1938 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1938 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 6 champion
Orange Bowl, L 0–17 vs. Tennessee
Ranking
APNo. 4
Record10–1 (5–0 Big 6)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

  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. ^ "1938 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "Vols win, 17–0 before 32,000 berserk fans". The Miami Herald. January 3, 1939. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.