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1941 SUN BOWL CHAMPION FOOTBALL TEAM
1941 Sun Bowl Champion Football Team
Hall of Fame Honor Team
Class of 2001
The 1941 football began a streak that would become the first in college football as that team made Tulsa’s first New Year’s Day Bowl Game, playing in the Sun Bowl on January 1, 1942, beginning a string of five straight New Year’s Day Bowl Game appearances, the first school in history to accomplish that feat … Tulsa put together an overall record of 8-2, playing in the school’s first-ever bowl game and winning the school’s first bowl game with a 6-0 victory over Texas Tech in El Paso, Texas … Tulsa suffered a narrow 6-point loss against TCU to start the season and then put won seven straight, before falling to Arkansas in the regular season finale …in that 7-game winning streak, Tulsa allowed just six points per game, while averaging 26 points. … the Hurricane clinched the Missouri Valley Conference championship with a 20-6 win over Drake.
Team Members: Wayne Rose, Charles White, Sax Judd, Kenneth Gibson, Clyde Shrum, Elston Campbell, Wiley Pinson, Dewey Ericksen, Jodie Bob George, C.H. Greene, John Wickham, Fred Mason, Noel Holt, Jim Worthington, Gene Hendrix, George Ray Lain, Browne Amburn, Maurice Hail, Joe Hedrick, Hugh Goerner, Roy Stuart, Glen Henicle, Wayne Holt, Charles Spilman, Richard Morgan, Gene Allison, Clayton Meeks, Glenn Dobbs, N.A. Keithley, Joe Gibson, L.D. Moore, Wallace Johnson, Bobby Dobbs, Bob Thomas, John Herriman, Chuck McGinley, Malcolm Strow, Jim Vickers, Cal Purdin, Dell Taylor, Jack Judd
Head Coach: Henry Frnka
Coaching Staff: Buddy Brothers, J.B. Miller, Mike Milligan, H.B. “Tex” Ryon
Hall of Fame Honor Team
Class of 2001
The 1941 football began a streak that would become the first in college football as that team made Tulsa’s first New Year’s Day Bowl Game, playing in the Sun Bowl on January 1, 1942, beginning a string of five straight New Year’s Day Bowl Game appearances, the first school in history to accomplish that feat … Tulsa put together an overall record of 8-2, playing in the school’s first-ever bowl game and winning the school’s first bowl game with a 6-0 victory over Texas Tech in El Paso, Texas … Tulsa suffered a narrow 6-point loss against TCU to start the season and then put won seven straight, before falling to Arkansas in the regular season finale …in that 7-game winning streak, Tulsa allowed just six points per game, while averaging 26 points. … the Hurricane clinched the Missouri Valley Conference championship with a 20-6 win over Drake.
Team Members: Wayne Rose, Charles White, Sax Judd, Kenneth Gibson, Clyde Shrum, Elston Campbell, Wiley Pinson, Dewey Ericksen, Jodie Bob George, C.H. Greene, John Wickham, Fred Mason, Noel Holt, Jim Worthington, Gene Hendrix, George Ray Lain, Browne Amburn, Maurice Hail, Joe Hedrick, Hugh Goerner, Roy Stuart, Glen Henicle, Wayne Holt, Charles Spilman, Richard Morgan, Gene Allison, Clayton Meeks, Glenn Dobbs, N.A. Keithley, Joe Gibson, L.D. Moore, Wallace Johnson, Bobby Dobbs, Bob Thomas, John Herriman, Chuck McGinley, Malcolm Strow, Jim Vickers, Cal Purdin, Dell Taylor, Jack Judd
Head Coach: Henry Frnka
Coaching Staff: Buddy Brothers, J.B. Miller, Mike Milligan, H.B. “Tex” Ryon
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