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OU Football Tradition | Quick Facts
Updated January 10, 2013  
Program | Conference | Team Honors | Player Honors | Head Coaches | Stoops | Stadium | University

 Program History
 First Year of Football  1895 (2013 will be 119th season)
 Total Number of Games  1,194
 All-Time Record  831-310-53 | Quick Results | Season-by-Season
 All-Time Winning Percentage  .71817 (No. 3 in Nation)
 Record Modern Era (1946-)  587-178-13 (.763) - 778 Games (No. 1 in Nation)
 Most Consecutive Wins  47-Straight, 1953-1957 (NCAA Record)
 Most Consecutive Home Wins  39-Straight, 2005-2011
 Longest Scoring Streak  187 Games (1998-current), Record: 150-37 (.802)
 All-Time Points Scored  32,428 - 27.16 points per game (No. 1 in Nation)
 All-Time Points Allowed  15,374 - 12.88 points per game (No. 6 in Nation)
 10+ Win Seasons  34 - No. 1 in Nation (Last in 2012)
 11+ Win Seasons  20 - No. 1 in Nation (Last in 2010)
 Undefeated Seasons  14 (Last in 2000)
 Losing Seasons  12 (Fewest in college football history)
 Sooners on TV  330 Games | Overall Record: 224-101-5 (.686)
 Consecutive TV Games  137 (2002-current)
 First TV Game  October 9, 1948 vs. Texas (WBAP-TV to Fort Worth, Dallas)
 First National TV Game  November 8, 1952 vs. Notre Dame (NBC)
 First Air Travel to Game  September 27, 1946 (for game at Yankee Stadium vs. Army)

 Conference History
 Total Number of Conference Games  621
 All-Time in Conference  455-144-22 (.7504)
 Total Conference Titles  44 (Last in 2012)
 All-Time in Big 12 (1996-)  100-38 (.724) in 138 games
 Big 12 Conference Titles  8 (2012, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000)
 Big 12 South Division Titles  8 (2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000)
 Record in Big 12 Title Game  7-1 (.875)
 Big 8 (1960-1995)  193-54-5 (.776) in 252 games | 16 Titles
 Big 7 (1948-1959)  70-1-1 (.979) in 72 games | 11 Titles
 Big 6 (1928-1947)  63-28-9 (.682) in 99 games | 6 Titles
 Missouri Valley (1920-1927)  10-20-6 (.489) in 45 games | 1 Title
 Southwest Conference (1915-1919)  10-3-1 (.750) in 14 games | 2 Titles

 Team Honors
 National Championships  7 (2000, 1985, 1975, 1974, 1956, 1955, 1950)
 Title Years by Polling Organizations  17 (NCAA-Recognized Titles)
 Bowl Appearances  46
 All-Time Bowl Record  27-18-1 (.597)
 Consecutive Bowl Appearances  14 (1999-current)
 BCS Bowl Games  8 (Only team to appear in all five BCS games)
 Weeks at No. 1 in AP Poll  101 (No. 1 in Nation)
 Weeks in Top 5  383 (No. 1 in Nation)
 Weeks in Top 10  537 (No. 1 in Nation)
 Weeks in Top 25  736 of 1,053 Polls (AP Poll began in 1936)
 Seasons Ranked  65 of 77 seasons
 Years in Preseason AP Poll  54 of 63 polls (Preseason poll began in 1950)
 Years in Final AP Poll  53 of 77 polls (No. 2 in Nation)
 Average Final AP Ranking  7.33 (No. 1 in Nation)
 Longest Streak Ranked in AP  158 Weeks (12th week of 1970 - 5th week of 1981)
 OU's Record as AP No. 1  74-8-0 (.902) - 82 Games
 OU's Record vs. AP No. 1  7-13-2 (.364) - 22 Games
 Weeks Ranked No. 1 in BCS  20 Weeks (No. 1 in Nation)
 Weeks Ranked Top 5 in BCS  48 Weeks (No. 1 in Nation)
 Weeks Ranked Top 10 in BCS  68 Weeks (No. 1 in Nation)
 Weeks Ranked in BCS  92 of 117 Weeks (BCS Began in 1998)
 
 Player Honors
 First Team All-Americans  153 | by Jersey Number
 Unanimous | Consensus  31 Unanimous | 75 Consensus
 First Team All-Conference  458 (at least one player every season since 1926)
 National Award Winners  64 National Award Winners
 Heisman Trophy Winners  5 (Bradford '08, White '03, Sims '78, Owens '69, Vessels '52)
 Heisman Runners-Up  5 (Peterson '04, Heupel '00, Sims '79, Pruitt '72, Burris '54)
 Sooner in Heisman Voting Top 10  24 Seasons
 Outland Trophy Winners  5 (Last: Jammal Brown in 2004)
 Butkus Award Winners  4 (Last: Teddy Lehman in 2003)
 O'Brien Award Winners  4 (Last: Sam Bradford in 2008)
 Lombardi Award Winners  3 (Last: Tommie Harris in 2003)
 Thorpe Award Winners  3 (Last: Derrick Strait in 2003)
 NFL Draft Picks  357 (No. 1 in Big 12, No. 4 in Nation)
 No. 1 Overall Draft Picks  3 (Sam Bradford, Billy Sims, Lee Roy Selmon)*
 First-Round Draft Picks  42 (Last: Bradford, McCoy, Williams & Gresham in 2010)
 Sooners in Super Bowl  57 (Last: Ayodele & Hartley in Super Bowl XLIV, 2009)
 Sooners in Pro Bowl  70 (Last: Gresham, McCoy, Peterson & Williams in 2013)
 AFL Draft Picks  22 (Drafted from 1960-1966)
 Sooners in Senior Bowl  103 Since Game Started in 1950
 Sooners in Shrine Game  46 (Last: Demontre Hurst in 2013)
 College Football Hall of Fame  19 (Most recent: Clendon Thomas in 2011)
 Pro Football Hall of Fame  2 (Tommy McDonald & Lee Roy Selmon)
 Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame  21 (Last: Lucious Selmon in 2011)

* Brian Bosworth was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1987 supplemental draft.

 Head Coaches
 Number of Coaches  21
 100+ Win Coaches  4 (Only program in nation with four 100-win coaches)
 Most Victories  157 - Barry Switzer (1973-1988)
 Best Winning Percentage  .837 - Barry Switzer
 Most Conference Wins  100 - Barry Switzer
 Best Conference Winning Pct.  .900 - Bud Wilkinson (1947-1963)
 Longest Tenure  22 Seasons - Bennie Owen (1905-1926)
 Most Conference Titles  14 - Bud Wilkinson
 Most Bowl Wins  8 - Barry Switzer (8-5 overall)
 Most Bowl Games  14 - Bob Stoops
 College Football Hall of Fame  5 (Last in 2001)
 Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame  3 (Last in 2001)

 Coach Stoops
 Seasons  1999-Present (2013 will be 15th season at OU)
 Overall Record  149-37 (.801) - 186 Games
 Conference Record  99-23 (.811) - 122 Games (including Big 12 Championship Games)
 Points For / Against  6,892 / 3,499 (Average Score: 37-19, OU)
 National Championships  1 (2000)
 Big 12 Conference Titles  8 (2012, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000)
 Big 12 South Division Titles  8 (2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000)
 Record in Big 12 Title Game  7-1 (.875)
 vs. Non-Conference Opponents  51-14 (.784) - 65 Games
 vs. Ranked Opponents  46-22 (.676) - 68 Games
 Record at Home  81-5 (.942) - 86 Games
 Record on the Road  43-18 (.704) - 61 Games
 Record at Neutral Fields  25-14 (.641) - 39 Games
 Record in Bowl Games  7-7 (.500) - 14 Games
 NFL Draft Picks Under Stoops  52

 Stadium
 Official Name  Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
 Field Name / Type  Owen Field (Honoring Coach Bennie Owen) / Grass
 Official Capacity  82,112
 Largest Crowd  86,031 - October 27, 2012 (Notre Dame 30, Oklahoma 13)
 Total Games Played at Site  460
 All-Time Stadium Record  364-81-15 (.807)
 Most Consecutive Home Wins  39 (2005-2011)
 Most Consecutive Sellouts  86 Games (1999-Present)
 First Game at Site  Oct. 20, 1923 (Oklahoma 62, Washington-Mo. 7)

 University
 School Official Name  The University of Oklahoma
 School Location  Norman, Okla. - Pop. 110,925 (2010 Census)
 Enrollment  30,753
 Official Colors  Crimson & Cream
 Team Nickname  Sooners
 Mascot  Sooner Schooner
 Fight Song  Boomer Sooner

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