1939 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team

The 1939 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1939 college football season. This was the 39th year of football at A&M and the first under Jim Lookabaugh. The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 5–4–1, 3–1 in the Missouri Valley Conference.[1]

1939 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLewis Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington University $ 4 1 0 6 3 1
Oklahoma A&M 3 1 0 5 4 1
Tulsa 2 1 1 4 5 1
Drake 2 3 0 5 5 0
Saint Louis 1 2 1 5 3 2
Creighton 2 4 0 4 5 0
Washburn 1 3 0 6 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Oklahoma A&M was ranked at No. 99 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23vs. Texas A&M*L 0–326,000[3]
September 30Northwestern Oklahoma State*W 52–0
October 7Baylor*
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
L 0–13
October 14at TulsaW 9–711,000
October 21at WashburnW 27–6
October 28at No. 6 Oklahoma*L 0–41
November 4New Mexico A&M*
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 20–0
November 11at Washington UniversityL 0–7[4]
November 18Wichita*Wichita, KST 0–0[5]
November 25Creighton 
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 20–9[6]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

After the season

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The 1940 NFL draft took place on December 9, 1939 at the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee. The following Oklahoma State player was selected during the draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL Team
Ralph Foster T 5th 151 Chicago Cardinals

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References

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  1. ^ "1939 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Texas Aggies Trample Oklahoma A.& M. By 32-0 as Soph Derace Moser Excels; Arkansas' Passes Earn 32-6 Triumph". Austin American-Statesman. September 24, 1939. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Schwenk's Run Enables Bears To Beat Aggies". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 12, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Pete Lightner (November 19, 1939). "Wichita Plays to Tie; Shockers Fail on Passing and Blow Scoring Chances". The Wichita Eagle. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Joe Mayfield (November 26, 1939). "Cowboys Run Past Creighton 20 To 9". The Daily O'Collegian. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "1940 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  8. ^ "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2016.