- Compiled a 145-29-4 record at Oklahoma including an 11-year run of 107-8-2 from 1948 to 1958, winning national championships in 1950, 1955 an 1956. Had a 31-game winning streak from 1948 to 1950 and an NCAA-record 47-game winning streak from 1953 to 1957 that ended with a 7-0 loss to Notre Dame.
- Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.
- Played quarterback and offensive lineman at the University of Minnesota, winning three national championships. Graduated in 1937.
- Served as assistant football coach at Syracuse, Minnesota and Oklahoma. Served as head football coach at Oklahoma (1947-1963) and the St. Louis Cardinals (1978-1979).
- Served on the President's Council on Physical Fitness from 1961 to 1964. Ran unsuccessfully for the U. S. Senate in 1964, at which point he legally changed his first name to Bud. Served as color analyst for ABC Sports from 1965 to 1977. Returned to broadcasting for ABC and ESPN after being fired from the Cardinals.
- Father of Jay and Pat Wilkinson.
- Head coach of the NFF's St.Louis Cardinals, 1979-1980.
- Inducted into the University of Minnesota "M" Club Hall of Fame in 1992.
- Inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1986 (inaugural class).
- Inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1963.
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