| Year: | 1939 |
| Team: | Oklahoma Sooners |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big Six Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 6 |
| Aprank: | 19 |
| Record: | 6–2–1 |
| Conf Record: | 3–2 |
| Head Coach: | Tom Stidham |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Captain: | Norval Locke |
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.[1] [2]
Oklahoma was ranked at No. 19 in the final AP Poll and at No. 8 in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]
Two Sooners received All-America honors in 1939: tackle Gilford Duggan and Frank "Pop" Ivy.[4] Five Sooners received all-conference honors: Duggan, Ivy, tackle Justin Bowers, and backs Beryl Clark and Robert Seymour.[5]
See also: 1939 NCAA football rankings. The first AP Poll for 1939 came out on October 16. The Sooners were ranked third. They finished the year ranked 19th.
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[7]
| 3 | 17 | Dick Favor | Back | Philadelphia Eagles | |
| 4 | 26 | John Shirk | End | Chicago Cardinals | |
| 4 | 27 | Pop Ivy | End | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| 9 | 79 | J. R. Manley | Guard | Green Bay Packers | |
| 10 | 88 | Bob Seymour | Back | Washington Redskins | |
| 13 | 111 | Al Coppage | End | Chicago Cardinals | |
| 13 | 116 | Justin Bowers | Tackle | Detroit Lions | |
| 16 | 141 | Beryl Clark | Back | Chicago Cardinals | |
| 18 | 165 | Ralph Stevenson | Guard | Cleveland Rams |