1943 Oklahoma Sooners football team

American college football season

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

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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

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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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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## Postseason

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### NFL draft

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

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | NFL Team

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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

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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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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
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* 1897
* 1898
* 1899
* 1900
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National championship seasons in bold

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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

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