1942 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team

1942 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football
1942 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	6–3–1 (4–1 MVC)
Head coach	Jim Lookabaugh (4th season);
Home stadium	Lewis Field
	Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

The 1942 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1942 college football season. This was the 42nd year of football at A&M and the fourth under Jim Lookabaugh. The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 6–3–1, 3–1 in the Missouri Valley Conference.^[1]

1942 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Tulsa $	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Oklahoma A&M	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Washington University	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Saint Louis	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Creighton	1	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Drake	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Oklahoma A&M was ranked at No. 51 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		Oklahoma*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)	T 0–0
October 2		vs. Baylor*	Taft Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	L 12–18
October 10		at Texas Tech*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 9–6	6,000
October 17		at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 6–20
October 24	2:30 p.m.	Washington University	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 40–7	4,500	^[3]^[4]^[5]
October 31		at Creighton	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 20–6
November 7		at No. 12 Tulsa	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK (rivalry)	L 6–34	13,000
November 14		Saint Louis	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 54–7
November 21		Drake	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 55–12
November 28		at Detroit*	Titan Stadium Detroit, MI	W 33–6	< 5,000	^[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

The 194 NFL Draft was held on April 8, 1943. The following Cowboys were selected.^[7]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
14	128	Ralph Tate	Back	Chicago Bears
14	129	Loyd Arms	Guard	Green Bay Packers
20	181	Al Scanland	Back	Detroit Lions
23	216	Gene Hoeman	End	New York Giants

^ "1943 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Washington Bears Play Oklahoma Aggies". Muskogee Daily Phoenix. Muskogee, Oklahoma. Associated Press. October 24, 1942. p. 5. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Aggies Rout Bears, 40 to 7". Tulsa Daily World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. October 25, 1942. p. 1, sports section. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tate, Scanland Star As Aggies Win, 40-7 (continued)". Tulsa Daily World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. October 25, 1942. p. 2, sports section. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ W.W. Edgar (November 29, 1942). "Oklahoma A&M Smashes U-D, 33-6, as Titans' Aerials Work in Reverse". Detroit Free Press. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1943 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.