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1954 Oklahoma Sooners football team

American college football team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ4568123 ↗
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The 1954 Oklahoma Sooners football team (variously "Oklahoma", "OU", or the "Sooners") represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1954 college football season, the sixtieth season of Sooner football. Led by eighth-year head coach Bud Wilkinson, they played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, and were members of the Big Seven Conference.

The Sooners went undefeated and were ranked third in both final polls, released in late November at the end of the regular season. Because of a conference "no-repeat" rule, Oklahoma did not play in a bowl game. Unranked runner-up Nebraska was invited to the Orange Bowl, and was defeated 34–7 by No. 14 Duke.

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Roster

E Carl Allison, Sr.

QB Jimmy Harris, So.

C Jerry Tubbs, So.

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.

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