1935 Oklahoma

6–⁠3 (3–⁠2 Big Six), coached by Biff Jones.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1935, game by game: won vs. Colorado 3–0; won vs. New Mexico 25–0; lost vs. Texas 7–12; won vs. Iowa State 16–0; lost at Nebraska 0–19; lost vs. Kansas 0–7; won at Missouri 20–6; won at Kansas State 3–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 25–0+25−19Won 3–0 vs. Colorado+3ColoradoWon 25–0 vs. New Mexico+25New MexicoLost 7–12 vs. Texas-5TexasWon 16–0 vs. Iowa State+16Iowa StateLost 0–19 at Nebraska-19NebraskaLost 0–7 vs. Kansas-7KansasWon 20–6 at Missouri+14MissouriWon 3–0 at Kansas State+3Kansas StateWon 25–0 vs. Oklahoma State+25Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma State 25–⁠0; 2nd in the Big Six.

In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1935.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠2 2nd in Big Six
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
99–⁠44
Coach
Biff Jones
Elo
1541 +51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.9 No. 45 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Morris McDannald
Offense
Single-wing

Drafted in 1936

The 1936 draft
Rd 2Dub Wheeler OTGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Six

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • J.W. “Dub” WheelerOTAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska4–⁠0–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Oklahoma3–⁠26–⁠3
Kansas2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas State1–⁠2–⁠22–⁠4–⁠3
Iowa State1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠4–⁠3
Missouri0–⁠2–⁠33–⁠3–⁠3

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.