1964 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1964 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by first–year head coach Gomer Jones.

1964 Oklahoma Sooners football
Gator Bowl, L 19–36 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1964 record	6–4–1 (5–1–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Gomer Jones (1st season)
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 61,836)

1964 Big Eight Conference football standings
	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Maryland*	No. 2	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 13–3	35,709
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
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 (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)		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	[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

Postseason

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League on November 28, 1964.[3] Players were offered contracts but were decalred inelgible to play in the Gator Bowl if they signed them before the game, as was the case with Ralph Neely.[4]

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

References

1. Bassine, Bob (January 3, 1965). "Seminoles Fill Airways, Gun Down Oklahoma". Orlando Sentinel. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
2. "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
3. "1965 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
4. 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.