1915 Oklahoma Sooners football team
1915 Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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National champion (Billingsley MOV unclaimed) Southwest Conference champion | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
1915 record | 10–0 (3–0 SWC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Forest Geyer |
Home stadium | Boyd Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwestern (TX) | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1915 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1915 college football season. In their 11th year under head coach Bennie Owen, the Sooners compiled a 10–0 record (3–0 against conference opponents), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 370 to 54.[2][3] This was the first season that the Sooners participated in the Southwest Conference. The team was retroactively selected as the national champion for 1915 by the Billingsley Report using its alternate "margin of victory" methodology.[4]
One Sooner was recognized as an All-American: Forest Geyer.[5]
Six Sooners received All-Southwest Conference honors: Elmer Capshaw, Forest Geyer, Oliver Hot, Willis Hott, Hap Johnson, and Homer Montgomery.[6]
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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September 25 | Kingfisher* |
| W 67–0 |
October 2 | at Southwestern Oklahoma* | Weatherford, OK | W 55–0 |
October 9 | Northwestern Oklahoma State* |
| W 102–0 |
October 16 | at Missouri* |
| W 24–0 |
October 23 | Texas |
| W 14–13 |
October 30 | Kansas* |
| W 23–14 |
November 6 | at Kendall* |
| W 14–13 |
November 14 | at Arkansas |
| W 24–0 |
November 19 | at Kansas State* |
| W 21–7 |
November 25 | Oklahoma A&M | Oklahoma City, OK (Bedlam) | W 26–7 |
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References[]
- ^ http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
- ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "1915 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
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