1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team
| 1962 Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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Big 8 champion | |
Orange Bowl, L 0–17 vs. Alabama | |
| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 7 |
| AP | No. 8 |
| Record | 8–3 (7–0 Big 8) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 8 Oklahoma $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the Big Eight Conference during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixteenth season under head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners were 8–2 in the regular season (7–0 in conference) and played their home games on campus at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma.
In the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day, the Sooners were shut out 17–0 by fifth-ranked Alabama and finished at 8–3.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | Syracuse* | W 7–3 | 54,600 | |||||
| September 29 | Notre Dame* |
| CBS | L 7–13 | 60,640 | |||
| October 13 | vs. No. 2 Texas* | CBS | L 6–9 | 75,504 | [1] | |||
| October 20 | at Kansas | W 13–7 | 38,540 | |||||
| October 27 | Kansas State |
| W 47–0 | 45,085 | ||||
| November 3 | at Colorado | W 62–0 | 27,871 | |||||
| November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | at Iowa State | W 41–0 | 15,391 | [2][3] | |||
| November 17 | No. 6 Missouri |
| W 13–0 | 62,181 | ||||
| November 24 | Nebraska | No. 10 |
| W 34–6 | 58,768 | |||
| December 1 | at Oklahoma State | No. 8 | W 37–6 | 35,727 | ||||
| January 1, 1963 | vs. No. 5 Alabama* | No. 8 | L 0–17 | 73,380 | [4] | |||
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Roster[edit]
- HB Joe Don Looney, Jr.
Rankings[edit]
| Week | ||||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 8 | 8 |
Postseason[edit]
NFL draft[edit]
Three Sooners were selected in the 1963 NFL Draft.[6]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Team |
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| 8 | 101 | Jim Cook | Guard | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 9 | 116 | Dennis Ward | Tackle | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 14 | 185 | Paul Lea | Back | St. Louis Cardinals |
Staff[edit]
After the season in early January, 31-year-old assistant coach Eddie Crowder, a former Sooner quarterback, was hired as head coach at the University of Colorado, also a member of the Big Eight.[7][8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Texas turns OU errors into 9–6 victory". The Daily Ardmoreite. October 14, 1962. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Housh, Leighton (November 10, 1962). "Iowa State Seeks 3rd Straight Over Sooners". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 9. Retrieved July 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Housh, Leighton (November 10, 1962). "Cyclones--- (continued)". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 11. Retrieved July 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Land, Charles (January 2, 1963). "Tide rolls over Sooners, Namath, Jordan shine". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 9. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ "1963 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ "Crowder signs 5-year Colorado U. grid pact". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. January 2, 1963. p. 6B.
- ^ "Crowder names 3 assistants". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. January 4, 1963. p. B7.
- ^ "Crowder gets job as CU grid coach with five-year pact". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 2, 1963. p. 14.
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