1989 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1989 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference Big Eight Conference
1989 record 7–4 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach Gary Gibbs (1st as head coach, 9th overall season)
Offensive coordinator Jim Donnan (5th season)
Captain Scott Evans
Ken McMichel
Leon Perry
Kevin Thompson
Mark Van Keirsbilck
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,004)
1989 Big 8 football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Colorado $ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 11 Nebraska 6 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
Oklahoma 5 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Iowa State 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Oklahoma State 3 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Kansas 2 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Missouri 1 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
Kansas State 0 –7 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented University of Oklahoma during the 1989 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 first-year head coach Gary Gibbs. They were ineligible to participate in a bowl game since they were on probation. In addition, the Sooners were not allowed to appear on live television, although all their games were taped delayed and shown late Saturday nights on the SOONER LATER NETWORK and a few on PRIME Cable.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 1:30 PM New Mexico State* No. 15 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma Sooner Later W 73–3   73,250
September 9 1:30 PM Baylor* No. 8 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma Sooner Later W 33–7   74,600
September 16 8:00 PM at Arizona* No. 6 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona Sooner Later L 3–6   50,931
September 30 1:30 PM at Kansas No. 16 Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas PSN W 45–6   44,500
October 7 1:30 PM Oklahoma State No. 16 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series) Sooner Later W 37–15   74,610
October 14 2:00 PM vs. Texas* No. 15 Cotton Bowl • Dallas (Red River Shootout) PSN L 24–28   75,587
October 21 1:00 PM at Iowa State No. 25 Cyclone Stadium • Ames, Iowa Sooner Later W 43–40   40,812
October 28 1:30 PM No. 3 Colorado Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma Sooner Later L 3–20   75,004
November 4 1:30 PM Missouri Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe) Sooner Later W 52–14   72,300
November 11 1:30 PM Kansas State Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma Sooner Later W 42–19   71,000
November 18 1:30 PM at No. 6 Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska (Rivalry) Sooner Later L 25–42   76,404
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time Zone.

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Awards

  • All-Big Eight: LB Frank Blevins, DT Scott Evans, NG Dante Williams[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dierking, Kyle (June 17, 2009). "How The Mighty Fall: Barry Switzer". KOTV. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  3. ↑ SoonerSports.com
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