1942 Oklahoma Sooners football team
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| 1942 record | 3-5-2 (3-1-1 Big 6) |
| Head coach | Dewey Luster (2nd year) |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Dewey Luster, the Sooners compiled a 3-5-2 record (3-1-1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Big Six Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 135 to 78.[1][2]
No Sooners received All-America honors in 1942,[3] but six Sooners received all-conference honors: William Campbell (back), Huel Hamm (back), Jack Marsee (center), Clare Morford (guard), W.G. Lamb (end), and Homer Simmons (tackle).[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| September 26 | at Oklahoma A&M* | Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam) | T 0–0 | 13,000 | |||||
| October 3 | at Tulsa* | Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK | L 0–23 | 12,000 | |||||
| October 10 | vs. Texas* | Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | L 0–7 | 20,000 | |||||
| October 17 | at Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS | W 25–0 | 5,000 | |||||
| October 24 | Nebraska | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | L 0–7 | - | |||||
| October 31 | at Iowa State | Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, IA | W 14–7 | 7,720 | |||||
| November 7 | Kansas State | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 76–0 | 8,000 | |||||
| November 14 | Missouri | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | T 6–6 | 20,000 | |||||
| November 21 | at Temple* | Temple Stadium • Philadelphia, PA | L 7–14 | 5,000 | |||||
| November 28 | #19 William & Mary* | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | L 7–14 | 5,000 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
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