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1949 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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Conference
  
Big Seven Conference

1949 record
  
11–0 (5–0 Big 7)

AP
  
No. 2

Head coach
  
Bud Wilkinson (3rd year)

Home stadium
  
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)

The 1949 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1949 college football season. In their third year under head coach Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners compiled an undefeated 11–0 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the Big Six Conference championship, were ranked #2 in the final AP Poll, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 399 to 88.

Five Sooners received All-America honors in 1949: Jim Owens (end), Darrell Royal (quarterback), George Thomas (halfback), Wade Walker (tackle) and Stanley West (guard). The same five players also received all-conference honors.

Schedule

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

References

1949 Oklahoma Sooners football team Wikipedia