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1939 Oklahoma

6–⁠2–⁠1 (3–⁠2 Big Six), coached by Tom Stidham, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1939, game by game: tied vs. SMU 7–7; won at Northwestern 23–0; won vs. Texas 24–12; won vs. Kansas 27–7; won vs. Oklahoma State 41–0; won vs. Iowa State 38–6; won at Kansas State 13–10; lost at No. 12 Missouri 6–7; lost at Nebraska 7–13+41−6Tied 7–7 vs. SMU0SMUWon 23–0 at Northwestern+23NorthwesternWon 24–12 vs. Texas+12TexasWon 27–7 vs. Kansas+20KansasWon 41–0 vs. Oklahoma State+41Oklahoma StateWon 38–6 vs. Iowa State+32Iowa StateWon 13–10 at Kansas State+3Kansas StateLost 6–7 at No. 12 Missouri-1No. 12 MissouriLost 7–13 at Nebraska-6Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsSMUT 7–⁠769%
Oct 7atNorthwesternW 23–⁠051%
Oct 14vsTexasW 24–⁠1273%
Oct 21vsKansasW 27–⁠779%
Oct 28vsOklahoma StateW 41–⁠087%
Nov 4vsIowa StateW 38–⁠685%
Nov 11atKansas StateW 13–⁠1065%
Nov 18at12MissouriL 6–⁠750%
Nov 25atNebraskaL 7–⁠1351%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 13–⁠7; No. 19 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Six.

In program history: The 59th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 3
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 5
  6. Wk 6: 14
  7. Final: 19

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 1939.

Record
6–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2 3rd in Big Six
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 3
Points
186–⁠62
Coach
Tom Stidham
Elo
1667 +52 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.3 No. 11 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Norval Locke

Drafted in 1940

The 1940 draft
Rd 3Dick Favor BPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 4John Shirk EChicago Cardinals
Rd 4Pop Ivy EPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Six

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Beryl ClarkBAP-1
  • Bob SeymourBAP-1
  • Frank IvyEAP-1
  • Cliff DugganOTAP-1

Second team

  • Ralph StevensonOGAP-2
  • Cliff SpeegleCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1939 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Missouri5–⁠08–⁠26
Nebraska4–⁠17–⁠1–⁠118
Oklahoma3–⁠26–⁠2–⁠119
Kansas State1–⁠44–⁠5
Kansas1–⁠42–⁠6
Iowa State1–⁠42–⁠7

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