1951 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1951 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1951 college football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Seven Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson.

1951 Big Seven Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Colorado	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Kansas	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Nebraska	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Missouri	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	William & Mary*	No. 4	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 49–7	39,184	^[1]
October 6	at No. 10 Texas A&M*	No. 4	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 7–14	34,789
October 13	vs. No. 6 Texas*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 7–9	75,080	^[2]
October 20	Kansas	No. 19	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 33–21	44,462
October 27	Colorado		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 55–14	46,686
November 3	at Kansas State	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 33–0	11,248
November 10	at Missouri	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry)	W 34–20	23,198
November 17	Iowa State	No. 12	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 35–6	34,761
November 24	at Nebraska	No. 12	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	W 27–0	33,698
December 1	Oklahoma A&M*	No. 10	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)	W 41–6	33,103
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
AP	4 (16)	4 (16)	4 (16)	4 (18)	11	19	—	17 (1)	14 (1)	12 (1)	12	10 (2)	10 (4)

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.^[4]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
2	17	Jim Weatherall	Tackle	Philadelphia Eagles
16	192	Ed Rowland	Tackle	Cleveland Browns