American college football season
1982 Oklahoma Sooners football Conference Big Eight Conference Coaches No. 16 AP No. 16 1982 record 8–4 (6–1 Big 8) Head coach Offensive coordinator Galen Hall (10th season)Offensive scheme Wishbone Defensive coordinator Gary Gibbs (2nd season)Captain game captains Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,008)Seasons
The 1982 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season . They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference . They were coached by head coach Barry Switzer . The Sooners lost to Arizona State 21–32 in the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona .
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 11 West Virginia * No. 9 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK ESPN L 27–4175,992
September 18 Kentucky * Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY W 29–857,369
September 25 No. 18 USC * Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK ABC L 0–1276,758
October 2 at Iowa State 5 Star Cable W 13–352,770
October 9 vs. No. 13 Texas * 5 Star Cable W 28–2275,587
October 16 at Kansas Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS ESPN W 38–1436,230
October 23 Oklahoma State No. 20 KTUL W 27–976,406
October 30 at Colorado No. 17 W 45–1043,908
November 6 Kansas State No. 14 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK ABC W 24–1076,129
November 13 Missouri No. 15 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry ) CBS W 41–1475,960
November 26 at No. 3 Nebraska No. 11 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry )CBS L 24–2876,398
January 1, 1983 vs. No. 11 Arizona State * No. 12 NBC L 21–3270,553
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster [ ]
Game summaries [ ]
Texas [ ]
Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns
1
2
3 4 Total
Texas
0
10
0 12 22
Oklahoma
7
7
7 7 28
at Cotton Bowl • Dallas, Texas
Date : October 9Game time : 2:00 p.m.Game weather : Partly cloudy; 67°F; wind 17 NGame attendance : 75,587Referee : Vance CarlsonTexasSports.com
Game information
Texas
Robert Brewer 18/34, 235 Yds, 2 TD, INT
Darryl Clark 18 Rush, 66 Yds
Carl Robinson 5 Rec, 53 Yds
Oklahoma
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
TEX
OU
1
1:20
4
80
1:42
Oklahoma
Dupree 63-yard touchdown run, Keeling kick good
0
7
2
11:08
12
80
5:12
Texas
Walls 6-yard touchdown reception from Brewer , Allegre kick good
7
7
2
3:03
17
80
8:05
Oklahoma
Wilson 3-yard touchdown run, Keeling kick good
7
14
2
1:35
8
65
1:28
Texas
32-yard field goal by Allegre
10
14
3
10:52
4
69
1:39
Oklahoma
Ledbetter 59-yard touchdown run, Keeling kick good
10
21
4
14:57
10
65
3:57
Texas
Walker 3-yard touchdown run, Allegre kick no good
16
21
4
12:30
6
80
2:27
Oklahoma
Ledbetter 6-yard touchdown run, Keeling kick good
16
28
4
11:04
6
69
1:26
Texas
Walls 27-yard touchdown reception from Brewer, 2-point pass failed
22
28
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
22
28
at Colorado [ ]
Oklahoma Sooners (5–2) at Colorado Buffaloes (1–5–1)
1
2
3 4 Total
Oklahoma
3
7
14 21 45
Colorado
7
3
0 0 10
at Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado
Marcus Dupree returned a punt 77 yards for a touchdown, safety Keith Stanberry ran an interception back 49 yard for a score, and tailback Fred Sims rushed for two touchdowns.[2]
at Nebraska [ ]
#11 Oklahoma at #3 Nebraska
1
2 3 4 Total
#11 Oklahoma
7
3 14 0
24
• #3 Nebraska
7
14 7 0
28
Date: November 26Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,398
vs. Arizona State (Fiesta Bowl) [ ]
Arizona State vs. Oklahoma
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 11 Sun Devils
0
11 7 14
32
No. 12 Sooners
7
6 8 0
21
Date: January 1Location: Sun Devil Stadium , Tempe, Arizona Game attendance: 70,553TV announcers (NBC ): Charlie Jones , Len Dawson
Scoring summary 1 OU Stanley Wilson 1-yard run (kick) OU 7–0
2 ASU Luis Zendejas 32-yard field goal OU 7–3
2 ASU Safety, Kelly Phelps tackled in end zone OU 7–5
2 ASU Luis Zendejas 22-yard field goal ASU 8–7
2 OU Stanley Wilson 1-yard run (run failed) OU 13–8
2 ASU Luis Zendejas 54-yard field goal OU 13–11
3 ASU Darryl Clack 15-yard run (Zendejas kick) ASU 18–13
3 OU Fred Sims 19-yard run (Fontenette pass from Phelps) OU 21–18
4 ASU Alvin Moore 1-yard run (Zendejas kick) ASU 25–21
4 ASU Ron Brown 52-yard pass from Todd Hons (Zendejas kick) ASU 32–21
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Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
9
9
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
20
17
14
15
14
11
13
12
16
Coaches Poll
8 (1)
8 (1)
NR
NR
NR
NR
18
18
15
12
11
9
9
11
10
16
Postseason [ ]
NFL draft [ ]
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[4]
Player
Position
Round
Pick
Franchise
Steve Haworth
Defensive back
6
142
Houston Oilers
Weldon Ledbetter
Running back
7
185
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Stanley Wilson
Running back
9
248
Cincinnati Bengals
References [ ]
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