1947 Oklahoma Sooners football team
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
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| AP | #16 |
| 1947 record | 7-2-1 (4-0-1 Big 6) |
| Head coach | Bud Wilkinson (1st year) |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #12 Kansas + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #16 Oklahoma + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1947 college football season. In their first year under head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners compiled a 7-2-1 record (4-0-1 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for first place in the Big Six Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 194 to 161.[1][2]
Guard Buddy Burris received All-America honors in 1947,[3] and five Sooners received all-conference honors: Burris, Jack Mitchell (back), John Rapacz (center), Jim Tyree (end), and Wade Walker (tackle).[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 27 | at Detroit* | Navin Field • Detroit, MI | W 24–20 | 24,375 | |||||
| October 4 | Texas A&M* | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 26–14 | 29,431 | |||||
| October 11 | vs. #3 Texas* | #15 | Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | L 14–34 | 47,311 | ||||
| October 18 | Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | T 13–13 | 34,547 | |||||
| October 25 | vs. TCU* | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | L 7–20 | 27,957 | |||||
| November 1 | Iowa State | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 27–9 | 26,473 | |||||
| November 8 | at Kansas State | Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS | W 41–13 | 8,000 | |||||
| November 15 | at #17 Missouri | Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO | W 21–12 | 39,297 | |||||
| November 22 | at Nebraska | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE | W 14–13 | 25,000 | |||||
| November 29 | Oklahoma A&M* | #20 | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam) | W 21–13 | 33,945 | ||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
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