Oklahoma Sooners football, 1920–29

Contents:	1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929

1920

1920 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1920 record	6-0-1 (4-0-1 MVIAA)
Head coach	Bennie Owen
Seasons « 1919 1921 »

1920 Missouri Valley football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Oklahoma	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	1
Missouri	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Kansas	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Iowa State	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Drake	1	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Washington (MO)	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Grinnell	0	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Kansas State	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	3	–	3

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/9/20	Central State*	Norman, OK	W 16-7
10/23/20	Washington University	Norman, OK	W 24-14
10/30/20	at Missouri	Columbia, MO	W 28-7
11/6/20	Kansas	Norman, OK	W 21-9
11/13/20	at Oklahoma A&M*	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)	W 36-0
11/19/20	at Kansas State	Ahearn Field • Manhattan, KS	T 7-7
11/25/20	Drake*	Norman, OK	W 44-7
*Non-conference game.

1921

1921 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1921 record	5-3 (2-3 MVIAA)
Head coach	Bennie Owen
Seasons « 1920 1922 »

1921 Missouri Valley football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Nebraska	3	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Missouri	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Kansas State	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Drake	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Kansas	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Washington (MO)	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Grinnell	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/8/21	at Central Oklahoma*	Edmond, OK	W 21-0
10/15/21	at Oklahoma A&M*	Norman, OK (Bedlam)	W 6-0
10/22/21	at Washington University	Norman, OK	W 28-13
10/29/21	at Nebraska	Nebraska Field • Lincoln, NE	L 44-0
11/5/21	at Kansas	Norman, OK	W 24-7
11/12/21	at Missouri	Columbia, MO	L 24-14
11/19/21	at Kansas State	Ahearn Field • Manhattan, KS	L 14-7
11/24/21	at Rice*	Norman, OK	W 27-0
*Non-conference game.

1922

1922 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1922 record	2-3-3 (1-2-2 MVIAA)
Head coach	Bennie Owen
Seasons « 1921 1923 »

1922 Missouri Valley football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Nebraska	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Drake	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	1	–	2			5	–	1	–	2
Missouri	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma	1	–	2	–	2			2	–	3	–	3
Grinnell	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Kansas	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Washington (MO)	0	–	5	–	1			1	–	5	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/14/22	Central Oklahoma*	Norman, OK	W 21-0
10/21/22	Kansas State	Norman, OK	T 7-7
10/28/22	Nebraska	Norman, OK	L 7-39
11/4/22	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	L 3-19
11/11/22	Missouri	Norman, OK	W 18-14
11/18/22	vs. Texas*	Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 7-32
11/25/22	at Oklahoma A&M*	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)	T 3-3
12/2/22	at Washington University	Francis Field • St. Louis, MO	T 0-0
*Non-conference game.

1923

1923 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1923 record	3-5 (2-4 MVIAA)
Head coach	Bennie Owen
Home stadium	Owen Field
Seasons « 1922 1924 »

1923 Missouri Valley football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Nebraska	3	–	0	–	2			4	–	2	–	2
Kansas	3	–	0	–	3			5	–	0	–	3
Drake	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	2	–	2			4	–	2	–	2
Missouri	1	–	3	–	2			2	–	3	–	3
Oklahoma	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Grinnell	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Washington (MO)	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/13/23	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	L 0-24
10/20/23	Washington University	Owen Field • Norman, OK	W 62-7
10/27/23	Oklahoma A&M*	Norman, OK (Bedlam)	W 12-0
11/3/23	Kansas	Owen Field • Norman, OK	L 3-7
11/10/23	at Missouri	Columbia, MO	W 13-0
11/17/23	vs. Texas*	Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 14-26
11/24/23	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 20-21
11/29/23	Drake	Owen Field • Norman, OK	L 20-26
*Non-conference game.

1924

1924 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1924 record	2-5-1 (2-3-1 MVIAA)
Head coach	Bennie Owen
Home stadium	Owen Field
Seasons « 1923 1925 »

1924 Missouri Valley football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Missouri	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Nebraska	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Drake	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Grinnell	2	–	1	–	0			3	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Kansas	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Kansas State	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Washington (MO)	0	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/4/24	Central Oklahoma*	Owen Field • Norman, OK	L 0-2
10/11/24	Nebraska	Owen Field • Norman, OK	W 14-7
10/25/24	at Drake	Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA	L 0-28
11/1/24	at Oklahoma A&M*	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)	L 0-6
11/8/24	Missouri	Owen Field • Norman, OK	L 0-10
11/15/24	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	L 0-20
11/22/24	at Washington University	Francis Field • St. Louis, MO	W 7-0
11/26/24	Kansas State	Owen Field • Norman, OK	T 7-7
*Non-conference game.

1925

1925 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1925 record	4-3-1 (3-3-1 MVIAA)
Head coach	Bennie Owen
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1924 1926 »

1925 Missouri Valley football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Missouri	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Drake	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Iowa State	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Nebraska	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	2	–	2
Oklahoma	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Grinnell	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	2
Kansas	2	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Washington (MO)	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Oklahoma A&M	0	–	3	–	1			2	–	5	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/3/25	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 0-16
10/17/25	Drake	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 7-0
10/24/25	SMU*	Fair Park • Dallas, TX	W 9-0
10/31/25	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	L 0-12
11/7/25	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	T 0-0
11/14/25	at Missouri	Columbia, MO	L 14-16
11/21/25	Washington University	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 28-0
11/26/25	Oklahoma A&M	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)	W 35-0
*Non-conference game.

1926

1926 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1926 record	5-2-1 (3-2-1 MVIAA)
Head coach	Bennie Owen
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1925 1927 »

1926 Missouri Valley football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Oklahoma A&M	3	–	0	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Nebraska	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Grinnell	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Missouri	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	1	–	2
Oklahoma	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Drake	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Kansas	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Washington (MO)	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/9/26	Arkansas*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 6-13
10/16/26	at Drake	Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA	W 11-0
10/23/26	Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 12-15
10/30/26	at Washington University	Francis Field • St. Louis, MO	W 21-0
11/6/26	Missouri	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 10-7
11/13/26	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	L 9-10
11/20/26	St. Louis*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 47-0
11/25/26	at Oklahoma A&M	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)	T 14-14
*Non-conference game.

1927

1927 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1927 record	3-3-2 (2-3 MVIAA)
Head coach	Adrian Lindsey
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1926 1928 »

1927 Missouri Valley football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Missouri	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
#9 Nebraska	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma A&M	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Washington (MO)	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Kansas	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Oklahoma	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	3	–	2
Kansas State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Drake	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Grinnell	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	7	–	1
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/8/27	at Chicago*	Stagg Field • Chicago, IL	W 13-7
10/15/27	Creighton*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	T 13-13
10/22/27	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 14-20
10/29/27	at Central State*	Edmond, OK	T 14-14
11/5/27	Washington University	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 23-7
11/12/27	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 26-7
11/19/27	Oklahoma A&M	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)	L 7-13
11/24/27	at Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	L 7-20
*Non-conference game.

1928

1928 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Big Six Conference
1928 record	5-3 (3-2 Big 6)
Head coach	Adrian Lindsey
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1927 1929 »

1928 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Nebraska	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	1
Missouri	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	2	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Kansas	1	–	3	–	1			2	–	4	–	2
Kansas State	0	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/6/28	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 7-10
10/13/28	Creighton*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 7-0
10/27/28	Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 33-21
11/3/28	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field • Ames, IA	L 0-13
11/10/28	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 6-44
11/17/28	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 7-0
11/24/28	at Oklahoma A&M*	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)	W 46-0
11/29/28	Missouri	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 13-0
*Non-conference game.

1929

1929 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Big Six Conference
1929 record	3-3-2 (2-2-1 Big 6)
Head coach	Adrian Lindsey
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1928 1930 »

1929 Big 6 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 Nebraska	3	–	0	–	2			4	–	1	–	3
Missouri	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Kansas State	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	2
Kansas	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/12/29	at Creighton*	Omaha, NE	W 26-0
10/19/29	vs. Texas*	Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 0-21
10/26/29	Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 14-13
11/2/29	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 21-7
11/9/29	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 0-7
11/16/29	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	T 13-13
11/23/29	Oklahoma A&M*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)	T 7-7
11/28/29	at Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	L 0-13
*Non-conference game.

Source: Oklahoma Sooners football results, 1920-1929

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