Oklahoma Sooners

Oklahoma Sooners college football

First Season
1895
Team History
Oklahoma Sooners (1895-present)
Conference
Big 12 (1996-present) Big Eight (1959-95) Big Seven (1948-58) Big Six (1929-47) MVIAA (1920-28) Southwest Conference (1915-19) Independent (1895-1914)
Venue
Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923-present) Boyd Field (1905-23)
Key People
Players • Coaches

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 (formerly Division I-A) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Publications

Programs by season

1940s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1943
October 9	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
1945
November 24	vs. Oklahoma A&M	Owen Field
1948
January 1, 1949	vs. North Carolina	Tulane Stadium
1949
January 2, 1950	vs. LSU	Tulane Stadium

1950s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1950*
September 30	vs. Boston College	Owen Field
October 14	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
November 4	at Colorado	Folsom Field
January 1, 1951	vs. Kentucky	Tulane Stadium
1952
October 11	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 18	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium
November 8	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
1953
September 26	vs. Notre Dame	Owen Field
October 10	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 17	vs. Kansas	Owen Field
January 1, 1954	vs. Maryland	Burdine Stadium
1954
September 25	vs. TCU	Owen Field
1955
October 8	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
1956
October 6	vs. Kansas State	Owen Field
October 13	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
November 10	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field
1957
January 1, 1958	vs. Duke	Burdine Stadium
1958
October 11	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
January 1, 1959	vs. Syracuse	Burdine Stadium
1959
October 10	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
November 21	vs. Iowa State	Owen Field
November 28	vs. Oklahoma State	Owen Field

1960s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1960
October 8	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 29	at Colorado	Folsom Field
1961
October 14	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
1962
December 1	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Stadium
January 1, 1963	vs. Alabama	Orange Bowl
1963
October 12	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 19	vs. Kansas	Owen Field
November 23	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium
1964
October 10	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
November 7	vs. Iowa State	Owen Field
January 2, 1965	vs. Florida State	Gator Bowl
1965
October 9	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 16	vs. Kansas	Owen Field
November 13	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium
1967
October 14	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
January 1, 1968	vs. Tennessee	Orange Bowl
1968
September 21	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 12	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
December 31	vs. SMU	Astro Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston, TX)
1969
October 11	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
November 1	vs. Iowa State	Owen Field

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1970
October 10	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
December 31	vs. Alabama	Astro Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston, TX)
1971
October 9	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
November 25	vs. Nebraska	Owen Field
January 1, 1972	vs. Auburn	Tulane Stadium
1972
October 14	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 28	vs. Kansas State	Owen Field
December 31	vs. Penn State	Tulane Stadium
1973
September 15	at Baylor	Baylor Stadium
October 13	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
November 3	vs. Iowa State	Owen Field
1974*
September 14	vs. Baylor	Owen Field
September 28	vs. Utah State	Owen Field
October 5	vs. Wake Forest	Owen Field
October 12	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 26	vs. Kansas State	Owen Field
November 2	at Iowa State	Clyde Williams Field
November 9	vs. Missouri	Owen Field
November 23	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium
1975*
September 13	vs. Oregon	Owen Field
September 20	vs. Pittsburgh	Owen Field
September 26	at Miami	Orange Bowl
October 11	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 25	vs. Iowa State	Owen Field
November 8	vs. Kansas	Owen Field
November 22	vs. Nebraska	Owen Field
January 1, 1976	vs. Michigan	Orange Bowl
1976
September 25	vs. Florida State	Owen Field
October 2	at Iowa State	Cyclone Stadium
October 9	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 16	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium
October 23	vs. Oklahoma State	Owen Field
November 6	vs. Kansas State	Owen Field
December 25	vs. Wyoming	Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ)
1977
September 24	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
October 1	vs. Kansas	Owen Field
October 8	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 22	vs. Iowa State	Owen Field
October 29	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium
November 12	at Colorado	Owen Field
January 2, 1978	vs. Arkansas	Orange Bowl
1978
October 7	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 28	vs. Kansas State	Owen Field
November 18	vs. Oklahoma State	Owen Field
January 1, 1979	vs. Nebraska	Orange Bowl
1979
September 15	vs. Iowa	Owen Field
October 27	vs. Iowa State	Owen Field
January 1, 1980	vs. Florida State	Orange Bowl

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1980
October 11	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 18	vs. Kansas State	Owen Field
November 22	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1981	vs. Florida State	Orange Bowl
1981
October 10	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
December 26	vs. Houston	Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX)
1982
September 11	vs. West Virginia	Owen Field
September 18	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium
October 9	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 23	vs. Oklahoma State	Owen Field
November 6	vs. Kansas State	Owen Field
January 1, 1983	vs. Arizona State	Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ)
1983
September 17	vs. Ohio State	Owen Field
October 8	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
1984
September 15	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium
October 13	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
November 17	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium
Orange Bowl	vs. Washington	Orange Bowl
1985*
October 12	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
October 26	vs. Iowa State	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
November 2	vs. Kansas	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
November 23	vs. Nebraska	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1986	vs. Penn State	Orange Bowl
1986
September 27	at Miami	Orange Bowl
October 11	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
November 22	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1987	vs. Arkansas	Orange Bowl
1987
October 10	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
January 1, 1988	vs. Miami	Orange Bowl
1988
October 8	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
January 2, 1989	vs. Clemson	Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL)
1989
October 14	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1991
November 29	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium
1994
November 25	vs. Nebraska	Owen Field

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2000
November 4	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium
January 3, 2001	vs. Florida State	Pro Player Stadium
2001
January 1, 2002	vs. Arkansas	Cotton Bowl
2003
November 8	vs. Texas A&M	Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
December 6	at Kansas State	Arrowhead Stadium
January 4, 2004	vs. LSU	Louisiana Superdome
2004
September 18	vs. Oregon	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
October 9	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
January 4, 2005	vs. USC	Orange Bowl
2005
October 1	vs. Kansas State	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
November 12	vs. Texas A&M	Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
2006
September 2	vs. UAB	Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
October 7	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
2007
January 2, 2008	vs. West Virginia	University of Phoenix Stadium
2008
January 8, 2009	vs. Florida	BCS National Championship Game
2009
October 10	vs. Baylor	Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2010
September 4	vs. Utah State	Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
October 16	vs. Iowa State	Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
December 4	vs. Nebraska	Cowboys Stadium
2011
November 5	vs. Texas A&M	Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
December 30	vs. Iowa	Sun Devil Stadium
2012
January 4, 2013	vs. Texas A&M	Cowboys Stadium
2013
January 2, 2014	vs. Alabama	Sugar Bowl
2015
October 10	vs. Texas	Cotton Bowl
December 31	vs. Clemson	Sun Life Stadium
2016
January 2, 2017	vs. Auburn	Sugar Bowl
2017
September 2	vs. UTEP	Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
September 16	vs. Tulane	Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
January 1, 2018	vs. Georgia	Rose Bowl
2018
December 29	vs. Alabama	Hard Rock Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks

Media guides

1960s	1963 • 1968
1970s	1972 • 1975
2010s	2016 • 2017
2020s	2020