1953
65.7Power Index · Rank #17Bud Wilkinson · 9-1-1 · Big Seven
- Performance
- 74.0
- Accomplishment
- 75.0
- Talent
- 16.7
- Pt Diff/Game
- 18.5
Consensus All-Americans J. D. Roberts (G)
Other honors mentioned Carl Allison Jr.; J.D. Roberts Sr.
NFL draft picks Larry Grigg (R2); Marrill Green (R10); Roger Nelson (R14); J. D. Roberts (R17); Juel Sweatte (R30)
National title claim Berryman National Champion (bowl-era pick)
Iconic moment
Where the Streak Started
Bud Wilkinson's team opened the season by losing to top-ranked Notre Dame and then playing Pittsburgh to a tie the following week — an inauspicious start for what would become the most famous streak in college football history. A win over Texas the next Saturday turned out to be the first domino, and the Sooners reeled off victory after victory the rest of the way, capping it with a shutout of unbeaten Maryland in the Orange Bowl. Nobody in the stadium that day could have known they'd just watched the opening chapter of 47 straight wins. *(Note: several mid-season games in this draft still need confirming per the gap report — treat the streak framing as solid, the game-by-game details as provisional.)*
NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: source only gave 4 of ~11 games (L to Notre Dame, T at Pitt, W at Texas, W over Maryland in Orange Bowl) -- 7 games missing so PF/PA and final record not computed. Source's stated '10-1-1' record doesn't reconcile with the 9-straight-wins-after-the-tie description; flagged rather than asserted. This is the start of the 47-game win streak.
1 gap in this season’s data
- national title claim present but not marked consensus — scored as split/disputed (25 pts)