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1942 SUGAR BOWL FOOTBALL TEAM
1942 SUGAR BOWL FOOTBALL TEAM
Hall of Fame Honor Team
Class of 1992
Only a 14-7 loss to Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 1943, kept this Tulsa team from registering a perfect 11-0 season … the Golden Hurricane finished the season ranked 4th in the nation in the final Associated Press poll and won the Missouri valley Conference with a league record of 5-0 … Tulsa won its first seven games of the season by a combined 296-0 score and was only scored upon in four contests in 1942 … finished the season outscoring the opposition by a count of 427 to 32 … led by All-American Glenn Dobbs, the powerful Hurricane opened the season with an 84-0 shellacking of Waco Air Base and two weeks later defeated Randolph AFB 68-0 … Tulsa led the country in passing (233.9 ypg), scoring (42.7 ppg), scoring defense (3.2 ppg) and punting (41.3 ypg) … at the time of the induction, the 1942 team still held the NCAA record for fewest turnovers in a season with only two.
Team Members: Paul Annex, James Berry, Dick Bland, Jim Blakeway, Buddy Burris, Glen Burgeis, Bob Catching, Harden Cooper, Merle Daniels, Jerry D’Arcy, Bobby Dobbs, Glenn Dobbs, Bill Dost, Dewey Ericksen, Herman Eubank, Bob Fowler, Murl Furney, Hugh Goerner, Clyde Goodnight, John Green, Nelson Greene, Leo Haas, Maurice Hail, Vernon Hartley, Joe Hedrick, Gene Hendrix, John Herriman, Jack Hightower, Ellis Jones, Jack Judd, Saxon Judd, N.A. Keithley, Kip Lancaster, Clyde Leforce, Tom McDowell, Chuck McGinley, Dick Milton, Homer Paine, Oswald Parton, Harris Pattillo, Wayne Pitcock, Cal Purdin, Art Ramage, Kirby Rider, Harry Schad, Don Sharp, Elmer Simmons, Gene Spangler, Charles Spilman, Dell Taylor, Pete Thomas, Jack Ward, Weldon Winfrey
Head Coach: Henry Frnka
Coaching Staff: Buddy Brothers, Mike Milligan
Hall of Fame Honor Team
Class of 1992
Only a 14-7 loss to Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 1943, kept this Tulsa team from registering a perfect 11-0 season … the Golden Hurricane finished the season ranked 4th in the nation in the final Associated Press poll and won the Missouri valley Conference with a league record of 5-0 … Tulsa won its first seven games of the season by a combined 296-0 score and was only scored upon in four contests in 1942 … finished the season outscoring the opposition by a count of 427 to 32 … led by All-American Glenn Dobbs, the powerful Hurricane opened the season with an 84-0 shellacking of Waco Air Base and two weeks later defeated Randolph AFB 68-0 … Tulsa led the country in passing (233.9 ypg), scoring (42.7 ppg), scoring defense (3.2 ppg) and punting (41.3 ypg) … at the time of the induction, the 1942 team still held the NCAA record for fewest turnovers in a season with only two.
Team Members: Paul Annex, James Berry, Dick Bland, Jim Blakeway, Buddy Burris, Glen Burgeis, Bob Catching, Harden Cooper, Merle Daniels, Jerry D’Arcy, Bobby Dobbs, Glenn Dobbs, Bill Dost, Dewey Ericksen, Herman Eubank, Bob Fowler, Murl Furney, Hugh Goerner, Clyde Goodnight, John Green, Nelson Greene, Leo Haas, Maurice Hail, Vernon Hartley, Joe Hedrick, Gene Hendrix, John Herriman, Jack Hightower, Ellis Jones, Jack Judd, Saxon Judd, N.A. Keithley, Kip Lancaster, Clyde Leforce, Tom McDowell, Chuck McGinley, Dick Milton, Homer Paine, Oswald Parton, Harris Pattillo, Wayne Pitcock, Cal Purdin, Art Ramage, Kirby Rider, Harry Schad, Don Sharp, Elmer Simmons, Gene Spangler, Charles Spilman, Dell Taylor, Pete Thomas, Jack Ward, Weldon Winfrey
Head Coach: Henry Frnka
Coaching Staff: Buddy Brothers, Mike Milligan
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