2 | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 28–21 | 60,145 | ||||
| November 26 | Oklahoma A&M* | #3 | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam) | W 41–0 | 47,937 | ||||
| January 1 | #9 LSU* | #2 | Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | W 41–0 | 82,000 | ||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
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