1941 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1941 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1941 college football season. In their first year under head coach Dewey Luster, the Sooners compiled a 6–3 record (3–2 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for second place in the Big Six Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 218 to 95.

1941 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record6–3 (3–2 Big 6)
Head coach
Captains
  • Roger Eason
  • Orville Mathews
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1941 Big Six Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Missouri $ 5 0 08 2 0
Nebraska 3 2 04 5 0
Oklahoma 3 2 06 3 0
Kansas 2 3 03 6 0
Kansas State 1 3 12 5 2
Iowa State 0 4 12 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

No Sooners received All-America honors in 1941, but two Oklahoma players were selected by the United Press as first-team players on the 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team: senior tackle Roger Eason and senior fullback Jack Jacobs. Two others (halfback Orville Mathews and guard Ralph Harris) were named to the second team.

Oklahoma was ranked at No. 20 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.

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