| 1962Oklahoma 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) |
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| Home stadium | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium |
Seasons | |
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| No. 8Oklahoma $ | 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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The1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented theUniversity of Oklahoma in theBig Eight Conference during the1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixteenth season under head coachBud Wilkinson, the Sooners were 8–2 in the regular season (7–0 in conference) and played their home games on campus atOklahoma Memorial Stadium inNorman, Oklahoma.
In theOrange Bowl onNew Year's Day, the Sooners wereshut out 17–0 by fifth-rankedAlabama and finished at 8–3.
| 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. 2Texas* | CBS | L 6–9 | 75,504 | [1] | |||
| October 20 | atKansas | W 13–7 | 38,540 | |||||
| October 27 | Kansas State |
| W 47–0 | 45,085 | ||||
| November 3 | atColorado | W 62–0 | 27,871 | |||||
| November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | atIowa State | W 41–0 | 15,391 | [2][3] | |||
| November 17 | No. 6Missouri |
| W 13–0 | 62,181 | ||||
| November 24 | Nebraska | No. 10 |
| W 34–6 | 58,768 | |||
| December 1 | atOklahoma State | No. 8 | W 37–6 | 35,727 | ||||
| January 1, 1963 | vs. No. 5Alabama* | No. 8 | ABC | L 0–17 | 73,380 | [4] | ||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 8 | 8 |
Three Sooners were selected in the1963 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 |
After the season in early January, 31-year-old assistant coachEddie Crowder, a former Sooner quarterback, was hired as head coach at theUniversity of Colorado, also a member of the Big Eight.[7][8][9]
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