Oklahoma Sooners football, 1940–49

Contents:	1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949

1940

1940 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Big Six Conference
1940 record	6-3 (4-1 Big 6)
Head coach	Tom Stidham
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1939 1941 »

1940 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 Nebraska	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Missouri	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Kansas	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
10/5/40	vs. Oklahoma A&M*	Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK (Bedlam)	W 29-27	-
10/12/40	vs. Texas*	Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 16-19	33,006
10/19/40	Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 14-0	-
10/26/40	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, IA	W 20-7	11,424
11/2/40	#12 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 0-13	33,377
11/9/40	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 13-0	-
11/16/40	Missouri	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 7-0	-
11/23/40	Temple*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 9-6	-
11/30/40	at Santa Clara*	Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, CA	L 13-33	7,000
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1941

1941 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Big Six Conference
1941 record	6-3 (3-2 Big 6)
Head coach	Dewey Luster
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1940 1942 »

1941 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 Missouri	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Nebraska	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Kansas	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	3	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
Iowa State	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
10/4/41	Oklahoma A&M*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)	W 19-0	25,453
10/11/41	vs. Texas*	Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 7-40	44,054
10/18/41	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 16-0	8,000
10/25/41	#8 Santa Clara*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 16-6	18,000
11/1/41	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 38-0	-
11/8/41	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 55-0	14,633
11/15/41	at #16 Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	L 0-28	27,000
11/22/41	Marquette*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 61-14	-
11/29/41	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	L 6-7	20,000
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1942

1942 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Big Six Conference
1942 record	3-5-2 (3-1-1 Big 6)
Head coach	Dewey Luster
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1941 1943 »

1942 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Missouri	4	–	0	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma	3	–	1	–	1			3	–	5	–	2
Nebraska	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Kansas	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
9/26/42	at Oklahoma A&M*	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)	T 0-0	13,000
10/3/42	at Tulsa*	Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK	L 0-23	-
10/10/42	vs. Texas*	Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 0-7	20,000
10/17/42	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 25-0	5,000
10/24/42	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 0-7	-
10/31/42	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, IA	W 14-7	7,720
11/7/42	Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 76-0	8,000
11/14/42	Missouri	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	T 6-6	20,000
11/21/42	at Temple*	Temple Stadium • Philadelphia, PA	L 7-14	5,000
11/28/42	#19 William & Mary*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 7-14	5,000
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1943

1943 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Six Champions
Conference	Big Six Conference
1943 record	7-2 (5-0 Big 6)
Head coach	Dewey Luster
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1942 1944 »

1943 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Oklahoma	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Missouri	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Kansas	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Nebraska	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
9/25/43	Norman Naval*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 22-6	-
10/2/43	vs. Oklahoma A&M*	Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK (Bedlam)	W 22-13	12,000
10/9/43	vs. Texas*	Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 7-13	23,000
10/16/43	vs. Tulsa*	Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	L 6-20	-
10/23/43	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 37-0	-
10/23/43	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 21-7	5,170
11/6/43	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 26-13	-
11/13/43	at Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	W 20-13	-
11/20/43	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	W 26-7	-
*Non-conference game.

1944

1944 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Six Champions
Conference	Big Six Conference
1944 record	6-3-1 (4-0-1 Big 6)
Head coach	Dewey Luster
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1943 1945 »

1944 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Oklahoma	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Iowa State	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Missouri	2	–	1	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
Nebraska	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Kansas	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Kansas State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	2

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
9/30/44	Norman Naval*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 14-28	-
10/7/44	Texas A&M*	Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	W 21-14	-
10/14/44	vs. Texas*	Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 0-20	35,000
10/21/44	Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 68-0	-
10/28/44	TCU*	Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	W 34-19	-
11/4/44	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, IA	W 12-7	8,474
11/11/44	Missouri	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	T 21-21	-
11/18/44	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 20-0	-
11/25/44	vs. Oklahoma A&M*	Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK (Bedlam)	L 6-28	-
12/2/44	Nebraska	Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	W 31-12	-
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1945

1945 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Big Six Conference
1945 record	5-5 (4-1 Big 6)
Head coach	Dewey Luster
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1944 1946 »

1945 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Missouri	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Nebraska	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kansas	1	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Kansas State	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
9/22/45	at Hondo Army Air Field*		Hondo, TX	W 21-6	-
9/29/45	at Nebraska		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	W 20-0	17,000
10/6/45	Texas A&M*		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 14-19	-
10/13/45	vs. #10 Texas*		Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 7-12	45,000
10/20/45	Kansas		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 39-7	13,000
10/27/45	at Kansas State		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 41-13	-
11/3/45	vs. TCU*	#14	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 7-13	-
11/10/45	Iowa State		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 14-7	13,163
11/17/45	at Missouri	#15	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	L 6-14	-
11/24/45	#6 Oklahoma A&M*		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)	L 0-47	33,000
*Non-conference game.

1946

1946 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Six Co-Champions (Kansas)
Conference	Big Six Conference
Ranking
AP	#14
1946 record	8-3 (4-1 Big 6)
Head coach	Jim Tatum
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1945 1947 »

1946 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#14 Oklahoma	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Kansas	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Missouri	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Nebraska	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Kansas State	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
9/28/46	at Army*		Yankee Stadium • New York, NY	L 7-21	25,500
10/5/46	Texas A&M*		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 10-7	44,000
10/12/46	vs. #1 Texas*		Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 13-20	50,000
10/19/46	Kansas State	#13	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 28-7	25,000
10/26/46	at Iowa State	#14	Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, IA	W 63-0	15,176
11/2/46	TCU*	#14	Amon Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	W 14-12	6,000
11/9/46	at Kansas	#16	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	L 13-16	15,000
11/16/46	Missouri		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 27-6	33,431
11/23/46	Nebraska	#18	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 27-6	25,000
11/30/46	at Oklahoma A&M*	#17	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)	W 73-12	18,500
1/1/47	vs. #18 NC State*	#14	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	W 34-13	10,034
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1947

1947 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Six Co-Champions (Kansas)
Conference	Big Six Conference
Ranking
AP	#16
1947 record	7-2-1 (4-0-1 Big 6)
Head coach	Bud Wilkinson
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1946 1948 »

1947 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#12 Kansas	4	–	0	–	1			8	–	1	–	2
#16 Oklahoma	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Missouri	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
9/27/47	at Detroit*		Navin Field • Detroit, MI	W 24-20	24,375
10/4/47	Texas A&M*		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 26-14	29,431
10/11/47	vs. #3 Texas*	#15	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 14-34	47,311
10/18/47	Kansas		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	T 13-13	34,547
10/25/47	vs. TCU*		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 7-20	27,957
11/1/47	Iowa State		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 27-9	26,473
11/8/47	at Kansas State		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 41-13	8,000
11/15/47	at #17 Missouri		Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 21-12	39,297
11/22/47	at Nebraska		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	W 14-13	25,000
11/29/47	Oklahoma A&M*	#20	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)	W 21-13	33,945
*Non-conference game.

1948

1948 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Seven Champions
Sugar Bowl vs. North Carolina, W, 14-6
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Ranking
AP	#5
1948 record	10-1 (5-0 Big 7)
Head coach	Bud Wilkinson
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1947 1949 »

1948 Big 7 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 Oklahoma	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Missouri	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Kansas	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Colorado	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
9/25/48	at Santa Clara*		Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, CA	L 17-20	7,000
10/5/48	Texas A&M*		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 42-14	27,000
10/9/48	vs. Texas*		Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	W 20-14	70,345
10/16/48	Kansas State	#20	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 42-0	26,000
10/23/48	TCU*	#18	Amon Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	W 21-18	20,000
10/30/48	at Iowa State	#16	Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, IA	W 33-6	9,985
11/6/48	#9 Missouri	#15	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 41-7	39,297
11/13/48	Nebraska	#9	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 41-14	28,000
11/13/48	at Kansas	#8	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 60-7	39,000
11/27/48	at Oklahoma A&M*	#6	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)	W 19-15	30,000
1/1/49	vs. #3 North Carolina*	#5	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 14-6	80,383
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1949

1949 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Seven Champions
Sugar Bowl vs. LSU, W, 35-0
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Ranking
AP	#16
1949 record	7-2-1 (4-0-1 Big 7)
Head coach	Bud Wilkinson
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1948 1950 »

1949 Big 7 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Oklahoma	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
#20 Missouri	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Nebraska	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kansas	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Colorado	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
9/23/49	at Boston College*	#3	Braves Field • Boston, MA	W 46-0	36,241
10/1/49	Texas A&M*	#3	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 33-13	34,658
10/8/49	vs. #12 Texas*	#3	Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	W 20-14	75,347
10/15/49	Kansas	#3	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 48-26	37,660
10/22/49	at Nebraska	#4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	W 48-0	39,000
10/29/49	Iowa State	#3	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 34-7	38,149
11/5/49	at Kansas State	#3	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 39-0	18,500
11/12/49	at Missouri	#3	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	W 27-7	37,152
11/19/49	vs. #19 Santa Clara*	#2	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 28-21	60,145
11/26/49	Oklahoma A&M*	#3	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)	W 41-0	47,937
1/1/50	#9 LSU*	#2	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 41-0	82,000
*Non-conference game.

Source: Oklahoma Sooners football results, 1940-1949

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