1958 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1958 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1958 college football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Seven Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson.

1958 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 7 champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 21–6 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	10–1 (7–0 Big 7)
Head coach	Bud Wilkinson (12th season)
Captains	Bob Harrison Joe Rector
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

1958 Big Seven Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Missouri	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Colorado	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kansas	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Nebraska	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	0	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	No. 13 West Virginia*	No. 2	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 47–14	55,432	[1]
October 4	Oregon*	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 6–0	60,511
October 11	vs. No. 16 Texas*	No. 2	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)		L 14–15	75,780
October 18	at Kansas	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	NBC	W 43–0	28,861
October 25	Kansas State	No. 9	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 40–6	47,743
November 1	at No. 9 Colorado	No. 7	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 23–7	28,264
November 8	at Iowa State	No. 6	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA		W 20–0	10,314
November 15	Missouri	No. 6	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	NBC	W 39–0	54,268
November 22	Nebraska	No. 4	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)		W 40–7	44,740
November 29	at Oklahoma State	No. 3	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)		W 7–0	37,014
January 1, 1959	vs. No. 9 Syracuse*	No. 5	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)		W 21–6	75,281
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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	2 (23)	2 (12)	1 (66)	2 (24)	11	9 (1)	7 (5)	6 (8)	6 (3)	4 (22)	3 (9)	5 (10)

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL team
1	5	Dave Baker	Quarterback	San Francisco 49ers
2	17	Bob Harrison	Center	San Francisco 49ers
20	237	Ross Coyle	End	Los Angeles Rams