| Year: | 1942 |
| Team: | Oklahoma Sooners |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big Six Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 6 |
| Record: | 3–5–2 |
| Conf Record: | 3–1–1 |
| Head Coach: | Dewey Luster |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Captain: | Bill Campbell |
| Captain2: | Walter Lamb |
The 1942 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Dewey Luster, the Sooners compiled a 3–5–2 record (3–1–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Big Six Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 135 to 78.[1] [2]
No Sooners received All-America honors in 1942,[3] but six Sooners received all-conference honors: William Campbell (back), Huel Hamm (back), Jack Marsee (center), Clare Morford (guard), W.G. Lamb (end), and Homer Simmons (tackle).[4]
Oklahoma was ranked at No. 52 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[5]
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[7]
| 10 | 85 | Homer Simmons | Tackle | Cleveland Rams | |
| 10 | 89 | Dub Lamb | End | Chicago Bears | |
| 17 | 153 | Bill Campbell | Back | Chicago Cardinals | |
| 25 | 231 | Huel Hamm | Back | Detroit Lions |