Conference Big Six Conference 1938 record 10–1 (5–0 Big 6) | AP No. 4 Head coach Tom Stidham (2nd year) | |
Home stadium Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) | ||
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.
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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Source:DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1935–1939". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 20, 2015.