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1938 Oklahoma

10–⁠1 (5–⁠0 Big Six), coached by Tom Stidham, finished No. 4 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1938, game by game: won at Rice 7–6; won vs. Texas 13–0; won at Kansas 19–0; won vs. Nebraska 14–0; won vs. Tulsa 28–6; won vs. Kansas State 26–0; won vs. Missouri 21–0; won at Iowa State 10–0; won at Oklahoma State 19–0; won vs. Washington State 28–0; lost vs. No. 4 Tennessee 0–17+28−17Won 7–6 at Rice+1RiceWon 13–0 vs. Texas+13TexasWon 19–0 at Kansas+19KansasWon 14–0 vs. Nebraska+14NebraskaWon 28–6 vs. Tulsa+22TulsaWon 26–0 vs. Kansas State+26Kansas StateWon 21–0 vs. Missouri+21MissouriWon 10–0 at Iowa State+10Iowa StateWon 19–0 at Oklahoma State+19Oklahoma StateWon 28–0 vs. Washington State+28Washington StateLost 0–17 vs. No. 4 Tennessee-17No. 4 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 1atRiceW 7–⁠638%
Oct 8vsTexasW 13–⁠068%
Oct 15atKansasW 19–⁠060%
Oct 22vsNebraskaW 14–⁠060%
Oct 29vsTulsaW 28–⁠664%
Nov 5vsKansas StateW 26–⁠077%
Nov 12vsMissouriW 21–⁠074%
Nov 19atIowa StateW 10–⁠058%
Nov 24atOklahoma StateW 19–⁠089%
Dec 3vsWashington StateW 28–⁠087%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs4TennesseeOrange BowlL 0–⁠1745%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 17–⁠0 in the Orange Bowl; No. 4 in the final AP poll; Big Six champions.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 10
  3. Wk 3: 11
  4. Wk 4: 10
  5. Wk 5: 7
  6. Wk 6: 6
  7. Wk 7: 5
  8. Final: 4

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 1938.

Big Six champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanWaddy Young, E

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Big Six
AP final
No. 4 peak No. 4
Points
185–⁠29
Coach
Tom Stidham
Elo
1673 +127 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.7 No. 20 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Gene Corrotto and Earl Crowder

Drafted in 1939

The 1939 draft
Rd 3Waddy Young TEBrooklyn Dodgers
Rd 4Hugh McCullough DBPittsburgh Pirates

All-Big Six

3 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

  • Earl CrowderBAP-2
  • John ShirkEAP-2
  • Justin BowersOTAP-2
  • Jim ThomasOGAP-2
  • Ralph StevensonOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠010–⁠14
Iowa State3–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Missouri2–⁠36–⁠3
Nebraska2–⁠33–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas State1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas1–⁠43–⁠6

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