1969 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1969 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference Big Eight Conference
1969 record 6–4 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach Chuck Fairbanks (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Barry Switzer (4th season)
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 61,836)
1969 Big 8 football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Missouri + 6 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 11 Nebraska + 6 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 16 Colorado 5 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Oklahoma 4 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Kansas State 3 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Oklahoma State 3 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Iowa State 1 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
Kansas 0 –7 –0  1 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1969 college football season. It was the 75th season for the Sooners.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 20 at Wisconsin* No. 6 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin W 48–21   46,130[1]
September 27 Pittsburgh* No. 6 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma W 37–8   54,576[1]
October 11 vs. No. 2 Texas* No. 8 Cotton Bowl • Dallas (Red River Shootout) ABC L 17–27   72,032[1]
October 18 Colorado No. 12 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma W 42–30   60,524[1]
October 25 at No. 18 Kansas State No. 11 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas L 21–59   35,615[1]
November 1 Iowa State Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma W 37–14   53,811[1]
November 8 at No. 9 Missouri No. 20 Memorial Stadium • Columbia, Missouri ABC L 10–44   60,378[1]
November 15 Kansas Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma W 31–15   56,462[1]
November 22 No. 16 Nebraska Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma (Rivalry) L 14–44   52,367[1]
November 29 at Oklahoma State Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series) W 28–27   41,315[1]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Roster

1969 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WB 37 Gary Jamar Jr
WR 83 Joe Killingsworth Sr
C 54 Bob Klitzman Jr
C 50 Ken Mendenhall Sr
QB 11 Jack Mildren So
TB 36 Steve Owens Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
RE 84 Jim Files Sr
DHB 26 Jerry Hetherington Jr
DHB 32 Rick Hetherington Sr
LB 82 Steve Zabel Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)

Oklahoma Sooners at Oklahoma State Cowboys
1 234Total
• Oklahoma 14 077 28
Oklahoma State 7 1406 27

Steve Owens rushed for a career-high 261 yards and broke the single season Big Eight touchdown record set by Nebraska's Bobby Reynolds in 1950.

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Awards and honors

1970 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Steve ZabelLinebacker16Philadelphia Eagles
Jim FilesLinebacker113New York Giants
Steve OwensRunning back119Detroit Lions
Ken MendenhallCenter5116Atlanta Falcons
Jack PorterCenter8187New York Jets
Joe KillingsworthWide receiver17420Boston Patriots

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/schedule.cfm?SeasonID=1969
  2. ↑ "Owens, Oklahoma Nip Cowboys, 28-27." Palm Beach Post. 1969 Nov 30.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
  4. ↑ http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-camp.htm
  5. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1970.htm
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