1939 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1939 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Ranking
APNo. 19
Record6–2–1 (3–2 Big 6)
Head coach
CaptainNorval Locke
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1939 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Missouri $ 5 0 08 2 0
No. 18 Nebraska 4 1 07 1 1
No. 19 Oklahoma 3 2 06 2 1
Kansas 1 4 02 6 0
Iowa State 1 4 02 7 0
Kansas State 1 4 04 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Oklahoma Sooners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Oklahoma as a member of the Big Six Conference during the 1939 college football season. In their third year under head coach Tom Stidham, the Sooners compiled a 6–2–1 record (3–2 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Big Six Conference, and outscored their opponents by a total of 186 to 62.

Oklahoma was ranked at No. 19 in the final AP Poll and at No. 8 in the final Litkenhous Ratings.

Two Sooners received All-America honors in 1939: tackle Gil Duggan and Pop Ivy. Five Sooners received all-conference honors: Duggan, Ivy, tackle Justin Bowers, and backs Beryl Clark and Robert Seymour.