1994 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1994 Oklahoma Sooners football
Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg
Copper Bowl, L 6–31 vs. BYU
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
1994 record6–6 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWatson Brown (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTom Hayes (4th season)
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 75,004)
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Nebraska $ 7 0 0 13 0 0
No. 3 Colorado % 6 1 0 11 1 0
No. 19 Kansas State 5 2 0 9 3 0
Oklahoma 4 3 0 6 6 0
Kansas 3 4 0 6 5 0
Missouri 2 5 0 3 8 1
Oklahoma State 0 6 1 3 7 1
Iowa State 0 6 1 0 10 1
  • $ – Bowl Coalition representative as champion
    % – Bowl Coalition at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1994 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 sixth-year head coach Gary Gibbs, who resigned at the conclusion of the season.[1]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:30 p.m.at Syracuse*No. 16ESPNW 30–2948,421
September 104:00 p.m.at No. 16 Texas A&M*No. 15L 14–3672,577
September 171:30 p.m.Texas Tech*No. 21
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 17–1162,323
October 11:30 p.m.Iowa StateNo. 21
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 34–665,821
October 82:30 p.m.vs. No. 15 Texas*No. 16
ABCL 10–1775,587
October 158:30 p.m.No. 4 ColoradoNo. 22
ESPNL 7–4553,199
October 221:00 p.m.at Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
W 20–1742,500
October 291:30 p.m.No. 23 Kansas Statedagger
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
L 20–3760,415
November 51:30 p.m.Missouri
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 30–1354,463
November 132:00 p.m.at Oklahoma State
W 33–1450,116
November 251:30 p.m.No. 1 Nebraska
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
ABCL 3–1370,216
December 297:00 p.m.vs. No. 22 BYU*ESPNL 6–3145,122
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[2]

Roster[]

1994 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 25 James Allen So
WR 1 Albert Hall (C) Sr
QB 8 Garrick McGee (C) Jr
RB 7 Jerald Moore So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 39 John Anderson (C) Sr
CB 42 Darrius Johnson (C) Jr
DE 57 Cedric Jones Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 16 Scott Blanton Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2019-Jan-02

Game summaries[]

Texas[]

Oklahoma Sooners (3–1) vs. Texas Longhorns (3–1)
1 2 34Total
Texas 0 0 10717
Oklahoma 0 7 0310

at Cotton BowlDallas, Texas

  • Date: October 8
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Partly sunny • 70°F • Wind 15 N
  • Game attendance: 75,587
  • Referee: Dale
  • TV: ABC
  • Texas Sports

Stonie Clark tackled James Allen on the one-yard line on fourth down with less than 45 seconds remaining in the game.

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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 15 Final 
AP 16 16 15 21 21 21 16 22 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches Poll 13 13 15 19 16 17 12 21 NR 25 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References[]

  1. ^ Hersom, Bob (November 14, 1994). "Why Would Gibbs Resign Right Now?". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma City. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "1990s". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
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