1933 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record4–4–1 (3–2 Big 6)
Head coach
CaptainBill Pansze
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Nebraska $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Kansas State 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Oklahoma 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Kansas 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Iowa State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Missouri 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1933 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1933 college football season. In their second year under head coach Lewie Hardage, the Sooners compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–2 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Big Six Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 82 to 70.[1][2]

No Sooners received All-America honors in 1933,[3] but four Sooners received all-conference honors: guards Ellis Bashara and James Stacy, back Bob Dunlap, and tackle Cassius Gentry.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Vanderbilt*
T 0–018,000
October 7at Tulsa*
L 6–20
October 14vs. Texas*
W 9–020,000[5]
October 21Iowa State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 19–78,081
October 28at Nebraska
L 7–1616,507[6]
November 4Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 20–0
November 11at Missouri
W 21–0
November 18at Kansas State
L 0–14
November 23Oklahoma A&M*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (Bedlam)
L 0–13
  • *Non-conference game

[7]

References

  1. ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1930-1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "1933 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  5. ^ "Lucky breaks enable the Sooners to defeat Longhorns". Waco Sunday Tribune-Herald. October 15, 1933. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ McBride, Gregg (November 6, 1934). "Saturday Turnout is Likely Top Previous Mark at Nebraska U." The Lincoln Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. p. 8. Retrieved March 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1930–1934". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.


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