1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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
Big 8 champion
Orange Bowl, L 0–17 vs. Alabama
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
Record8–3 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach
Captains
  • Leon Cross
  • Wayne Lee
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 61,724)
1962 Big Eight Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Oklahoma $ 7 –0 –08 –3 –0
Missouri 5 –1 –18 –1 –2
Nebraska 5 –2 –09 –2 –0
Kansas 4 –2 –16 –3 –1
Iowa State 3 –4 –05 –5 –0
Oklahoma State 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Colorado 1 –6 –02 –8 –0
Kansas State 0 –7 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 22Syracuse*
W 7–354,600
September 29Notre Dame*
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
CBSL 7–1360,640
October 13vs. No. 2 Texas*
CBSL 6–975,504
October 20at Kansas
W 13–738,540
October 27Kansas State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 47–045,085
November 3at Colorado
W 62–027,871
November 101:30 p.m.at Iowa State
W 41–015,391[1][2]
November 17No. 6 Missouri
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 13–062,181
November 24NebraskaNo. 10
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 34–658,768
December 1at Oklahoma StateNo. 8
W 37–635,727
January 1, 1963vs. No. 5 Alabama*No. 8
L 0–1773,380[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[4]

Roster

Rankings
See also: 1962 NCAA University Division football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre12345678910Final
AP—————————1088

Postseason

NFL draft

Three Sooners were selected in the 1963 NFL Draft.[5]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
8101Jim CookGuardSt. Louis Cardinals
9116Dennis WardTacklePhiladelphia Eagles
14185Paul LeaBackSt. 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.[6][7][8]

References
  1. Housh, Leighton (November 10, 1962). "Iowa State Seeks 3rd Straight Over Sooners". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 9. Retrieved July 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. Housh, Leighton (November 10, 1962). "Cyclones--- (continued)". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 11. Retrieved July 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. Land, Charles (January 2, 1963). "Tide rolls over Sooners, Namath, Jordan shine". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 9. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  4. "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  5. "1963 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  6. "Crowder signs 5-year Colorado U. grid pact". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. January 2, 1963. p. 6B.
  7. "Crowder names 3 assistants". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. January 4, 1963. p. B7.
  8. "Crowder gets job as CU grid coach with five-year pact". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 2, 1963. p. 14.
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