Oklahoma owns major-college football's longest winning streak, having rolled to 47 consecutive triumphs from 1953 to 1957. Not only did the Sooners win with unprecedented regularity, they prevailed decisively (winning 25 of the 47 games by 25 or more points).

Oklahoma's streak began on October 10, 1953, in Dallas, when the Sooners edged Texas, 19-14. Victory No. 47 came on November 9, 1957, in Columbia, Mo., as Bud Wilkinson's team thumped Missouri, 39-14. Headlining the victory parade were the Sooners' national-championship teams of 1955 and 1956, which went 21-0 overall (including an Orange Bowl triumph over Maryland on January 2, 1956). The 1954 Sooners also went undefeated. Oklahoma won 20 of the 47 games on its home field in Norman, Okla., racked up 20 victories in opponents' stadiums, beat Texas five times at the "neutral site" of Dallas and scored two Orange Bowl triumphs in Miami.

The Sooners built their record streak against 14 teams, going 5-0 vs. Kansas, Kansas State, Colorado, Missouri, Iowa State and Texas; 4-0 against Nebraska and Oklahoma A&M (which became Oklahoma State in 1957, the year its admission into league play turned the Big Seven Conference into the Big Eight); 2-0 vs. Maryland, North Carolina and Pittsburgh, and 1-0 against Notre Dame, California and Texas Christian. During its string, Oklahoma punished most of its opponents. Among the cumulative scores were: 235-18 vs. Kansas; 174-7 vs. Kansas State; 223-14 vs. Iowa State; 119-28 vs. Texas; 180-20 vs. Nebraska, and 162-7 vs. Oklahoma A&M. The Sooners averaged 34.5 points per game over the 47 contests; opposing teams scored at a 5.9 clip.

Notre Dame, which had been the last team to beat the Sooners before the streak began (the Irish won, 28-21, in Norman in the 1953 season opener), ended Oklahoma's winning streak on November 16, 1957, upsetting the Big Eight juggernaut, 7-0, in Norman.