1956 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1956 Oklahoma Sooners football
National champion Big Seven champion
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1956 record	10–0 (6–0 Big 7)
Head coach	Bud Wilkinson
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 55,647)

1956 Big 7 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
#20 Colorado	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Missouri	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Nebraska	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Kansas	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Oklahoma Sooners football team (variously "Oklahoma", "OU", or the "Sooners") represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1956 college football season. It was the 62nd season of play for the Sooners. The team was led by Hall of Fame head coach Bud Wilkinson. They were led on offense by quarterback Jim Harris, and played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 29	North Carolina*	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma		W 36–0	57,559^[1]
October 6	Kansas State	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma		W 66–0	39,981^[1]
October 13	vs. Texas*	No. 1	Cotton Bowl • Dallas (Red River Shootout)	NBC	W 45–0	75,504^[1]
October 20	at Kansas	No. 1	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas		W 34–12	30,129^[1]
October 27	at Notre Dame*	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC	W 40–0	60,128^[1]
November 3	at No. 18 Colorado	No. 1	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado		W 27–19	46,563^[1]
November 10	at Iowa State	No. 1	Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, Iowa		W 44–0	11,409^[1]
November 17	Missouri	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma		W 67–14	57,647^[1]
November 24	Nebraska	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma (Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry)		W 54–6	50,039^[1]
December 1	at Oklahoma A&M*	No. 1	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series)		W 53–0	36,500^[1]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	0	0	0	0
• Oklahoma	6	13	13	13	45

Date: October 13
Location: Cotton Bowl
Game attendance: 75,504
Game weather: 83°F
Television network: NBC

Scoring summary

Q1	11:57	OKLA	Thomas 2 yard run (kick failed)	OKLA 6–0

Q2	14:27	OKLA	McDonald 4 yard run (kick failed)	OKLA 12–0

Q2	:27	OKLA	McDonald 27 yard pass from Harris (Harris kick)	OKLA 19–0

Q3	8:41	OKLA	Thomas 8 yard run (kick failed)	OKLA 25–0

Q3	1:32	OKLA	McDonald 44 yard run (Pricer kick)	OKLA 32–0

Q4	12:55	OKLA	Thomas 1 yard run (Pricer kick)	OKLA 39–0

Q4	:45	OKLA	Day 25 yard interception return (kick failed)	OKLA 45–0

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Awards

C Jerry Tubbs (All-American, Heisman Finalist)
G Bill Krisher (All-American)
HB Tommy McDonald (All-American)
G Ed Gray (All-American)

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/schedule.cfm?seasonid=1956
↑ . Retrieved 2015-Jul-25.
↑ SoonerSports.com. Retrieved 2015-Jul-25.

1956 Oklahoma Sooners football—consensus national champions

Dave Baker Jimmy Harris Bob Harrison Bill Krisher Tommy McDonald Dennit Morris Clendon Thomas Jerry Tubbs Head coach: Bud Wilkinson Assistant coaches: Eddie Crowder

Oklahoma Sooners football

Venues	Boyd Field (1905–23) Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923–present) Barry Switzer Center

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe) Nebraska Oklahoma State: Bedlam Series Texas: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat)

Culture & lore	Championships T formation Wishbone formation Oklahoma drill Sooner Schooner Boomer and Sooner "Boomer Sooner" Marching band The Kick The Oklahoma Heismen Play Like a Champion Today

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

College football national champions (poll era)

1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (BS, HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, BS, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (BS, HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, BS, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, BS, DS, HS) / Stanford 1941: Minnesota (AP, BS) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP, BS) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, BS, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (BS, HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan (AP [post-bowl], BS, HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame

1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland / Georgia Tech (BS) / Illinois (BS) 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches, BS) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, BS, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, BS, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches, BS, FN) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse

1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) / Iowa BS) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (FN, NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas

1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FN, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP, FN) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches, FN) 1979: Alabama

1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FN, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

Big Eight Conference football champions

MVIAA	Nebraska & Iowa (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909) Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919) Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Nebraska & Drake (1922) Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927)

Big Six	Nebraska (1928) Nebraska (1929) Kansas (1930) Nebraska (1931) Nebraska (1932) Nebraska (1933) Kansas State (1934) Nebraska (1935) Nebraska (1936) Nebraska (1937) Oklahoma (1938) Missouri (1939) Nebraska (1940) Missouri (1941) Missouri (1942) Oklahoma (1943) Oklahoma (1944) Missouri (1945) Kansas & Oklahoma (1946) Kansas & Oklahoma (1947)

Big Seven	Oklahoma (1948) Oklahoma (1949) Oklahoma (1950) Oklahoma (1951) Oklahoma (1952) Oklahoma (1953) Oklahoma (1954) Oklahoma (1955) Oklahoma (1956) Oklahoma (1957) Oklahoma (1958) Oklahoma (1959)

Big Eight	Missouri (1960) Colorado (1961) Oklahoma (1962) Nebraska (1963) Nebraska (1964) Nebraska (1965) Nebraska (1966) Oklahoma (1967) Kansas & Oklahoma (1968) Missouri & Nebraska (1969) Nebraska (1970) Nebraska (1971) Nebraska (1972) Oklahoma (1973) Oklahoma (1974) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975) Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976) Oklahoma (1977) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978) Oklahoma (1979) Oklahoma (1980) Nebraska (1981) Nebraska (1982) Nebraska (1983) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984) Oklahoma (1985) Oklahoma (1986) Oklahoma (1987) Nebraska (1988) Colorado (1989) Colorado (1990) Colorado & Nebraska (1991) Nebraska (1992) Nebraska (1993) Nebraska (1994) Nebraska (1995)

National championships in bold

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