1938 Oklahoma Sooners football team
1938 Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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Big Six champion | |
Orange Bowl, L 0–17 vs. Tennessee | |
Conference | Big Six Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 4 |
1938 record | 10–1 (5–0 Big 6) |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Oklahoma $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1938 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1938 college football season. In their second year under head coach Tom Stidham, the Sooners compiled a 10–1 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the school's first Big Six Conference football championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 185 to 29. The team's only loss came in the 1939 Orange Bowl, losing to Tennessee by a 17 to 0 score.[1][2][3]
End Waddy Young (Walter R. Young) received All-America honors in 1938,[4] and six Sooners received all-conference honors: Young, guards Jerry Bolton and Ralph Stevenson, backs Earl Crowder and Hugh McCullough, and tackle Gilford Duggan.[5]
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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October 1 | at Rice* |
| W 7–6 | 18,000 | |
October 8 | vs. Texas* |
| W 13–0 | ||
October 15 | at Kansas |
| W 19–0 | ||
October 22 | Nebraska | No. 14 |
| W 14–0 | 28,091 |
October 29 | Tulsa | No. 10 |
| W 28–6 | 17,000 |
November 5 | Kansas State | No. 11 |
| W 26–0 | |
November 12 | Missouri | No. 10 |
| W 21–0 | |
November 19 | at Iowa State | No. 7 |
| W 10–0 | 17,864 |
November 26 | at Oklahoma A&M* | No. 6 |
| W 19–0 | |
December 3 | at Washington State* | No. 5 |
| W 28–0 | 15,529 |
January 2, 1939 | vs. No. 2 Tennessee* | No. 4 |
| L 0–17 | 32,191 |
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NFL Draft[]
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[7]
Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
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Waddy Young | End | 3 | 20 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Hugh McCullough | Back | 4 | 26 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Earl Crowder | Quarterback | 10 | 82 | Chicago Cardinals |
Jim Thomas | Guard | 12 | 102 | Chicago Cardinals |
Cliff Duggan | Tackle | 15 | 140 | New York Giants |
Rankings[]
The first AP Poll for 1938 came out on October 17. The Sooners were ranked fourteenth in the first poll. They finished the year ranked fourth.
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Final | ||||||||||||
AP | Not released | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 (1) | 7 (1) | 6 | 5 | 4 |
References[]
- ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "1938 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "Vols win, 17–0 before 32,000 berserk fans". The Miami Herald. January 3, 1939. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1935–1939". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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