1964 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1964 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season.They Led by were first-year head coach Gomer Jones the Sooner compiled an overall record of 6–4–1 with a mark of 5–1–1 in conference play, placing second in the Big Eight. Oklahoma was invited to the Gator Bowl, where the Sooner lost to Florida State. The team played home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma.

1964 Oklahoma Sooners football
Gator Bowl, L 19–36 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	6–4–1 (5–1–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Gomer Jones (1st season)
Captains	Newt Burton John Garrett
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1963 1965 →

1964 Big Eight Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Nebraska $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Kansas	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Missouri	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Colorado	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Iowa State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

In the second game of the season, on September 26, the Sooners where upset by at home by the USC, 40–14.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Maryland*	No. 2	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD \		W 13–3	35,200	^[1]
September 26	USC*	No. 2	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 14–40	62,579
October 10	vs. No. 1 Texas*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	NBC	L 7–28	75,504	^[2]
October 17	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 14–15	42,130
October 24	Kansas State		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 44–0	46,708
October 31	at Colorado		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 14–11	27,768
November 7	at Iowa State		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 30–0	42,982
November 14	Missouri		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)		T 14–14	51,090
November 21	No. 4 Nebraska		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)		W 17–7	54,552
November 28	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)		W 21–16	36,987
January 2, 1965	vs. Florida State*		Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	ABC	L 19–36	50,408	^[3]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

See also: 1964 NCAA University Division football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
AP	2 (15)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Postseason

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League on November 28, 1964.^[5] Players were offered contracts but were declared ineligible to play in the Gator Bowl if they signed them before the game, as was the case with Ralph Neely.^[6]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
2	23	Lance Rentzel	Wide receiver	Minnesota Vikings
2	28	Ralph Neely	Tackle	Baltimore Colts
5	67	John Flynn	End	Detroit Lions
6	79	Jim Grisham	Back	Minnesota Vikings
14	193	Larry Brown	Back	Detroit Lions
18	250	Ed McQuarters	Guard	St. Louis Cardinals

References

1. "Maryland gives Oklahoma scare". The Progress-Index. September 20, 1964. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Texas puts out O.U. fire". The Kansas City Star. October 11, 1964. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Bassine, Bob (January 3, 1965). "Seminoles Fill Airways, Gun Down Oklahoma". Orlando Sentinel. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
4. . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
5. "1965 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
6. Sherrington, Kevin (November 14, 2015). "Sherrington: Half a century later, OL stalwart Ralph Neely still Cowboys' most expensive acquisition ever". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 29, 2020.