The 1957 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1957 college football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, and were members of the Big Seven Conference. They were two-time defending national champions (1955, 1956), led by head coach Bud Wilkinson, in his eleventh season.
| 1957 Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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Big 7 champion Orange Bowl champion | |
Orange Bowl, W 48–21 vs. Duke | |
| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 4 |
| Record | 10–1 (6–0 Big 7) |
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| Home stadium | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Oklahoma $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Sooners won their first seven games in 1957, but were upset at home by unranked Notre Dame on November 16, stopping Oklahoma's record-breaking win streak at 47 games. It was their only loss of the season; they finished fourth in both final polls in early December, and won the Orange Bowl in January.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | at No. 8 Pittsburgh* | No. 1 |
| W 26–0 | 58,942–59,025 | ||
| October 5 | Iowa State | No. 1 |
| W 40–14 | 53,392 | ||
| October 12 | vs. Texas* | No. 1 |
| NBC | W 21–7 | 75,504 | |
| October 19 | Kansas | No. 2 |
| W 47–0 | 51,582 | ||
| October 26 | Colorado | No. 1 |
| NBC | W 14–13 | 61,624 | |
| November 2 | at Kansas State | No. 2 |
| W 13–0 | 15,480 | ||
| November 9 | at No. 19 Missouri | No. 2 |
| W 39–14 | 39,018 | ||
| November 16 | Notre Dame* | No. 2 |
| NBC | L 0–7 | 63,170 | |
| November 23 | at Nebraska | No. 6 |
| W 32–7 | 29,844 | ||
| November 30 | Oklahoma State* | No. 5 |
| W 53–6 | 52,366 | ||
| January 1, 1958 | vs. No. 16 Duke* | No. 4 |
| CBS | W 48–21 | 76,318 | |
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| AP | 1 (127) | 1 (65) | 1 (81) | 1 (65) | 2 (64) | 1 (89) | 2 (51) | 2 (48) | 2 (46) | 6 (4) | 5 (8) | 4 (22) |
NFL draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL team |
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| 2 | 19 | Clendon Thomas | Back | Los Angeles Rams |
| 3 | 32 | Bill Krisher | Guard | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 14 | 164 | Doyle Jennings | Tackle | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 18 | 215 | Dennit Morris | Back | San Francisco 49ers |
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