1943 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1943 Oklahoma Sooners football
1943 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 6 champion
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	7–2 (5–0 Big 6)
Head coach	Dewey Luster (3rd season);
Captains	Bob Brumley; W. G. Wooten;
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1942 1944 →

1943 Big Six Conference football standings
v t e	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	2:30 p.m.	Norman NAS*	Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 22–6	10,000	^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
October 2		vs. Oklahoma A&M*	Taft Stadium Oklahoma City, OK (Bedlam)	W 22–13	12,000
October 9		vs. Texas*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	L 7–13	18,500	^[11]
October 16		vs. Tulsa*	Taft Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	L 6–20	15,000
October 23		at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 37–0
October 30		Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 21–7	5,170
November 6		Kansas	Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 26–13	4,000	^[12]
November 13		at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry)	W 20–13
November 20		at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	W 26–7
*Non-conference game All times are in Central time

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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

^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
^ "1943 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
^ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
^ 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 .
^ "Willing Sooners, Weighty Zoomers Set for Opener". The Oklahoma Daily. Norman, Oklahoma. September 25, 1943. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "—Football (continued)". The Oklahoma Daily. Norman, Oklahoma. September 25, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ "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 .
^ "Texas Longhorns come from behind to beat Oklahoma University, 13–7". Wichita Daily Times. October 10, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Oklahoma Runs Over Jays, 26-13". The Norman Transcript. November 7, 1943. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1940–1944". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
^ "1944 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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[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 .

[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 .

[7] "—Football (continued)". The Oklahoma Daily. Norman, Oklahoma. September 25, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

[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 .

[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 .

[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 .

[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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v t e Oklahoma Sooners football
Venues	Boyd Field (1905–1923) Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma State: Bedlam Series Texas: Red River Rivalry
Culture & lore	T formation Wishbone formation 1971 Nebraska game 2008 Big 12 South 3-way tie controversy 2016 Texas Tech game Oklahoma drill Sooner Schooner RUF/NEKS Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass Boomer and Sooner "Boomer Sooner" Marching band The Kick Play Like a Champion Today
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Big Eight Conference football champions
MVIAA	Iowa & Nebraska (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909) Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919) Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Drake & Nebraska (1922) Kansas & Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927)
Big Six	Nebraska (1928) Nebraska (1929) Kansas (1930) Nebraska (1931) Nebraska (1932) Nebraska (1933) Kansas State (1934) Nebraska (1935) Nebraska (1936) Nebraska (1937) Oklahoma (1938) Missouri (1939) Nebraska (1940) Missouri (1941) Missouri (1942) Oklahoma (1943) Oklahoma (1944) Missouri (1945) Kansas & Oklahoma (1946) Kansas & Oklahoma (1947)
Big Seven	Oklahoma (1948) Oklahoma (1949) Oklahoma (1950) Oklahoma (1951) Oklahoma (1952) Oklahoma (1953) Oklahoma (1954) Oklahoma (1955) Oklahoma (1956) Oklahoma (1957) Oklahoma (1958) Oklahoma (1959)
Big Eight	Missouri (1960) Colorado (1961) Oklahoma (1962) Nebraska (1963) Nebraska (1964) Nebraska (1965) Nebraska (1966) Oklahoma (1967) Kansas & Oklahoma (1968) Missouri & Nebraska (1969) Nebraska (1970) Nebraska (1971) Nebraska (1972) Oklahoma (1973) Oklahoma (1974) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975) Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976) Oklahoma (1977) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978) Oklahoma (1979) Oklahoma (1980) Nebraska (1981) Nebraska (1982) Nebraska (1983) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984) Oklahoma (1985) Oklahoma (1986) Oklahoma (1987) Nebraska (1988) Colorado (1989) Colorado (1990) Colorado & Nebraska (1991) Nebraska (1992) Nebraska (1993) Nebraska (1994) Nebraska (1995)
National championships in bold