1941 Oklahoma Sooners football team
American college football season
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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.
- Dewey Luster (1st season)
- Roger Eason
- Orville Mathews
| 1941 Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 6–3 (3–2 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Missouri $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No Sooners received All-America honors in 1941,[1] 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.[2][3]
Oklahoma was ranked at No. 20 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Oklahoma A&M* | W 19–0 | 28,000 | [5] | |
| October 11 | vs. Texas* | L 7–40 | 42,000 | [6] | |
| October 18 | at Kansas State | W 16–0 | 6,500 | [7] | |
| October 25 | No. 8 Santa Clara* |
| W 16–6 | 22,000 | [8] |
| November 1 | Kansas |
| W 38–0 | 11,000 | [9] |
| November 8 | Iowa State |
| W 55–0 | 15,000 | [10] |
| November 15 | at No. 16 Missouri | L 0–28 | 27,000 | [11] | |
| November 22 | Marquette* |
| W 61–14 | 8,000 | [12] |
| November 29 | at Nebraska | L 6–7 | 22,000 | [13] | |
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NFL draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[15]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL team |
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| 2 | 12 | Jack Jacobs | Back | Cleveland Rams |
| 3 | 17 | Roger Eason | Tackle | Cleveland Rams |
| 5 | 32 | Orville Matthews | Back | Cleveland Rams |
| 15 | 136 | Marvin Whited | Back | Washington Redskins |
