1915 Oklahoma Sooners football team
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National champion (Billingsley MOV) Southwest Conference co-champion | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| 1915 record | 10–0 (3–0 SWC) |
| Head coach | Bennie Owen (11th year) |
| Home stadium | Boyd Field |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern (TX) | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1915 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1915 college football season. In their 11th year under head coach Bennie Owen, the Sooners compiled a 10–0 record (3–0 against conference opponents), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 370 to 54.[1][2] This was the first season that the Sooners participated in the Southwest Conference. The team was retroactively selected as the national champion for 1914 by the Billingsley Report using its alternate "margin of victory" methodology.[3]
One Sooner was recognized as an All-American: Forest Geyer.[4]
Six Sooners received All-Southwest Conference honors: Elmer Capshaw, Forest Geyer, Oliver Hot, Willis Hott, Hap Johnson, and Homer Montgomery.[5]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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| September 25 | Kingfisher* | Boyd Field • Norman, OK | W 67–0 | ||||||
| October 2 | at Southwestern Oklahoma* | Weatherford, OK | W 55–0 | ||||||
| October 9 | Northwestern Oklahoma State* | Boyd Field • Norman, OK | W 102–0 | ||||||
| October 16 | at Missouri* | Rollins Field • Columbia, MO | W 24–0 | ||||||
| October 23 | Texas | Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX | W 14–13 | ||||||
| October 30 | Kansas* | Boyd Field • Norman, OK | W 23–14 | ||||||
| November 6 | at Kendall* | Boyd Field • Tulsa, OK | W 14–13 | ||||||
| November 14 | at Arkansas | The Hill • Fayetteville, AR | W 24–0 | ||||||
| November 19 | at Kansas State* | Ahearn Field • Manhattan, KS | W 21–7 | ||||||
| November 25 | Oklahoma A&M | Oklahoma City, OK | W 26–7 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Source:DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1915–1919" (html). College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
References
- ↑ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ "1915 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ↑ "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.