1996 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1996 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and participated as members of the newly formed Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They were coached by John Blake.

1996 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceBig 12
DivisionSouth
1996 record38 (35 Big 12)
Head coachJohn Blake (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorDick Winder (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Young (1st season)
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 75,004)
1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Northern Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%  8 0     11 2  
No. 8 Colorado  7 1     10 2  
No. 17 Kansas State  6 2     9 3  
Missouri  3 5     5 6  
Kansas  2 6     4 7  
Iowa State  1 7     2 9  
Southern Division
No. 23 Texas x$  6 2     8 5  
Texas Tech  5 3     7 5  
Texas A&M  4 4     6 6  
Oklahoma  3 5     3 8  
Oklahoma State  2 6     5 6  
Baylor  1 7     4 7  
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 72:30 p.m.TCU*
ABCL 7–2065,569
September 2110:05 p.m.at San Diego State*
KWTVL 31–5134,812
September 281:30 p.m.Tulsa*
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
L 24–3168,384
October 511:30 a.m.Kansas
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
FSNL 24–5264,333
October 122:30 p.m.vs. No. 25 Texas
ABCW 30–27 OT75,587
October 196:00 p.m.at BaylorW 28–2435,712
October 261:10 p.m.at No. 16 Kansas State
L 35–4243,815
November 211:00 a.m.No. 5 Nebraska
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
ABCL 21–7375,004
November 911:30 a.m.at Oklahoma StateFSNW 27–1751,416
November 162:30 p.m.at Texas A&MABCL 16–3366,161
November 232:30 p.m.Texas Tech
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
ABCL 12–2261,217
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1996 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 80 Stephen Alexander Jr
HB 33 De'Mond Parker Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 97 Kelly Gregg So
LB 45 Tyrell Peters Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

Awards

  • All-Big 12: LB Tyrell Peters [2]

1997 NFL Draft

The following Sooners were selected in the 1997 NFL draft.

Player Position Round Overall Pick NFL Team
Barron TannerDT5145Miami Dolphins
Rod ManuelDE6199Pittsburgh Steelers

References

  1. "1990s". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  2. SoonerSports.com. Retrieved January 24, 2012
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