1937 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1937 Oklahoma Sooners football

Conference	Big Six Conference
1937 record	5–2–2 (3–1–1 Big 6)
Head coach	Tom Stidham (1st year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)

1937 Big 6 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#11 Nebraska $	3	–	0	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
Oklahoma	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
Kansas	2	–	1	–	2	3	–	4	–	2
Missouri	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Iowa State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1937 college football season. In their first year under head coach Tom Stidham, the Sooners compiled a 5–2–2 record (3–1–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Big Six Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 98 to 39.^[1]^[2]

End Pete Smith received All-America honors in 1937,^[3] and four Sooners received all-conference honors: Smith, back Jack Baer, center Mickey Parks, and end Waddy Young.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	at Tulsa*	Skelly Field • Tulsa, OK	L 7–19	16,000
October 2	Rice*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 6–0	-
October9	vs. Texas*	Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	T 7–7	-
October 16	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	T 0–0	-
October 23	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 3–6	-
October 30	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 19–0	-
November 6	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 33–7	8,194
November 13	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 7–0	-
November 25	Oklahoma A&M*	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)	W 16–0	-
*Non-conference game.

Source:DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1935–1939" (html). College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

Media

This was the first season that all Sooner football games were radio broadcast over the air. The games were carried by WKY and Walter Cronkite was the announcer.^[5]

References

↑ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1937 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.
↑ "Walter Cronkite recalled time as OU broadcaster". July 19, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

Oklahoma Sooners football

Venues	Boyd Field (1905–23) Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923–present) Barry Switzer Center

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe) Nebraska Oklahoma State: Bedlam Series Texas: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat)

Culture & lore	Championships T formation Wishbone formation Oklahoma drill Sooner Schooner Boomer and Sooner "Boomer Sooner" Marching band The Kick The Oklahoma Heismen Play Like a Champion Today

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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