The 1929 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...

in the

1929 college football season The 1929 college football season saw a number of unbeaten and untied teams. Purdue, Tulane, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh all finished the regular season with wins over all their opponents. Notre Dame was recognized as national champion by two of thre ...

. In their third year under head coach

Adrian Lindsey Adrian Hobart "Ad" Lindsey (August 15, 1895 – October 2, 1980) was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1922 to 1926, at the Universit ...

, the Sooners compiled a 3–3–2 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the

Big Six Conference The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Associat ...

, and matched their opponents in scoring with a combined total of 81 to 81. No Sooners received All-America honors in 1929, though back

Frank Crider Frank Wheadon Crider (March 18, 1907 – February 6, 1962) was an American football player and coach. He was an all-conference halfback and team captain for the 1929 Oklahoma Sooners football team. He was an assistant coach for the Sooners in 19 ...

received all-conference honors.

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Oklahoma Sooners football seasons

Oklahoma Sooners football The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma (variously "Oklahoma" or "OU"). The team is a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (forme ...

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