1937 Oklahoma Sooners football team
1937 Tom Stidham (1st season) | |
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Captain | Albert Corrotto |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AP Poll
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The 1937 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the
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 | Source |
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September 25 | at Skelly Field | L 7–19 | 16,000 | ||
October 2 | Memorial Stadium | W 6–0 | |||
October 9 | vs. rivalry) | T 7–7 | 25,000 | [5] | |
October 16 | at Memorial Stadium ) | T 0–0 | |||
October 23 | Kansas |
| L 3–6 | 5,000 | [6] |
October 30 | at Memorial Stadium | W 19–0 | |||
November 6 | Iowa State |
| W 33–7 | 8,194 | |
November 13 | at Memorial Stadium ) | W 7–0 | |||
November 25 | Oklahoma A&M* |
| W 16–0 | ||
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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.[8]
NFL draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[9]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Team |
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3 | 21 | Pete Smith | End | Detroit Lions |
9 | 79 | Ed Parks | Center | Washington Redskins
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References
- ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. 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.
- Newspapers.com.
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- ^ DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1935–1939". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "Walter Cronkite recalled time as OU broadcaster". July 19, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ "1938 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.