1961 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1961 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Colorado $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Missouri	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Kansas	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1961 college football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ABC	L 6–19	54,906
October 7	Iowa State	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 15–21	45,365	^[1]
October 14	vs. No. 4 Texas*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)		L 7–28	75,504	^[2]
October 21	Kansas	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 0–10	54,794–57,000	^[3]
October 28	No. 10 Colorado	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 14–22	45,117	^[4]
November 4	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 17–6	11,906
November 11	at No. 10 Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry)		W 7–0	45,164
November 14	at Army*	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	ABC	W 14–8	37,200	^[5]
November 25	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 21–14	26,139
December 2	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)		W 21–13	52,598	^[6]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ Nick Seitz. "Cyclones Thwart Sooners, 21-15, With Aid of Fumbles". The Norman Transcript. pp. 1, 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Stampeding Steers lower boom on Sooners, 28–7". The Marshall News Messenger. October 15, 1961. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Nick Seitz (October 22, 1961). "Jayhawks Upend Sooners, 10-0, To End Big Drought: Kansans' Win Over Oklahoma 1st in 15 Years". The Norman Transcript. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Colorado Defeats Oklahoma, 22-14". Fort Collins Coloradoan. October 29, 1961. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Gene Ward (November 19, 1961). "Sooners Stop Late Cadet Surge, 14-8". New York Daily News. p. C32 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Norman Rowland (December 3, 1961). "Sooners conquer Cowpokes, 21 to 13". Shawnee News-Star. p. 15A – via Newspapers.com.
^ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.

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