Editor’s note: Throughout the 2019 season, we will dig back in time to provide you with interesting facts and figures that you may or may not be aware of from 125 years of Oklahoma football history.
Most everyone who follows college football is aware of the incredible 47-game winning streak by Bud Wilkinson’s Oklahoma football team of the mid-1950s. That is an NCAA record that is likely to stand the test of time and never be equaled or eclipsed.
What fans may not realize is that the Sooners own three of the 15-longest winning streaks in the history of NCAA Division I football (now more commonly referred to as the Football Bowl Subdivision).