1944 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1944 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 6 champion
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record6–3–1 (4–0–1 Big 6)
Head coach
Captains
  • Bob Mayfield
  • W. G. Wooten
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma $ 4 0 1 6 3 1
Iowa State 3 1 1 6 1 1
Missouri 2 1 2 3 5 2
Nebraska 2 3 0 2 6 0
Kansas 1 4 0 3 6 1
Kansas State 1 4 0 2 5 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1944 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1944 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Dewey Luster, the Sooners compiled a 6–3–1 record (4–0–1 against conference opponents), won the Big Six Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 227 to 149.[1][2]

No Sooners received All-America honors in 1944,[3] but four Sooners received all-conference honors: Merle Dinkins (end), John Harley (tackle), Bob Mayfield (center), and W.G. Wooten (end).[4]

  1. ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "1944 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.