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Oklahoma football: The Top-10 teams in Sooner gridiron history

ByAaron Gelvin|
NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 18: An Oklahoma Sooners Ruf Nek runs across the field with an OU flag after a 100-yard return on a blocked point-after-touchdown for two points against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 18, 2021 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma won 23-16. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 18: An Oklahoma Sooners Ruf Nek runs across the field with an OU flag after a 100-yard return on a blocked point-after-touchdown for two points against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 18, 2021 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma won 23-16. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
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NORMAN, OK – SEPTEMBER 22: Oklahoma Sooners fans wait on the statue of Heisman Trophy winner Billy Vessels before the game against the Army Black Knights at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 22, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK – SEPTEMBER 22: Oklahoma Sooners fans wait on the statue of Heisman Trophy winner Billy Vessels before the game against the Army Black Knights at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 22, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)

No. 7 — 1950 Oklahoma Sooners team

1950

Record: 10-1 overall (6-0 Big 7) National Champions

Head Coach: Bud Wilkinson

Oklahoma’s very first national championship in football was won by the 1950 team led by Bud Wilkinson. They had classic battles with Texas A&M, Texas and Nebraska, winning all three matchups. Billy Vessels was named all-conference as a sophomore, two years before he would win the Heisman Trophy.

The Sooners were named consensus national champs before being upset in the Sugar Bowl against Kentucky, losing by a score of 13-7. Still, Wilkinson’s fourth season at the helm resulted in a title with bigger and better things on the horizon.

This was the era of Oklahoma football that put the Sooners on the national map.

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