1938 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1938 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Six champion
Orange Bowl, L 0–17 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big Six Conference
Ranking
AP	#4
1938 record	10–1 (5–0 Big 6)
Head coach	Tom Stidham (2nd year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)

1938 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#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]

End Waddy Young (Walter R. Young) received All-America honors in 1938,^[3] and six Sooners received all-conference honors: Young, guards Jerry Bolton and Ralph Stevenson, backs Earl Crowder and Hugh McCullough, and tackle Gilford Duggan.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
October 1	at Rice*		Rice Field • Houston, TX	W 7–6	18,000
October 8	vs. Texas*		Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	W 13–0	-
October 15	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 19–0	-
October 22	Nebraska	#14	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 14–0	28,091
October 29	Tulsa	#10	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 28–6	17,000
November 5	Kansas State	#11	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 26–0	-
November 12	Missouri	#10	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 21–0	-
November 19	at Iowa State	#7	Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, IA	W 10–0	17,864
November 24	at Oklahoma A&M*	#6	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)	W 19–0	-
December 3	at Washington State*	#5	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 28–0	15,529
January 2	vs. #2 Tennessee*	#4	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	L 0–17	32,191
*Non-conference game.

Source:DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1935–1939" (html). College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

References

1. "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
2. "1938 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.