| 1954Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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Big 7 champion | |
| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 3 |
| AP | No. 3 |
| Record | 10–0 (6–0 Big 7) |
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| Home stadium | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3Oklahoma $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1954 Oklahoma Sooners football team (variously "Oklahoma", "OU", or the "Sooners") represented theUniversity of Oklahoma in the1954 college football season, the sixtieth season ofSooner football. Led by eighth-year head coachBud Wilkinson, they played their home games atOklahoma Memorial Stadium inNorman, Oklahoma, and were members of theBig Seven Conference.
The Sooners went undefeated and were ranked third inboth final polls, released in late November at the end of the regular season. Because of a conference "no-repeat" rule, Oklahoma did not play in abowl game.[1][2] Unranked runner-upNebraska was invited to theOrange Bowl,[1] and was defeated34–7by No. 14Duke.[2]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | at No. 12California* | No. 2 | ABC | W 27–13 | 48,095 | ||
| September 25 | No. 20TCU* | No. 1 | W 21–16 | 50,878 | [3] | ||
| October 9 | vs. No. 15Texas* | No. 1 | W 14–7 | 76,204 | [4] | ||
| October 16 | atKansas | No. 1 | W 65–0 | 28,211 | |||
| October 23 | Kansas State | No. 1 |
| W 21–0 | 46,356 | ||
| October 30 | atColorado | No. 2 | W 13–6 | 31,247 | |||
| November 6 | atIowa State | No. 3 | W 40–0 | 10,209 | |||
| November 13 | Missouri | No. 3 |
| W 34–13 | 54,173 | ||
| November 20 | Nebraska | No. 3 |
| W 55–7 | 55,172 | ||
| November 27 | atOklahoma A&M* | No. 3 | W 14–0 | 38,000 | |||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| AP | 2 (74) | 1 (56) | 2 (24) | 1 (77) | 1 (118) | 1 (115) | 2 (74) | 3 (42) | 3 (44) | 3 (28) | 3 (31) | 3 (35) |
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[6]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL team |
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| 1 | 2 | Max Boydston | End | Chicago Cardinals |
| 1 | 13 | Kurt Burris | Center | Cleveland Browns |
| 3 | 29 | Buddy Leake | Back | Green Bay Packers |
| 16 | 182 | Bob Herndon | Back | Chicago Cardinals |
| 18 | 217 | Steve Champlin | Tackle | Cleveland Browns |
| 22 | 263 | Carl Allison | Back | Detroit Lions |
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