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1941 Oklahoma

6–⁠3 (3–⁠2 Big Six), coached by Snorter Luster.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1941, game by game: won vs. Oklahoma State 19–0; lost vs. Texas 7–40; won at Kansas State 16–0; won vs. No. 8 Santa Clara 16–6; won vs. Kansas 38–0; won vs. Iowa State 55–0; lost at No. 16 Missouri 0–28; won vs. Marquette 61–14; lost at Nebraska 6–7+55−33Won 19–0 vs. Oklahoma State+19Oklahoma StateLost 7–40 vs. Texas-33TexasWon 16–0 at Kansas State+16Kansas StateWon 16–6 vs. No. 8 Santa Clara+10No. 8 Santa ClaraWon 38–0 vs. Kansas+38KansasWon 55–0 vs. Iowa State+55Iowa StateLost 0–28 at No. 16 Missouri-28No. 16 MissouriWon 61–14 vs. Marquette+47MarquetteLost 6–7 at Nebraska-1Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsOklahoma StateW 19–⁠068%
Oct 11vsTexasL 7–⁠4043%
Oct 18atKansas StateW 16–⁠067%
Oct 25vs8Santa ClaraW 16–⁠644%
Nov 1vsKansasW 38–⁠081%
Nov 8vsIowa StateW 55–⁠082%
Nov 15at16MissouriL 0–⁠2837%
Nov 22vsMarquetteW 61–⁠1474%
Nov 29atNebraskaL 6–⁠757%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Big Six.

In program history: The 69th-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 1941.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
218–⁠95
Coach
Snorter Luster
Elo
1620 +45 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.9 No. 26 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Roger Eason and Orville Mathews

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 2Jack Jacobs BCleveland Rams
Rd 3Roger Eason OTCleveland Rams
Rd 5Orville Matthews BCleveland Rams

All-Big Six

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ralph HarrisOGUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Missouri5–⁠08–⁠27
Oklahoma3–⁠26–⁠3
Nebraska3–⁠24–⁠5
Kansas2–⁠33–⁠6
Kansas State1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠5–⁠2
Iowa State0–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1

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