Oklahoma City Chiefs football | |
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First season | 1905 |
Last season | 1949 |
Stadium | Goldbug Field Taft Stadium |
Location | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Past conferences | Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (?–1928) Big Four Conference (1929–1932) Oklahoma Collegiate Conference (1941) |
All-time record | 114–114–14 (.500) |
Bowl record | 0–1 (.000) |
Conference titles | 2 |
The Oklahoma City Chiefs football program represented Oklahoma City University and its predecessor institutions in college football. The team began play in 1905 representing Epworth University as the Epworth Methodists. Epworth closed in 1911 was replaced by Oklahoma Methodist University located in Guthrie, Oklahoma, which the football team represented from 1911 to 1916 as Oklahoma Methodist. After a hiatus during the World War I years, the team returned to play in 1921 as the Oklahoma City Goldbugs. Oklahoma Methodist University had relocated to Oklahoma City in 1919 as was renamed as Oklahoma City College. The school adopted its current name in 1924. The football team was known as the Goldbugs through 1941. After another hiatus during World War II, the football team returned to competition in 1946 as the Chiefs. Financial pressures forced the dissolution of the football program following the 1949 season. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Oklahoma City won two conference championships during their program's existence.
Year | Conference | Coach | Overall record | Conference record | ||
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1927† | Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference | Pappy Waldorf | 8–1–2 | 5–1–2 | ||
1931 | Big Four Conference | Vee Green | 12–0 | 3–0 | ||
Total conference championships: | 2 (1 OIC, 1 Big Four) | |||||
† Denotes co-champions |
Oklahoma City participated in the 1948 Glass Bowl.
# | Bowl | Score | Date | Season | Opponent | Stadium | Location | Attendance | Head coach |
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1 | Glass Bowl | L 14–27 | December 4, 1948 | 1948 | Toledo | Glass Bowl | Toledo, Ohio | 8,500 [7] | Orville Tuttle |
Oklahoma City had six players selected in National Football League Draft between 1947 and 1950. [8]
Year | Rnd | Pick | Player name | Position | NFL team | Notes |
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1947 | 9 | 74 | John Novitsky | T | New York Giants | — |
1947 | 15 | 135 | Wayne Goodall | E | Chicago Bears | — |
1947 | 17 | 147 | Marion Shirley | T | Boston Yanks | — |
1948 | 27 | 250 | Jim Wade | HB | Los Angeles Rams | — |
1949 | 23 | 231 | Hank Kalver | T | Philadelphia Eagles | — |
1950 | 6 | 77 | Orville Langrell | T | Los Angeles Rams | — |
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