Oklahoma
holds the NCAA record for most consecutive wins by
a major college program at 47-straight. The streak
spanned five seasons from 1953-57. OU lost to
Notre Dame, 28-21, in the 1953 season opener and tied
Pittsburgh, 7-7, the next week. The streak began with
a 19-14 win against archrival Texas in the Cotton Bowl
in Dallas on Oct. 10, 1953.
Oklahoma rolled through the rest of the 1953 season and capped a 9-1-1 campaign with a 7-0 shutout of Maryland in the Orange Bowl in Miami.
The Sooners went 10-0 in 1954 and 11-0 in 1955. The 30th-straight win came against Maryland, again in the Orange Bowl, on January 1, 1956, and the Sooners claimed their second National Championship.
OU won its 35th consecutive game with a 40-0 rout of Notre Dame in South Bend on Oct. 27, 1956. Oklahoma finished the season a perfect 10-0 with the streak at 40 games. The Sooners were again voted National Champions.
On Nov. 9, 1957, in Columbia, Mo., Oklahoma won its 47th-consecutive game with a 39-14 victory against the Missouri Tigers. The streak came to an end on Nov. 16, 1957, when the Notre Dame Fighting Irish claimed a 7-0 victory at Owen Field in Norman. The Sooners won the remainder of their games in 1957 and finished with a 48-21 victory against Duke in the Orange Bowl to post a 10-1 record.
Oklahoma's 47-game winning streak is considered one of the greatest feats in major college football history. Amazingly, head coach Bud Wilkinson also led Oklahoma on a 31-game winning streak from 1948-50. That streak ranks eighth on the NCAA's all-time major college football winning streak list.
Since World War I, there have been only four streaks of more than 30 wins in major college football. OU owns two of the four. Toledo won 35 in a row from 1969-71 and the Miami Hurricanes won 34-straight from 2000-02.
| 1953 Season |
Score |
Location |
| Oct. 10 |
Oklahoma 19, Texas 14 |
Dallas, Texas |
| Oct. 17 |
Oklahoma 45, Kansas 0 |
Norman |
| Oct. 24 |
Oklahoma 27, Colorado 20 |
Norman |
| Oct. 31 |
Oklahoma 34, Kansas State 0 |
Norman |
| Nov. 7 |
Oklahoma 14, Missouri 0 |
Columbia, Mo. |
| Nov. 14 |
Oklahoma 47, Iowa State 0 |
Norman |
| Nov. 21 |
Oklahoma 30, Nebraska 7 |
Lincoln, Neb. |
| Nov. 28 |
Oklahoma 42, Oklahoma State 7 |
Norman |
| Jan. 1 |
Oklahoma 7, Maryland 0 |
Orange Bowl |
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| 1954 Season |
Score |
Location |
| Sept. 18 |
Oklahoma 27, California 13 |
Berkeley, Calif. |
| Sept. 25 |
Oklahoma 21, TCU 16 |
Norman |
| Oct. 9 |
Oklahoma 14, Texas 7 |
Dallas, Texas |
| Oct. 16 |
Oklahoma 65, Kansas 0 |
Lawrence, Kan. |
| Oct. 23 |
Oklahoma 21, Kansas State
0 |
Norman |
| Oct. 30 |
Oklahoma 13, Colorado 6 |
Boulder, Colo. |
| Nov. 6 |
Oklahoma 40, Iowa State 0 |
Ames, Iowa |
| Nov. 13 |
Oklahoma 34, Missouri 13 |
Norman |
| Nov. 20 |
Oklahoma 55, Nebraska 7 |
Norman |
| Nov. 27 |
Oklahoma 14, Oklahoma State 0 |
Stillwater, Okla. |
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| 1955 Season |
Score |
Location |
| Sept. 24 |
Oklahoma 13, North Carolina
6 |
Chapel Hill, N.C. |
| Oct. 1 |
Oklahoma 26, Pittsburgh 14 |
Norman |
| Oct. 8 |
Oklahoma 20, Texas 0 |
Dallas, Texas |
| Oct. 15 |
Oklahoma 44, Kansas 6 |
Norman |
| Oct. 22 |
Oklahoma 56, Colorado 21 |
Norman |
| Oct. 29 |
Oklahoma 40, Kansas State 7 |
Manhattan, Kan. |
| Nov. 5 |
Oklahoma 20, Missouri 0 |
Columbia, Mo. |
| Nov. 12 |
Oklahoma 52, Iowa State 0 |
Ames, Iowa |
| Nov. 19 |
Oklahoma 41, Nebraska 0 |
Lincoln, Neb. |
| Nov. 26 |
Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma State 0 |
Norman |
| Jan. 2 |
Oklahoma 20, Maryland 6 |
Orange Bowl |
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| 1956 Season |
Score |
Location |
| Sept. 29 |
Oklahoma 36, North Carolina
0 |
Norman |
| Oct. 6 |
Oklahoma 66, Kansas State 0 |
Norman |
| Oct. 13 |
Oklahoma 45, Texas 0 |
Dallas, Texas |
| Oct. 20 |
Oklahoma 34, Kansas 12 |
Lawrence, Kan. |
| Oct. 27 |
Oklahoma 40, Notre Dame 0 |
South Bend, Ind. |
| Nov. 3 |
Oklahoma 27, Colorado 19 |
Boulder, Colo. |
| Nov. 10 |
Oklahoma 44, Iowa State 0 |
Ames, Iowa |
| Nov. 17 |
Oklahoma 67, Missouri 14 |
Norman |
| Nov. 24 |
Oklahoma 54, Nebraska 6 |
Norman |
| Dec. 1 |
Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma State 0 |
Stillwater, Okla. |
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| 1957 Season |
Score |
Location |
| Sept. 21 |
Oklahoma 26, Pittsburgh 0 |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Oct. 5 |
Oklahoma 40, Iowa State 14 |
Norman |
| Oct. 12 |
Oklahoma 21, Texas 7 |
Dallas, Texas |
| Oct. 19 |
Oklahoma 47, Kansas 0 |
Norman |
| Oct. 26 |
Oklahoma 14, Colorado 13 |
Norman |
| Nov. 2 |
Oklahoma 13, Kansas State 0 |
Manhattan, Kan. |
| Nov. 9 |
Oklahoma 39, Missouri 14 |
Columbia, Mo. |
