1915 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1915 Oklahoma Sooners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Oklahoma in the Southwest Conference during the 1915 college football season. In their 11th year under head coach Bennie Owen, the Sooners compiled a 10–0 record (3–0 against conference opponents), won the Southwest Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 369 to 54. This was the first season that the Sooners participated in the Southwest Conference.

1915 Oklahoma Sooners football
National champion (Billingsley)
SWC champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record10–0 (3–0 SWC)
Head coach
  • Bennie Owen (11th season)
CaptainForest Geyer
Home stadiumBoyd Field
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma $ 3 0 0 10 0 0
Baylor 3 0 0 7 1 0
Texas A&M 1 1 0 6 2 0
Texas 2 2 0 6 3 0
Arkansas 1 1 0 4 2 1
Rice 1 2 0 5 3 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 3 0 4 5 1
Southwestern (TX) 0 2 0 4 3 0
  • Baylor forfeited claim to co-champion for using ineligible player.

There was no contemporaneous system in 1915 for determining a national champion. However, Oklahoma was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report using its alternate "margin of victory" methodology.

Fullback Forest Geyer was recognized as an All-American. Geyer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.

Six Sooners received All-Southwest Conference honors: Elmer Capshaw, Forest Geyer, Oliver Hot, Willis Hott, Hap Johnson, and Homer Montgomery.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Kingfisher*
  • Boyd Field
  • Norman, OK
W 67–0
October 2at Southwestern Oklahoma*Weatherford, OKW 55–0
October 9Northwestern Oklahoma State*
  • Boyd Field
  • Norman, OK
W 102–0
October 16at Missouri*
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
W 24–0
October 23Texas
  • Fair Park Stadium
  • Dallas, TX (rivalry)
W 14–1312,000
October 30Kansas*
  • Boyd Field
  • Norman, OK
W 23–14
November 6at Kendall*
  • Association Park
  • Tulsa, OK
W 14–13
November 13at Arkansas
  • The Hill
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 23–0
November 19at Kansas State*
  • Ahearn Field
  • Manhattan, KS
W 21–7
November 25Oklahoma A&MOklahoma City, OK (Bedlam)W 26–77,000
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

  • George Anderson, T
  • Curry Bell, C
  • Elmer Capshaw, HB
  • William Clark
  • Corkle, G
  • Edwards, HB
  • Fields, E
  • Raybourne Foster, HB
  • Forest Geyer, FB
  • Oliver Hott, T
  • Willis Hott, G
  • Hap Johnson, QB
  • William Lively, HB
  • Frank McCain, HB
  • T. Howard McCasland, E
  • McFerren, E
  • Homer Montgomery, E
  • Leon Phillips, G
  • Charles Swatek, HB

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