1938 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1938 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1938 college football season. In their second year under head coach Tom Stidham, the Sooners compiled a 10–1 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the school's first Big Six Conference football championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 185 to 29. The team's only loss came in the 1939 Orange Bowl, losing to Tennessee by a 17 to 0 score.

1938 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 6 champion
Orange Bowl, L 0–17 vs. Tennessee
Ranking
APNo. 4
Record10–1 (5–0 Big 6)
Head coach
  • Tom Stidham (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1938 Big Six Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Oklahoma $ 5 0 010 1 0
Iowa State 3 1 17 1 1
Missouri 2 3 06 3 0
Nebraska 2 3 03 5 1
Kansas State 1 3 14 4 1
Kansas 1 4 03 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

End Waddy Young (Walter R. Young) received All-America honors in 1938, and six Sooners received all-conference honors: Young, guards Jerry Bolton and Ralph Stevenson, backs Earl Crowder and Hugh McCullough, and tackle Gilford Duggan.

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