2001 Oklahoma Sooners football team

2001 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Northern Division
	Southern Division
	Championship: Colorado 39, Texas 37
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; % – BCS at-large representative; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

Oklahoma Sooners football
2001 Oklahoma Sooners football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 10–3 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
2001 record	11–2 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Bob Stoops (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Mangino (2nd; 3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Stoops (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Brent Venables (3rd season)
Captain	Rocky Calmus; Josh Norman; Frank Romero; Roy Williams
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 72,765)

The 2001 Oklahoma Sooners Football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season, the 107th season of Sooner football. The team was led by third-year head coach Bob Stoops. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They were a charter member of the Big 12 conference.

Conference play began with a win over the Kansas State Wildcats in Norman on September 29, and ended at home in an upset loss to the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the annual Bedlam Series. The Sooners finished the regular season 10–2 (6–2 in Big 12), finishing second in the Big 12 South. They were invited to the 2002 Cotton Bowl Classic, where they defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks, 10–3.

Following the season, Roy Williams was selected 8th overall in the 2002 NFL Draft, along with Rocky Calmus in the 3rd round.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 25	6:45 p.m.	North Carolina*	No. 3	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Hispanic College Fund Football Classic)	ESPN	W 41–27	75,423[1]
September 1	2:30 p.m.	at Air Force*	No. 3	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ABC	W 44–3	56,162[1]
September 8	6:30 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 3	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	FSN PPV	W 37–10	74,930[1]
September 29	11:00 a.m.	No. 11 Kansas State	No. 3	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (College GameDay)	ABC	W 38–37	75,862[1]
October 6	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 5 Texas	No. 3	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) (College GameDay)	ABC	W 14–3	75,587[1]
October 13	6:00 p.m.	at Kansas	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	W 38–10	48,700[1]
October 20	2:00 p.m.	Baylor	No. 2	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 33–17	75,499[1]
October 27	11:00 a.m.	at No. 3 Nebraska	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 10–20	78,031[1]
November 3	2:00 p.m.	Tulsa*	No. 3	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FSN PPV	W 58–0	74,911[1]
November 10	11:00 a.m.	Texas A&M	No. 3	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	W 31–10	75,525[1]
November 17	2:30 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 3	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX	ABC	W 30–13	52,008[1]
November 24	2:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 4	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)	FSN	L 13–16	75,537[1]
January 1, 2002	10:00 a.m.	vs. Arkansas*	No. 10	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W 10–3	72,955[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

North Carolina

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–0	1988	W 28–0

Air Force

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

#3 Oklahoma Sooners at Air Force Falcons

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Oklahoma	7	13	0	24	44
Air Force	0	3	0	0	3

Date: September 1
Location: Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

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North Texas

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	1998	W 37–9

North Texas Mean Green at #3 Oklahoma Sooners

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	3	7	0	0	10
• #3 Oklahoma	14	7	9	7	37

Date: September 8
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 74,930
TV announcers (FSN PPV): Bill Land (Play–by–play), Gary Reasons (Color) & Mick Cornett (Sideline)

Kansas State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
65–16–4	2000	W 27–24

#11 Kansas State Wildcats at #3 Oklahoma Sooners

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Kansas State	0	14	13	10	37
• #3 Oklahoma	14	14	7	3	38

Date: September 29
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 75,862
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Texas (Red River Shootout)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
35–55–5	2000	W 63–14

#3 Oklahoma Sooners vs. #5 Texas Longhorns

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Oklahoma	0	7	0	7	14
#5 Texas	0	3	0	0	3

Date: October 6
Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Game attendance: 75,587
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Kansas

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
63–27–6	2000	W 34–16

#3 Oklahoma Sooners at Kansas Jayhawks

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Oklahoma	3	14	7	14	38
Kansas	3	0	0	7	10

Date: October 13
Location: Memorial Stadium (University of Kansas), Lawrence, Kansas
Game attendance: 48,700
TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers (Play–by–play), James Lofton (Color) & Eric Clemons (Sideline)

Baylor

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–0	2000	W 56–7

Baylor Bears at #2 Oklahoma Sooners

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	7	0	0	10	17
• #2 Oklahoma	14	13	0	6	33

Date: October 20
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 75,499

Nebraska

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–36–3	2000	W 31–14

#2 Oklahoma Sooners at #3 Nebraska Cornhuskers

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Oklahoma	0	10	0	0	10
• #3 Nebraska	0	10	3	7	20

Date: October 27
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 78,031
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Tulsa

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–7–1	1996	L 24–31

Tulsa Golden Hurricane at #3 Oklahoma Sooners

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulsa	0	0	0	0	0
• #3 Oklahoma	3	17	21	17	58

Date: November 3
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 74,911
TV announcers (FSN PPV): Bill Jones (Play–by–play), Larry Lacewell (Color) & Zach Klein (Sideline)

Texas A&M

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–9	2000	W 35–31

Texas A&M Aggies at #3 Oklahoma Sooners

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	10	0	0	0	10
• #3 Oklahoma	0	10	7	14	31

Date: November 10
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 75,525
TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough (Play–by–play), Ed Cunningham (Color) & Leslie Gudel (Sideline)

Texas Tech

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–2	2000	W 27–13

#3 Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Tech Red Raiders

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Oklahoma	3	10	7	10	30
Texas Tech	3	7	0	3	13

Date: November 17
Location: Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas
Game attendance: 52,008
TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough (Play–by–play), Ed Cunningham (Color) & Leslie Gudel (Sideline)

Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
74–14–7	2000	W 12–7

Oklahoma State Cowboys at #4 Oklahoma Sooners

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Oklahoma State	0	6	0	10	16
#4 Oklahoma	0	10	0	3	13

Date: November 24
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game start: 2:30 p.m CST
Elapsed time: 3:50
Game attendance: 75,537
Game weather: Mostly sunny; 64°F; wind 24 W
Referee: Mike Weir
TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers (Play–by–play), James Lofton (Color) & Eric Clemons (Sideline)

Arkansas (Cotton Bowl)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–4–1	1987	W 42–8

#10 Oklahoma Sooners vs. Arkansas Razorbacks

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #10 Oklahoma	7	0	3	0	10
Arkansas	0	0	0	3	3

Date: January 1
Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Game attendance: 72,955
TV announcers (FOX): Thom Brennaman (Play–by–play), Tim Green (Color), Dave Lapham (Color) & Brian Baldinger (Sideline)

Roster

2001 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`9`	Mark Clayton	Fr
TE	`86`	Lance Donley	So
OL	`68`	Howard Duncan	Sr
RB	`22`	Quentin Griffin	Jr
QB	`8`	Nate Hybl	Jr
WR	`3`	Josh Norman	Sr
WR	`6`	Antwone Savage	Jr
OL	`60`	Wes Sims	Fr
OL	`75`	Mike Skinner	Jr
TE	`88`	Trent Smith	Jr
QB	`18`	Jason White	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`11`	Teddy Lehman	So
DL	`55`	Jammal Brown	Fr
LB	`20`	Rocky Calmus	Sr
DT	`80`	Dan Cody	Fr
DT	`97`	Tommie Harris	Fr
DT	`93`	Kory Klein	So
DE	`45`	Jimmy Wilkerson	So
FS	`38`	Roy Williams	Jr
DB	`17`	Andre Woolfolk	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
PK	`40`	Tim Duncan	Sr

Head coach

Bob Stoops

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

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	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	11	11	10	6
Coaches Poll	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	11	11	10	6
BCS	Not released								1	2	3	3	3	9	11	11	Not released

2002 NFL Draft

The 2002 NFL Draft was held on April 20–21, 2002 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft. Roy Williams was the highest Sooner drafted since Cedric Jones went fifth overall in 1996.

Player	Position	Round	Overall Pick	NFL Team
Roy Williams	S	1st	8	Dallas Cowboys
Rocky Calmus	LB	3rd	77	Tennessee Titans
Tim Duncan	K	Undrafted		Arizona Cardinals
Brandon Moore	LB	Undrafted		San Francisco 49ers
Josh Norman	TE	Undrafted		San Diego Chargers

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References

"2001 OU Football Season". Sooner Stats. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
"NCAA Football – Oklahoma vs. Air Force". USA Today. September 1, 2001. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
"2002 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2014.

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[stats1-1] "2001 OU Football Season". Sooner Stats. Retrieved November 24, 2012.

[2] "NCAA Football – Oklahoma vs. Air Force". USA Today. September 1, 2001. Retrieved November 24, 2014.

[NFL_Draft-3] "2002 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2014.

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