1944 Oklahoma Sooners football team
| 1944 Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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Big Six champion | |
| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| 1944 record | 6–3–1 (4–0–1 Big 6) |
| Head coach | Dewey Luster (4th year) |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1944 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1944 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Dewey Luster, the Sooners compiled a 6–3–1 record (4–0–1 against conference opponents), won the Big Six Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 227 to 149.[1][2]
No Sooners received All-America honors in 1944,[3] but four Sooners received all-conference honors: Merle Dinkins (end), John Harley (tackle), Bob Mayfield (center), and W.G. Wooten (end).[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| September 30 | Norman Naval* | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | L 14–28 | - | |||||
| October 7 | Texas A&M* | Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK | W 21–14 | - | |||||
| October 14 | vs. Texas* | Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | L 0–20 | 35,000 | |||||
| October 21 | Kansas State | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 68–0 | - | |||||
| October 28 | TCU* | Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK | W 34–19 | - | |||||
| November 4 | at Iowa State | Clyde Williams Stadium • Ames, IA | W 12–7 | 8,474 | |||||
| November 11 | Missouri | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | T 21–21 | - | |||||
| November 18 | at Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS | W 20–0 | - | |||||
| November 25 | vs. Oklahoma A&M* | Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK (Bedlam) | L 6–28 | - | |||||
| December 2 | Nebraska | Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK | W 31–12 | - | |||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
Source:DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1940–1944" (html). College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
References
- ↑ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ "1944 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.
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