1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team
American college football season
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The 1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the Big Eight Conference during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixteenth season under head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners were 8–2 in the regular season (7–0 in conference) and played their home games on campus at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma.
| 1962 Oklahoma 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 |
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| No. 8 Oklahoma $ | 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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In the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day, the Sooners were shut out 17–0 by fifth-ranked Alabama and finished at 8–3.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | Syracuse* | W 7–3 | 54,000 | [1] | ||||
| September 29 | Notre Dame* |
| CBS | L 7–13 | 60,500 | [2] | ||
| October 13 | vs. No. 2 Texas* | CBS | L 6–9 | 75,504 | [3] | |||
| October 20 | at Kansas | W 13–7 | 38,000 | [4] | ||||
| October 27 | Kansas State |
| W 47–0 | 41,000 | [5] | |||
| November 3 | at Colorado | W 62–0 | 24,500 | [6] | ||||
| November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | at Iowa State | W 41–0 | 16,000 | [7][8][9] | |||
| November 17 | No. 6 Missouri |
| W 13–0 | 61,826 | [10] | |||
| November 24 | Nebraska | No. 10 |
| W 34–6 | 60,000 | [11] | ||
| December 1 | at Oklahoma State | No. 8 | W 37–6 | 34,000 | [12] | |||
| January 1, 1963 | vs. No. 5 Alabama* | No. 8 | ABC | L 0–17 | 73,380 | [13] | ||
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 8 | 8 |
Roster
- HB Joe Don Looney, Jr.
After the season
NFL draft
Three Sooners were selected in the 1963 NFL draft.[16]
| 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 |
Staff
After the season in early January, 31-year-old assistant coach Eddie Crowder, a former Sooner quarterback, was hired as head coach at the University of Colorado, also a member of the Big Eight.[17][18][19]
