2017 Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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Big 12 champion | |
Big 12 Championship, W 41–17 vs.
TCU | |
Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 2 |
AP | No. 2 |
CFP | No. 2 |
Record | 12–1 (8–1 Big 12) |
Head coach |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Cale Gundy (1st season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | Bill Bedenbaugh (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Air raid |
Defensive coordinator | Mike Stoops (11th season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Captain | Orlando Brown Baker Mayfield Ogbonnia Okoronkwo Steven Parker |
Home stadium | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Oklahoma y$^ | 8 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 TCU y | 7 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Oklahoma State | 6 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 5 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 5 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 3 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Oklahoma 41, TCU 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team represents the University of Oklahoma in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 123rd season of Sooner football. The team is led by Lincoln Riley, who is in his first year as head coach, after the retirement of Bob Stoops in June 2017. [1] They play their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference.
The Sooners finished the 2016 season 11–2, 9–0 in Big 12 play to win their 10th Big 12 Championship. By winning the conference championship Oklahoma was selected to play in the Sugar Bowl where they defeated Auburn 35–19. [2]
On June 7, 2017 Bob Stoops announced his retirement after 17 seasons as head coach. [3] Offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley was promoted to head coach. On June 14, Riley hired former ECU head coach Ruffin McNeill to coach defensive tackles. [4] With the offensive coordinator positions vacant Riley promoted Cale Gundy and Bill Bedenbaugh as co-coordinators, but Riley will continue to call plays for the season. [5]
Name | Position | Alma mater | Joined Staff |
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Lincoln Riley | Head Coach / Quarterbacks | Texas Tech (2006) | 2015/2017 |
Mike Stoops | Defensive Coordinator / Outside Linebackers | Iowa (1986) | 1999/2012 |
Cale Gundy | Co-offensive coordinator/ Inside Wide Receivers Coach / Recruiting Coordinator | Oklahoma (1994) | 1999 |
Bill Bedenbaugh | Co-offensive coordinator / Offensive Line Coach | Iowa Wesleyan (1995) | 2013 |
Jay Boulware | Special Team Coordinator / Running Backs Coach | Texas (1996) | 2013 |
Kerry Cooks | Assistant defensive coordinator / Defensive Backs Coach | Iowa (1993) | 2015 |
Ruffin McNeill | Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Tackles | East Carolina (1980) | 2017 |
Tim Kish | Inside Linebackers Coach | Otterbein (1976) | 2012 |
Dennis Simmons | Outside Wide Receivers Coach | BYU (1997) | 2015 |
Calvin Thibodeaux | Defensive Ends Coach | Oklahoma (2006) | 2016 |
Jerry Schmidt | Director of Sports Enhancement | Nebraska (1986) | 1999 |
Matt McMillen | Assistant A.D. Football Operations | Kansas State (1985) | 1999 |
Oklahoma announced their 2017 football schedule on December 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Sooners will host two non-conference games against UTEP and Tulane and travel to Ohio State. Oklahoma will host Iowa State, Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia and travel to Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State in regular conference play. Oklahoma will play the Texas Longhorns in Dallas, Texas at the Cotton Bowl stadium on October 14 for the Red River Showdown, the 112th game played of the series. [6]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 2:30 p.m. | UTEP* | No. 7 | FOX | W 56–7 | 86,076 | |
September 9 | 6:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Ohio State* | No. 5 | ABC | W 31–16 | 109,088 | |
September 16 | 5:00 p.m. | Tulane* | No. 2 |
| FSN PPV | W 56–14 | 86,290 |
September 23 | 5:30 p.m. | at Baylor | No. 3 | FS1 | W 49–41 | 43,573 | |
October 7 | 11:00 a.m. | Iowa State | No. 3 |
| FOX | L 31–38 | 86,019 |
October 14 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Texas | No. 12 | ESPN | W 29–24 | 93,552 | |
October 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at Kansas State | No. 9 | FOX | W 42–35 | 52,122 | |
October 28 | 7:00 p.m. | Texas Tech | No. 10 |
| ABC/ESPN2 | W 49–27 | 86,309 |
November 4 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 11 Oklahoma State | No. 8 | FS1 | W 62–52 | 56,790 | |
November 11 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 8 TCU | No. 5 |
| FOX | W 38–20 | 88,308 |
November 18 | 2:30 p.m. | at Kansas | No. 3 | ESPN | W 41–3 | 22,854 | |
November 25 | 2:45 p.m. | West Virginia | No. 3 |
| ESPN | W 59–31 | 86,117 |
December 2 | 11:30 a.m. | vs. No. 10 TCU | No. 2 | FOX | W 41–17 | 64,104 | |
January 1, 2018 | 4:00 p.m. | vs. No. 3 Georgia* | No. 2 | ESPN | |||
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Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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3–0 | 2012 | W 24–7 |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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UTEP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
#7 Oklahoma | 14 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–2 | 2016 | L 24–45 |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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#5 Oklahoma | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 31 |
#2 Ohio State | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
at Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Tulane | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
#2 Oklahoma | 14 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 56 |
at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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22–3 | 2016 | W 45–24 |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Tulane | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
#2 Oklahoma | 14 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 56 |
at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | 7 | 5 | 2 (2) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 (24) | 2 (18) | |
Coaches | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 (12) | 2 (10) | |
CFP | Not released | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Not released |