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1947 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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Conference
  
Big Six Conference

1947 record
  
7–2–1 (4–0–1 Big 6)

AP
  
No. 16

Head coach
  
Bud Wilkinson (1st year)

Home stadium
  
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)

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.

Guard Buddy Burris received All-America honors in 1947, and five Sooners received all-conference honors: Burris, Jack Mitchell (back), John Rapacz (center), Jim Tyree (end), and Wade Walker (tackle).

Schedule

Source:DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1945–1949" (html). College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 20, 2015. 

References

1947 Oklahoma Sooners football team Wikipedia