1939 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team

1939 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	5–4–1 (3–1 MVC)
Head coach	Ted Cox (1st season)
Home stadium	Lewis Field

1939 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

v t e	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

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]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	vs. Texas A&M*	Taft Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	L 0–32	6,000	[3]
September 30	Northwestern Oklahoma State*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 52–0
October 7	Baylor*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 0–13	5,000	[4]
October 14	at Tulsa	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK (rivalry)	W 9–7	11,000
October 21	at Washburn	Moore Bowl Topeka, KS	W 27–6
October 28	at No. 6 Oklahoma*	Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)	L 0–41
November 4	New Mexico A&M*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 20–0
November 11	at Washington University	Francis Field St. Louis, MO	L 0–7		[5]
November 18	Wichita*	Wichita, KS	T 0–0		[6]
November 25	Creighton	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 20–9		[7]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

After the season

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

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. "Baylor crushes Cowboy eleven under varied offensive, 13 to 0". The Ponca City News. October 8, 1939. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Schwenk's Run Enables Bears To Beat Aggies". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 12, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
6. 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.
7. Joe Mayfield (November 26, 1939). "Cowboys Run Past Creighton 20 To 9". The Daily O'Collegian. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "1940 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
9. "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2016.