1939 Oklahoma Sooners football team
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Conference | Big Six Conference |
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AP | #19 |
1939 record | 6-2-1 (3-2 Big 6) |
Head coach | Tom Stidham (3rd year) |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#6 Missouri $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#18 Nebraska | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#19 Oklahoma | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1939 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1939 college football season. In their third year under head coach Tom Stidham, the Sooners compiled a 6-2-1 record (3-2 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Big Six Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 186 to 62.[1][2]
Two Sooners received All-America honors in 1939: tackle Gilford Duggan and Frank "Pop" Ivy.[3] Five Sooners received all-conference honors: Duggan, Ivy, tackle Justin Bowers, and backs Beryl Clark and Robert Seymour.[4]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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September 30 | SMU* | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | T 7–7 | 26,205 | |||||
October 7 | at Northwestern* | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 23–0 | 44,168 | |||||
October 14 | vs. Texas* | Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | W 24–12 | - | |||||
October 21 | Kansas | #3 | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 27–7 | - | ||||
October 28 | Oklahoma A&M* | #6 | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam) | W 41–0 | - | ||||
November 4 | Iowa State | #6 | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 38–6 | 20,417 | ||||
November 11 | at Kansas State | #6 | Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS | W 13–10 | - | ||||
November 18 | at #12 Missouri | #5 | Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO | L 6–7 | - | ||||
November 23 | at Nebraska | #14 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE | L 7–13 | 35,000 | ||||
*Non-conference game. |
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