1915 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1915 Oklahoma Sooners football
1915 Sooner Football team.png
National champion (Billingsley MOV unclaimed)
Southwest Conference champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1915 record10–0 (3–0 SWC)
Head coach
  • Bennie Owen (11th season)
CaptainForest Geyer
Home stadiumBoyd Field
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • Baylor forfeited claim to co-champion for using ineligible player.[1]

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[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25Kingfisher*
W 67–0
October 2at Southwestern Oklahoma*Weatherford, OKW 55–0
October 9Northwestern Oklahoma State*
  • Boyd Field
  • Norman, OK
W 102–0
October 16at Missouri*
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
W 24–0
October 23Texas
  • Fair Park Stadium
  • Dallas, TX (rivalry)
W 14–13
October 30Kansas*
  • Boyd Field
  • Norman, OK
W 23–14
November 6at Kendall*
  • Boyd Field
  • Tulsa, OK
W 14–13
November 14at Arkansas
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 24–0
November 19at Kansas State*
  • Ahearn Field
  • Manhattan, KS
W 21–7
November 25Oklahoma A&MOklahoma City, OK (Bedlam)W 26–7
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
  2. ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "1915 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  4. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  6. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
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