Oklahoma Sooners football
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| First season | 1895 | ||
| Athletic director | Joe Castiglione | ||
| Head coach |
Bob Stoops 18th year, 190–48 (.798) |
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| Other staff |
Lincoln Riley (OC/QB) Mike Stoops (DC/OLB) |
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| Stadium | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | ||
| Field | Owen Field | ||
| Seating capacity | 86,112 | ||
| Field surface | Grass | ||
| Location | Norman, Oklahoma | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Big 12 | ||
| All-time record | 872–321–53 (.721) | ||
| Bowl record | 28–20–1 (.582) | ||
| Playoff appearances | 1 (2015) | ||
| Playoff record | 0–1 (.000) | ||
| Claimed nat'l titles | 7 (1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000) | ||
| Unclaimed nat'l titles | 10 (1915, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1986, 2003) | ||
| Conference titles | 46 | ||
| Heisman winners | 5 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 76 | ||
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| Colors | Crimson and Cream |
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| Fight song | Boomer Sooner | ||
| Mascot | Sooner Schooner | ||
| Marching band | The Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band | ||
| Rivals |
Nebraska Cornhuskers (dormant) Texas Longhorns Oklahoma State Cowboys |
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| Website | SoonerSports.com | ||
The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma (variously "Oklahoma" or "OU"). The team is currently 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). The program began in 1895 and is one of the most successful programs since World War II with the most wins (606) and the highest winning percentage (.762) since 1945. The program has 7 national championships, 45 conference championships, 154 All-Americans (76 consensus), and five Heisman Trophy winners. In addition, the school has had 23 members (five coaches and 18 players) inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and holds the record for the longest winning streak in Division I history with 47 straight victories, a record that stands to this day. Oklahoma is also the only program that has had four coaches with 100+ wins, including current head coach Bob Stoops. They became the sixth NCAA FBS team to win 850 games when they defeated the Kansas Jayhawks on November 22, 2014. The Sooners play their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma.
Football at Oklahoma made its start in September 1895, 12 years before statehood and one year after the first organized football game in the Oklahoma Territory. The team was organized by John A. Harts, a student from Winfield, Kansas who had played the game in his home state. That first team was composed of mostly non-students, including a local fireman. That first "season" saw the team go 0–1, being blanked 0–34 by a more experienced Oklahoma City Town Team (the Sooners could not even muster a first down). The first game was played on a field of low prairie grass just northwest of the current site of Holmberg Hall. Several members of the Oklahoma team were injured, including Coach Harts, and by the end of the game, the Oklahoma team was borrowing members from the opposing squad so they would have a full lineup. After that year, Harts left Oklahoma to prospect for gold in the Arctic.
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