#4 Oklahoma Sooners

The Oklahoma Sooners were 8-1-1 in 1953. They emerged victorious over the Maryland Terrapins, 7 to 0, in the Orange Bowl on January 1, 1954.

Scores & Schedules

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DATE		OPP	SCORE
Fri 1/1	vs	MD	W 7-0
Sat 11/28	vs	OKST	W 42-7
Sat 11/21	@	NEB	W 30-7
Sat 11/14	vs	ISU	W 47-0
Sat 11/7	@	MIZ	W 14-7

Team Leaders

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PASS YDS

238

Leake

RUSH YDS

792

Grigg

REC YDS

102

Grigg

1953 Big 8 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Oklahoma	6-0	9-1-1
	Nebraska	2-4	3-6-1

Latest Oklahoma Sooners News

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Sep 12, 2026
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Sep 12, 2026
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Sep 12, 2026

1953 Stats

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	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	286	3,521	652	5.4	3,069	591	5.2	452	61	7.4
Team Rank		5th	3rd	4th	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	22nd	22nd	5th
Opponent	10	90	1,944		3.3	1,289	430	3.0	655	156	4.2
Opponent Rank		46th	4th		1st	6th	11th	3rd	2nd	11th	2nd
Net		+196	+1,577	+652	+2.1	+1,780	+161	+2.2	-203	-95	+3.2
Net Rank		3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	20th	21st	3rd

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

887

Lopez

873

Mensah

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

444

Toney

376

Legree

333

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

11

Mensah

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Toney

5

Duff

5

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

243.9

Jennings

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

59.0

58.5

54.5

54.0

53.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

620.5

594.3

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

343.5

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	0	1.000
4	Virginia	2	0	1.000
5	California	1	1	.500
6	Duke	2	0	1.000
7	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Boston College	1	1	.500
10	Clemson	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Oregon	2	1	.667
12	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
13	Illinois	1	1	.500
14	Minnesota	1	1	.500
15	Ohio State	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
2	BYU	2	0	1.000
3	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
4	Colorado	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Utah	2	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
8	Arizona State	1	1	.500
9	Baylor	1	1	.500
10	Iowa State	1	1	.500
11	Kansas	1	1	.500
12	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
13	TCU	1	1	.500
14	UCF	1	1	.500
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333