NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 9: The Oklahoma Sooners press box is lit up against the Iowa State Cyclones on November 9, 2019 at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. OU held on to win 42-41. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
Bud Wilkinson’s Oklahoma football teams of the 1950s lay claim to the most successful decade in the school’s storied and highly decorated gridiron history.
And that speaks volumes when you consider the great Sooner teams that played under Barry Switzer and Bob Stoops, both of whom outpaced Wilkinson in terms of total wins.