1948 Oklahoma Sooners football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1948

| team = Oklahoma Sooners

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Big Seven Conference

| short_conf = Big 7

| APRank = 5

| record = 10–1

| conf_record = 5–0

| head_coach = Bud Wilkinson

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain = Homer Paine

| captain2 = Wade Walker

| stadium = Memorial Stadium

| champion = Big 7 champion
Sugar Bowl champion

| bowl = Sugar Bowl

| bowl_result = W 14–6 vs. North Carolina

}}

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.{{cite web|title=1948 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=July 20, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oklahoma/1948-schedule.html}}

Two Sooners received All-America honors in 1948, Buddy Burris, and Jack Mitchell.{{cite web|title=2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement|publisher=University of Oklahoma|year=2014|access-date=July 20, 2014|page=90|url=https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2900563.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=31000&}} Six Sooners received all-conference honors: Burris (guard), Mitchell (back), Owens (end), Paine (tackle), Thomas (back), and Walker (tackle).{{cite web|title=2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement|publisher=University of Oklahoma|year=2014|access-date=July 20, 2014|page=95|url=https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2900563.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=31000&}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1948

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 25

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Santa Clara

| site_stadium = Kezar Stadium

| site_cityst = San Francisco, CA

| score = 17–20

| attend = 5,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Broncos Surprise Oklahoma, 20-17|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|author=Bob Brachman|date=September 26, 1948|pages=23, 24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99877269/broncos-surprise-oklahoma-20-17/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 2

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Texas A&M

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Norman, OK

| score = 42–14

| attend = 27,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/shawnee-news-star-surging-sooners-flash/168234363/|work=Shawnee News-Star|title=Surging Sooners flash past Texas Aggies, 42–14|date=October 3, 1948|accessdate=March 17, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 9

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = Texas

| site_stadium = Cotton Bowl

| site_cityst = Dallas, TX

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 20–14

| attend = 67,435

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123770304/record-crowd-sees-oklahoma-defeat-longho/|work=Sunday Courier-Times-Telegraph|title=Record crowd sees Oklahoma defeat Longhorns, 20–14|date=October 10, 1948|accessdate=April 29, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 16

| w/l = w

| rank = 20

| opponent = Kansas State

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Norman, OK

| score = 42–0

| attend = 26,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 23

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 18

| opponent = TCU

| site_stadium = Amon G. Carter Stadium

| site_cityst = Fort Worth, TX

| score = 21–18

| attend = 20,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/okmulgee-daily-times-oklahoma-edges-tcu/168229733/|work=Okmulgee Daily Times|title=Oklahoma edges TCU 21 to 18|date=October 24, 1948|accessdate=March 17, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 16

| opponent = Iowa State

| site_stadium = Clyde Williams Stadium

| site_cityst = Ames, IA

| score = 33–6

| attend = 9,985

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 6

| w/l = w

| rank = 15

| opponent = Missouri

| opprank = 9

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Norman, OK

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 41–7

| attend = 39,297

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 13

| w/l = w

| rank = 9

| opponent = Nebraska

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Norman, OK

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 41–14

| attend = 28,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 20

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 8

| opponent = Kansas

| site_cityst = Lawrence, KS

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| score = 60–7

| attend = 39,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 27

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 6

| opponent = Oklahoma A&M

| site_stadium = Lewis Field

| site_cityst = Stillwater, OK

| gamename = Bedlam

| score = 19–15

| attend = 30,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = January 1, 1949

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| rank = 5

| opponent = North Carolina

| opprank = 3

| site_stadium = Tulane Stadium

| site_cityst = New Orleans, LA

| gamename = Sugar Bowl

| score = 14–6

| attend = 80,383

}}

Rankings

{{Ranking movements

| poll1title = AP

| poll1firstweek = 1

| poll1lastweek = 9

| poll1_1=NR

| poll1_2=20

| poll1_3=18

| poll1_4=16 {{small|(1)}}

| poll1_5=15 {{small|(2)}}

| poll1_6=9 {{small|(5)}}

| poll1_7=8 {{small|(5)}}

| poll1_8=6 {{small|(13)}}

| poll1_9=5 {{small|(30)}}

}}

Roster

NFL draft

Two Sooners were selected in the 1949 NFL draft, held in December 1948.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1949/draft.htm|title=1949 NFL Draft Listing|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=November 29, 2020}}

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Oklahoma Sooners|border=2|Round|Pick|Player|Position|NFL team}}

Myrl Greathouse

Back

Chicago Cardinals

225

Jim Owens

End

Pittsburgh Steelers

Owens played another season for Oklahoma in 1949.

References

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