Welcome back to another exciting edition of our Countdown to Kickoff series! Today, there are 47 days remaining until the Oklahoma Sooners are scheduled to open the college football season against Missouri State. Speaking of 47, I want to throw it back to one of the most legendary runs in sports history — OU’s 47-game winning streak from 1953 to 1957.
Under Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners were among the cream of the college football crop. During his 17-year tenure as Oklahoma’s head coach, he claimed three national championships and 14 Big Eight Conference titles. While all of that is amazing in its own right, perhaps his greatest feat was manning the most prolific winning streak the game has ever known.