1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1957 college football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, and were members of the Big Seven Conference. They were two-time defending national champions (1955, 1956), led by head coach Bud Wilkinson, in his eleventh season.

1957 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 48–21 vs. Duke
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	10–1 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach	Bud Wilkinson (11th season)
Captains	Don Stiller Clendon Thomas
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

1957 Big Seven Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Kansas	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Missouri	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Colorado	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Nebraska	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The Sooners won their first seven games in 1957, but were upset at home by unranked Notre Dame on November 16, stopping Oklahoma's record-breaking win streak at 47 games.^[1] It was their only loss of the season; they finished fourth in both final polls in early December,^[2][3] and won the Orange Bowl in January.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at No. 8 Pittsburgh*	No. 1	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA		W 26–0	59,025
October 5	Iowa State	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 40–14	53,392
October 12	vs. Texas*	No. 1	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	NBC	W 21–7	75,504	[5]
October 19	Kansas	No. 2	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 47–0	51,582
October 26	Colorado	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	NBC	W 14–13	61,624
November 2	at Kansas State	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 13–0	15,480
November 9	at No. 19 Missouri	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry)		W 39–14	39,018
November 16	Notre Dame*	No. 2	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	NBC	L 0–7	63,170
November 23	at Nebraska	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 32–7	29,844
November 30	Oklahoma State*	No. 5	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)		W 53–6	52,366
January 1, 1958	vs. No. 16 Duke*	No. 4	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	CBS	W 48–21	76,318	[6]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^[7]

Rankings

See also: 1957 college football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
AP	1 (127)	1 (65)	1 (81)	1 (65)	2 (64)	1 (89)	2 (51)	2 (48)	2 (46)	6 (4)	5 (8)	4 (22)

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.^[8]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL team
2	19	Clendon Thomas	Back	Los Angeles Rams
3	32	Bill Krisher	Guard	Pittsburgh Steelers
14	164	Doyle Jennings	Tackle	Pittsburgh Steelers
18	215	Dennit Morris	Back	San Francisco 49ers