1943 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 6 champion
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record7–2 (5–0 Big 6)
Head coach
Captains
  • Bob Brumley
  • W. G. Wooten
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Big Six Conference 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
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1943 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1943 college football season. In their third year under head coach Dewey Luster, the Sooners compiled a 7–2 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the Big Six Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 187 to 92.[1][2]

No Sooners received All-America honors in 1943,[3] but six Sooners received all-conference honors: Bob Brumley (back), Gale Fulgham (guard), Lee Kennon (tackle), W.G. Lamb (end), Derald Lebow (back), and Bob Mayfield (center).[4]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Oklahoma ranked 41st among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 85.7.[5]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 252:30 p.m.Norman NAS*
W 22–610,000[6][7][8][9][10]
October 2vs. Oklahoma A&M*
W 22–1312,000
October 9vs. Texas*
L 7–1318,500[11]
October 16vs. Tulsa*
  • Taft Stadium
  • Oklahoma City, OK
L 6–2015,000
October 23at Kansas State
W 37–0
October 30Iowa State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 21–75,170
November 6Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 26–134,000[12]
November 13at Missouri
W 20–13
November 20at Nebraska
W 26–7

[13]

Postseason

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[14]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
12 111 Jim Tyree End Brooklyn Tigers
22 227 Ed Davis Guard Chicago Bears
22 230 Clare Morford Back Boston Yanks
23 233 Max Fischer Center Detroit Lions
27 276 Joe Golding Back Brooklyn Tigers

References

  1. ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "1943 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. ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Willing Sooners, Weighty Zoomers Set for Opener". The Oklahoma Daily. Norman, Oklahoma. September 25, 1943. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "—Football (continued)". The Oklahoma Daily. Norman, Oklahoma. September 25, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ Middlesworth, Hal (September 25, 1943). "Sooners Rumble Over Zoomers, 22-6". The Daily Oklahoman. Norman, Oklahoma. p. 1B. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ Middlesworth, Hal (September 25, 1943). "Sooners Sink Navy 22 to 6 (continued)". The Daily Oklahoman. Norman, Oklahoma. p. 2B. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "OU Trips Zoomers as Andrejko Leaves Game Because of Injury". The Daily Oklahoman. Norman, Oklahoma. September 25, 1943. p. 2B. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Texas Longhorns come from behind to beat Oklahoma University, 13–7". Wichita Daily Times. October 10, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Oklahoma Runs Over Jays, 26-13". The Norman Transcript. November 7, 1943. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1940–1944". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  14. ^ "1944 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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