1937 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1937 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record5–2–2 (3–1–1 Big 6)
Head coach
CaptainAlbert Corrotto
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Nebraska $ 3 – 0 – 2 6 – 1 – 2
Oklahoma 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Kansas 2 – 1 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Missouri 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Iowa State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1937 college football season. In their first year under head coach Tom Stidham, the Sooners compiled a 5–2–2 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 98 to 39.[1][2]

End Pete Smith received All-America honors in 1937,[3] and four Sooners received all-conference honors: Smith, back Jack Baer, center Mickey Parks, and end Waddy Young.[4]

  1. ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "1937 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.