1943 Oklahoma
7–2 (5–0 Big Six), coached by Snorter Luster. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Kansas State 37–0Oct 23
By 37 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | vsNorman Naval Air Station | W 22–6 | 89% |
| Oct 2 | vs Oklahoma State | W 22–13 | 40% |
| Oct 9 | vs Texas | L 7–13 | 41% |
| Oct 16 | at Tulsa | L 6–20 | 26% |
| Oct 23 | at Kansas State | W 37–0 | 67% |
| Oct 30 | vs Iowa State | W 21–7 | 71% |
| Nov 6 | vs Kansas | W 26–13 | 77% |
| Nov 13 | at Missouri | W 20–13 | 41% |
| Nov 27 | at Nebraska | W 26–7 | 75% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Nebraska 26–7; unranked in the final AP poll; Big Six champions.
In program history: The 74th-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 1943.
Big Six champions5–0 in the conference
- Record
- 7–2
- Conference
- 5–0 first in Big Six
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 187–92
- Coach
- Snorter Luster
- Elo
- 1600 +94 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 2.3 No. 34 of 76 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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- Captains
- Bob Brumley and W.G. Wooten
All-Big Six
6 first teamFirst team
Bob BrumleyBAP-1; UP-1- Derald LebowBAP-1; UP-2
- W.G. WootonEAP-1; UP-1
- Lee KennonOTAP-1; UP-1
- Gale FulghumOGAP-1; UP-1
- Bob MayfieldCAP-1; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1943 Big Six standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 5–0 | 7–2 | |
| Iowa State | 3–2 | 4–4 | |
| Missouri | 3–2 | 3–5 | |
| Kansas | 2–3 | 4–5–1 | |
| Nebraska | 2–3 | 2–6 | |
| Kansas State | 0–5 | 1–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.