Oklahoma Sooners
University	University of Oklahoma
Conference	Big 12
NCAA	Division I
Athletics Director	Joe Castiglione
Location	Norman, OK
Varsity Teams	17
Football Stadium	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Basketball Arena	Lloyd Noble Center
Other Arenas	Headington Tennis Center McCasland Field House L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park Vierson Gymnastics Center
Mascot	Sooner Schooner
Nickname	Sooners
Fight Song	Boomer Sooner
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Homepage	SoonerSports

The University of Oklahoma features 17 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's teams are called the Sooners, a nickname given to early Oklahoma land rush pioneers. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A, in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference. The University's current athletic director is Joe Castiglione. University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma founded in 1890. ... “Sooners” redirects here. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. ... Joe Castiglione is the Athletic Director at the University of Oklahoma. ...

Due to the fact that they draw many of their athletes from Texas and have consistently good performance of many athletic teams (especially in football, men's and women's basketball, wrestling, baseball, men's and women's gymnastics, and softball), OU is widely considered to have one of the best college sports programs in the country.^[1]

Varsity sports

Several of the main athletic facilities at the Norman campus

The University of Oklahoma was a charter member of the Southwest Athletic Conference (SWC) during its formation in 1914. Five years later, in 1919, OU left the SWC and joined the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association. In 1928, this conference split, and OU remained aligned with the teams that formed the Big Six Conference. Over the next 30 years, more schools were added and the conference underwent several name changes, incrementing the number each time up to the Big Eight Conference where it remained until 1996. Four more universities were added then and the name was changed one more time to its current form: the Big 12 Conference. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2559x794, 2750 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): University of Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2559x794, 2750 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): University of Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... A 1970s logo from the old Southwest Athletic Conference. ... The Big Six Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated major college athletic association that sponsored American football, was formed in 1928 when six members of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association departed that conference to establish the Big Six. ... The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored American football, was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, and Washington University in... The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. ...

Football

Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

Main article: Oklahoma Sooners football

The Sooners have been a dominant force, when it comes to the college football scene, since the 1920's. Calling Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium at Owen Field its home, the team has won numerous bowl games, 40 conference championships (including every Big Seven championship awarded), and seven Associated Press National Championships, making the Sooners the most decorated program in the Big 12. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 2016 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Oklahoma Sooners Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium User:SOADLuver Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 2016 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Oklahoma Sooners Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium User:SOADLuver Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... Head Coach Bob Stoops 8th Year, 78-18 Home Stadium Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Capacity 82,112 - Grass Conference Big 12 - South First Year 1895 Athletic Director Joe Castiglione Website SoonerSports. ... The Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is the on-campus football facility for the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. ... The Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is the on-campus football facility for the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. ... The Big Seven Conference was formerly an NCAA-affiliated Division I collegiate athletic association that sponsored American football. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...

Oklahoma has scored the 2nd most points in Division I-A football history despite the fact they have played over 60 games fewer than the highest scoring school on that list.^[2] OU also has the highest winning percentage of any team since the start of the AP poll in 1936.^[3]

The Sooners possess seven national championships in football, with the 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, and 2000 seasons featuring the top team in the Associated Press final poll, and the 2000 Bowl Championship Series National Championship as well. This ties Alabama for the most national titles of any Division I college football team after the end of World War II (which is commonly used as the division between eras in college football).^[4][5] The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... BCS Logo 2006-Present with logo of Television Rightsholder Fox Broadcasting Company The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is designed to pair the top two teams in college football against each other in the BCS National Championship Game, with the winner being the BCS national champion. ... The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA, or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ... The Bear Bryant Trophy, the AP national championship trophy Division I-A football is the only NCAA-sponsored sport without an organized tournament to determine its champion. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

In addition to these seven acknowledged national championships there are also nine additional years in which the NCAA's official record book recognizes the Sooners as national champions: 1949, 1953, 1957, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1986, 2000.^[6] However, unlike many other historic college football programs, the University of Oklahoma and the OU fanbase, or "Sooner Nation", rarely, if ever, acknowledge these additional "championships", as they were not awarded by the Associated Press, United Press International (UPI), USA Today Coaches Poll, or the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma founded in 1890. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... Front of UPI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. “UPI” redirects here. ... The USA Today Coaches Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football and Division I college basketball teams. ... BCS Logo 2006-Present with logo of Television Rightsholder Fox Broadcasting Company The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is designed to pair the top two teams in college football against each other in the BCS National Championship Game, with the winner being the BCS national champion. ...

The Oklahoma squad in a pregame huddle.

Individual success is also a major part of Oklahoma football; four Heisman Trophy winners (Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, Billy Sims and Jason White), are surrounded by many other award winners, including Joe Washington, Brian Bosworth, Tony Casillas, Greg Pruitt, Josh Heupel, Jerry Tubbs, Teddy Lehman, Lee Roy Selmon, Roy Williams, Tommy McDonald, Mark Clayton, Tommie Harris, J.C. Watts, Keith Jackson and Jammal Brown. More than a dozen Sooner players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1198 KB) Obtained through Flickr. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1198 KB) Obtained through Flickr. ... Official Logo The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award (often known simply as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman), named after former college football player and coach John Heisman, is awarded annually to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the U.S. The award is considered the highest individual player honor... Billy Vessels (March 22, 1931, Cleveland, Oklahoma - November 17, 2001, Coral Gables, Florida) was an outstanding college football player and winner of the 1952 Heisman trophy, as well as a professional football player with the NFL Baltimore Colts and the Canadian Football League Edmonton Eskimos. ... Statue of Steve Owens at the University of Oklahomas Heisman Park. ... Billy Sims (born September 18, 1955 in Missouri) is a former American NFL Pro Bowl, and college, football running back. ... Jason White (born June 19, 1980) was a quarterback for the University of Oklahoma football team (1999-2004). ... Joe Dan Washington (born September 24, 1953) is a former American Football running back who played nine seasons for the San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Colts, Washington Redskins, and the Atlanta Falcons from 1977 to 1985 in the National Football League. ... Brian Bosworth (also referred to as The Boz) (born March 9, 1965 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a former American football player. ... Gregory Donald Pruitt (born August 18, 1951 in Houston, Texas) was a National Football League running back from 1973 through 1984. ... Josh Heupel (born March 22, 1978) was a quarterback for the University of Oklahoma football team. ... Jerry Tubbs (born January 23, 1935) is a former American Football linebacker who played for ten seasons in the National Football League from 1957 to 1966. ... Teddy Lehman (born November 18, 1981) is an NFL linebacker with the Detroit Lions. ... Lee Roy Selmon (born October 20, 1954 in Eufaula, Oklahoma) is a former NFL football defensive lineman and the only member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. ... Roy Williams (born August 14, 1980 in Redwood City, California) is a safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. ... Thomas Franklin McDonald (born July 26, 1934) was a great running back for the University of Oklahoma. ... This article is about the Ravens wide receiver. ... Tommie Harris (born October 29, 1983, Killeen, Texas) is a professional football player for the NFLs Chicago Bears as a Defensive Tackle. ... Julius Caesar J.C. Watts (born November 18, 1957) is an American conservative Republican politician and former Representative from Oklahoma in the U.S. Congress. ... Keith Jackson (born April 9, 1965 in Little Rock, Arkansas) was a professional American football tight end who played for the Philadelphia Eagles(1988-1991), Miami Dolphins(1992-1994), and Green Bay Packers(1996-1996). ... Jammal Brown (born March 30, 1981 in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA) is an American football left tackle for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. He attended the University of Oklahoma. ... College Football Hall of Fame front. ...

Legendary coaches Bennie Owen, Bud Wilkinson, and Barry Switzer have passed though the gameday tunnel for the Sooners, each on their way to the College Football Hall of Fame. Owen was the first highly successful coach at OU and was a major advocate of the forward pass, which at the turn of the century was not popular. The playing surface at Oklahoma's Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is popularly known as Owen Field in honor of his long tenure and devotion to the university. Wilkinson left many imprints on the game, such as the 5-2 defense with five linemen and two linebackers; the perfection of the Split-T, an early option offense; three national championships; and his teams set the NCAA Division 1 record for consecutive wins at 47. The record of 47 straight wins is widely regarded as one of the great achievements in sports, and a streak that is unlikely to be broken. Switzer won three national championships and forged arguably the fiercest rushing offense ever, the Oklahoma wishbone formation, throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Though the end of Switzer's tenure at Oklahoma was marked by controversy and poor player behavior, he is generally well-regarded by both his past players and Sooner fans. During his 16 years as the Sooner's head coach, Switzer led his team to 12 conference championships and never lost more than two games in a row. His winning percentage of .837 stands as the fourth highest in the entire history of 1-A football. Other Hall of Fame coaches whose tenure included stints at the University of Oklahoma are Lawrence "Biff" Jones and Jim Tatum. Benjamin Gilbert Owen (July 24, 1875—February 26, 1970) was an American head coach for the University of Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1905-1926. ... Charles Burnham Bud Wilkinson (April 23, 1916–February 9, 1994) was an American football player, coach, and broadcaster. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is the on-campus football facility for the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. ... The Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is the on-campus football facility for the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Split-T is a formation used by the offense in football games in the 1940s and 50s and a variation on the T formation. ... A variant of the wishbone formation with two running backs (RB), two wide receivers (WR), a quarterback (QB), a fullback (FB), and five down linemen (OL). ... Lawrence M. Biff Jones is a former college football head coach and member of the College Football Hall of Fame. ...

2006 football season

Main article: 2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team

After the previous year's 0-4 season (originally 8-4, but due to NCAA violations, all winning games were vacated. The games are not forfeited because the teams that OU defeated will not be granted an additional victory), the Sooners largely returned to form in 2006. While the Sooners were considered a top five team by many season preview magazines, on 2 August 2006, starting quarterback Rhett Bomar and Offensive Lineman J.D. Quinn were dismissed from the team by the university for violating NCAA regulations.^{[citation needed]} However, the Sooners rebounded strongly behind quarterback Paul Thompson and finished the regular season at 11-2, including, unfortunately, another defeat at the hands of arch-rival Texas. The Sooners went on to defeat Oklahoma State 27-21 to claim the Big 12 South title. The Sooners then defeated Nebraska 21-7 to claim the Big 12 Championship. On January 1, OU was defeated by Boise State University in overtime in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl by the score of 43-42. The 2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team will represent the University of Oklahoma in the college football season of 2006-2007. ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Navy quarterback Aaron Polanco sets up to throw. ... Rhett Matthew Bomar (born July 2, 1985 in Groesbeck, Texas) is an American football quarterback. ... An offensive lineman (football) is one of a group of positions in American football. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Paul Thompson (born November 23, 1983 in Leander, Texas) was an American collegiate football player for the University of Oklahoma Sooners. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Boise State University is a state university located near downtown Boise, the capital city of the U.S. state of Idaho. ... 2007 Fiesta Bowl Bowl Game Boise State Broncos at Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma Sooners (11-3) 42 January 1, 2007 - University of Phoenix Stadium The 2007 Fiesta Bowl Game was a college football bowl game sponsored by Tostitos. ...

Men's basketball

The men's basketball team is highly successful and rose to national prominence since the early 80’s with head coach Billy Tubbs and three time All-American power forward Wayman Tisdale. It currently plays in the Lloyd Noble Center, which came to be known as the house Alvan Adams built and Tisdale filled. While the team has never won a national championship, it ranks second in most tournament wins without a championship behind Illinois. The team played in the 1988 national championship game but lost to Kansas, despite having beaten the Jayhawks twice earlier in the season. The program has won a combined twenty regular-season and tournament conference championships. College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. Game between Illinois State Redbirds & Ball State Cardinals, February 17, 2007 in an ESPN Bracketbuster contest. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Billy Tubbs (March 5, 1935 – ) is a college mens basketball coach. ... Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (born June 9, 1964, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and now a jazz bass guitarist and a member of the Oklahoma Tourism Board. ... Lloyd Noble Center is a 11,528-seat multi-purpose arena in Norman, Oklahoma, some 19-miles South of downtown Oklahoma City. ... Alvan Leigh Adams (b. ... The Fighting Illini (also known as The Illini) are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ... The sports teams at the University of Kansas are known as the Jayhawks. ...

The Sooners headed into the 2005-06 season ranked #6 in the AP preseason poll, led by Taj Gray, Kevin Bookout, Terrell Everett, and David Goldbold, but had a disappointing early season. After the emergence of Michael Neal as a potential star, the Sooners salvaged a #3 seed in the Big 12 Conference Tournament but lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... Taj Gray (born March 14, 1984 in Wichita, Kansas) was a basketball player for the University of Oklahoma. ... Kevin Bookout (born March 16, 1983 in Stroud, Oklahoma) is a basketball player for the University of Oklahoma. ...

On March 29, 2006, Kelvin Sampson left the University of Oklahoma to become the head basketball coach at Indiana University. 13 days later, on April 11, 2006, Oklahoma Athletic Director Joe Castiglione named Jeff Capel III the new head coach. Capel encountered trouble in his first few months as several players who had been recruited by Sampson backed out of their commitments. The Sooners looked to continue a streak of 12 consecutive postseason tournament appearances in 2006-2007, but were disappointed when they did not receive a bid for either the NCAA Tournament or the NIT. is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kelvin Sampson (born October 5, 1955), a Lumbee Indian, is the mens basketball coach of the Indiana Hoosiers at Indiana University. ... Indiana University is the principal campus of the Indiana University system. ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Felton Jeff Capel III (born February 12, 1975) is a former college basketball player at Duke University and the current mens basketball head coach at the University of Oklahoma. ...

See also: List of Oklahoma Sooners Men's Basketball Conference Championships

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Men's gymnastics

The men's gymnastics program at OU has been a dominant force in collegiate gymnastics this decade. The program, headed by coach Mark Williams, has won four of the last five NCAA Men's Gymnastics championships, winning the title in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006 (they finished second behind Penn State in 2004). They won the 2006 title with very little experience on the team as 50% of the members were freshmen and just 21% were upperclassmen (seven freshmen, four sophomores, one junior, and two seniors). The good performance of the men's gymnastics team is not new; teams from OU also won national championships in 1977, 1978, and 1991. Mark Williams is the name of the following people: Mark Williams (politician) - British Member of Parliament for Ceredigion Mark Williams (snooker) - professional snooker player Mark Williams (actor) - British actor and comedian Mark Williams (AFL footballer and coach) - Australian football (coach of Port Adelaide, player with Brisbane and Collingwood) Mark Williams... The list of US National Collegiate Athletic Association mens Gymnastics Champions, by division and year. ... The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related land-grant university in Pennsylvania, with over 80,000 students at 24 campuses throughout the state. ...

Gymnastics began at the school in 1902. The program folded in 1917 when the original coach left. The program was revived in 1965 with the new coach, Russ Porterfield having to beg students to join the squad. Within 6 years, OU had its first winning season. OU's next coach, Paul Ziert, turned the program into one of national prominence. He led OU to two national championships in 1977 and 1978. One of Ziert's athletes, Greg Buwick, would replace him as head coach in 1980 and would lead the team to its third national title in 1991. Buwick's assistant of 12 years, Mark Williams, took over the head coaching position in 2000 and has continued OU's tradition of gymnastics excellence. OU has produced more Nissen award winners than any other university and is the only school to have back-to-back Nissen award winners.^[7]

Baseball

Main article: Oklahoma Sooners baseball

The Oklahoma Baseball tradition is long, proud and storied, with two National Championships in 1951 and 1994, along with numerous All-Americans. Their home field is L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park, named after famed player Dale Mitchell. The current coach is Sunny Golloway. The baseball program was a source of recent controversy when the head coach, Larry Cochell, resigned after making racially insensitive remarks about one of the players on the team. The Oklahoma Baseball tradition is long, proud and storied, with two National Championships in 1951 and 1994, along with numerous All-Americans. ... The L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park is home to the University of Oklahoma Sooners baseball team. ... Sunny Golloway is the head baseball coach at the University of Oklahoma. ... Larry Cochell is a former baseball coach for the University of Oklahoma. ...

During the 2005-2006 season, the Sooners were given a home regional at L. Dale Mitchell Park and were named the #1 seed. They beat the University of Houston, Texas Christian University, and Wichita State University to win the regional and advanced to a Super Regional where they were defeated by Rice University in a best-of-three series. Oregon State University went on to win the College World Series that year. Missing image University of Houston logo University of Houston The University of Houston, often called U of H or UH, is a nationally recognized doctoral degree-granting, comprehensive research university located in Houston, Texas. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Wichita State University (WSU) is an American state-supported university located in the middle-size city of Wichita, Kansas, in the south central part of the state. ... Lovett Hall William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science and Art) is a private, comprehensive research university located in Houston, Texas, USA, near the Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. ... Oregon State University (OSU) is a four-year research and degree-granting public university, located in Corvallis, Oregon in the United States. ... The College World Series is the tournament which determines the NCAA Division I collegiate baseball champion. ...

Prior to 2006, the Sooners hosted regionals at minor league parks in Oklahoma City, first All Sports Stadium and then AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. Scheduling conflicts with the Oklahoma Redhawks, the Class AAA affiliate of the Texas Rangers, led OU to bid for future regionals at its on-campus stadium. All Sports Stadium was a stadium located at the State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ... AT&T Bricktown Ballpark opened in 1998 in downtown Oklahoma Citys Bricktown district. ... Texas Rangers American League AAA Oklahoma RedHawks AA Frisco RoughRiders A Bakersfield Blaze Clinton LumberKings Spokane Indians R Arizona Rangers The Oklahoma RedHawks are a minor league baseball team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ... Major league affiliations American League (1961–present) West Division (1972–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 26, 34, 42 Name Texas Rangers (1972–present) Washington Senators (1961-1971) Other nicknames None in common use Ballpark Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (1994–present) a. ...

Women's basketball

OU Women's Basketball began during the 1974-75 academic year. Funding was lax, as the school provided $42,000 to fund six new women's sports. The program was an afterthought with many years of below average performance. In March 1990, Oklahoma officials released a statement saying that the women's basketball program was to be dropped. Many people voiced their complaints and eight days later, OU reinstated the program.^[8] At the time, the average attendance per game was only 65 people. It wasn't until 1996 when OU hired local high school basketball coach, Sherri Coale, that the team became something Sooners would be proud of. As with the Men's team, they call Lloyd Noble Center home. Sherri Kay Coale is the current womens basketball coach for the University of Oklahoma Sooners. ... Lloyd Noble Center is a 11,528-seat multi-purpose arena in Norman, Oklahoma, some 19-miles South of downtown Oklahoma City. ...

The program gained national prominence during the 2002 post-season when they advanced to the National Title game and lost to the University of Connecticut Huskies. In the 2005-06 season, the Sooners were led by their coach Sherri Coale and the nationally-known sophomore twins Courtney and Ashley Paris, daughters of former San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Bubba Paris, to the third round of the national tournament. The team also won the Big 12 regular season championship (with a 16-0 conference record) and the Big 12 Tournament. They are the first Big 12 basketball team, men's or women's, to remain undefeated throughout conference play. The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticuts land-grant university. ... Courtney Paris is the starting center for the University of Oklahoma womens basketball team. ... Ashley Paris, twin sister of Courtney Paris, has been nationally recognized for her basketball achievements. ... City San Francisco, California Other nicknames Niners, The Red And Gold, Bay Bombers Team colors Cardinal red, metallic gold and black Head Coach Mike Nolan Owner Denise DeBartolo York and John York General manager Lal Heneghan Mascot Sourdough Sam League/Conference affiliations All-America Football Conference (1946-1949) Western Division... William Bubba Paris (born October 6, 1960 in Louisville, Kentucky) was a National Football League offensive lineman from 1983 through 1991. ...

Wrestling

McCasland Field House, home of OU's volleyball and wrestling teams.

The wrestling program is the fourth most decorated in college wrestling, having won seven national championships in 1936, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1963 and 1974. They are led by their coach, Jack Spates. While Oklahoma State claims the mantle of most dominant wrestling program in the state (and arguably the country), the Sooners are considered a power in their own right and Bedlam matches draw an enormous crowd. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1827 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Oklahoma Sooners Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1827 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Oklahoma Sooners Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... The Bedlam Series refers to the athletics rivalry between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State University Cowboys, of the Big 12 Conferences South Division. ...

Women's rowing

On May 10, 2007 the University announced the addition of women's rowing to the intercollegiate athletics program.^[9] A rowing facility will be built on the Oklahoma River near downtown Oklahoma City and is expected to be completed in 2009. The addition of the program was made possible by large donations from Aubrey McClendon and Clayton Bennett. A coach and staff will be hired during the 2007/08 academic year with recruitment beginning after that.^[9] This is the first sport added since women's soccer was added in 1996.^[9] is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... North Canadian River is a river in the United States. ... Downtown Oklahoma City The State Capitol of Oklahoma From The South Motto: Nickname: Capital of the New Century Founded 1889 Incorporated County Oklahoma County Cleveland County Canadian County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Mick Cornett Area  - Total  - Water 1,608. ... Aubrey Kerr McClendon is the CEO, chairman, and co-founder of Chesapeake Energy and a minority owner of the Seattle Supersonics and Seattle Storm basketball teams. ... Clayton Clay I. Bennett is the chairman of Dorchester Capital in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...

Rivalries

University of Texas

Reminder for OU students of rivalry with the dates of every game for the past 20 years. With construction of a new pedestrian mall, this painting was replicated outside Nielsen Hall close to the clock tower in front of Bizzell Library. Until May 2006, it was located at the South Oval.

The University of Texas is considered the primary rival of the Sooners. Inverted versions of the Longhorn mascot can be seen on automobiles all over the Norman campus, and many T-shirts referring to the rivalry present the word "Texas" in mirror image, upside-down, or possibly surrounded by obscenities. Unlike most of their Big 12 South opponents, the Sooners have been unable to come up with an official hand signal equivalent to the Hook 'em or Gig 'em Aggies signs, but an inverted form of Texas's hand sign, known by Sooners as the "Horns Down" sign, is highly popular (even when the sporting contest in question does not feature Texas). A reminder of the rivalry shared by these two schools was painted on the South Oval of the OU campus for many years, and was recently replicated near the Library clock tower due to construction at its original site. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1020 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Oklahoma Sooners Texas Longhorn Athletics Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1020 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Oklahoma Sooners Texas Longhorn Athletics Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... University of Texas redirects here. ... The Texas longhorn is ecologically adapted to the sparse and rugged grazing land of Texas. ... Texas A&M University redirects here. ...

The annual college football match up in Dallas, Texas, known as the Red River Shootout, usually draws attention from all of the college football world. 2005 marked the 100th "Red River Shootout" which took place on October 8 in the Cotton Bowl, alongside the State Fair of Texas. Oklahoma was defeated by eventual national champion Texas, 45-12; this was the first loss for OU in the series since 1999. As of the 2006 season, the Sooners are an abysmal 39-57-5 all-time against the Longhorns. Dallas redirects here. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Logo for the 2006 meeting between Oklahoma and Texas. ... Logo for the 2006 meeting between Oklahoma and Texas. ... is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Cotton Bowl game, see Cotton Bowl (game). ... The Texas Star, North Americas largest ferris wheel at the State Fair of Texas The State Fair of Texas is an annual state fair held in Dallas, Texas (USA). ... The UT Tower lit in a special configuration in honor of the 2005 National Championship football team. ...

University of Nebraska

A traditional college football rivalry with the University of Nebraska has been less intense over the past several years (although recent off-the-field incidents have heightened the animosity between the two programs and their respective fanbases). This is mainly due to the split-division nature of the Big 12 that now only allows the teams to play each other twice every four years. Prior to this, these teams were involved in several historical match-ups, including the Game of the Century and the so-called Game of the New Century where the teams have come in to the game ranked one and two in the Associated Press Poll, making the games of great importance in deciding the national championship. Historically, the rivalry's most distinguishing quality has been the grudging respect and appreciation between the two tradition-rich programs. Also of note is the game's former status as the premier Thanksgiving Day game for the middle of the country. The Sooners and Cornhuskers went head-to-head in the 2006 Big 12 Championship Game, with Oklahoma winning the conference title by the score of 21-7. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a state-supported institution of higher learning located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Often referred to as simply Nebraska or UNL, it is the flagship and largest campus of the University of Nebraska system. ... The phrase Game of the Century is a superlative that has been applied to several college football contests played in the 20th Century, the first full century of college football in the United States. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in much of North America, generally observed as an expression of gratitude, usually to God. ... Head Coach Bob Stoops 8th Year, 78-18 Home Stadium Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Capacity 82,112 - Grass Conference Big 12 - South First Year 1895 Athletic Director Joe Castiglione Website SoonerSports. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Categories: College athletics conferences ...

Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma has another fierce rivalry with fellow instate university, Oklahoma State, whose athletic contests with the University of Oklahoma are known as the "Bedlam Series". Today, this has developed into a major event for all sports in which these two compete against each other. The football rivalry, while intense, remains lopsided, being 78-16-7 in favor of the Sooners. Basketball has been more competitive with OU owning a 59% winning percentage in that rivalry. Wrestling, however, has been dominated by Oklahoma State almost every year since records began Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, is an institution of higher learning founded in 1890 as a land-grant university, known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (Oklahoma A&M). ... The Bedlam Series refers to the athletics rivalry between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State University Cowboys, of the Big 12 Conferences South Division. ...

Traditions

The "fight song" of the University of Oklahoma is "Boomer Sooner", a version of "Boola Boola", the fight song of Yale University. Other songs played at athletic events by The Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band are a version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!", "OK Oklahoma", played after touchdowns, and the "OU Chant". Boomer Sooner is the fight song for the University of Oklahoma written by Arthur M. Alden in 1905. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... The Pride of Oklahoma The Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band is the student marching band for the University of Oklahoma Sooners. ... Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right), with Irving Berlin (middle) and Helen Tamiris, watching auditions at the St. ... Oklahoma! is the title song from the musical (by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) This song appears after Curly and Laureys wedding. ... The OU Chant is a song sung before or after many sporting events at the University of Oklahoma. ...

The Mascot present at all football games is the Sooner Schooner, a Conestoga wagon, pulled by two crème white ponies, Boomer and Sooner. The caretakers of the wagon are the spirit group called the RUF/NEKS, who shoot off modified shotguns in celebration of scores by the home team. The group was launched in 1915 when an elderly female spectator at an OU-Oklahoma A&M basketball game chided the group for raising hell ("Sit down and be quiet, you roughnecks!")^[10] The Sooner Schooner is the official mascot of the University of Oklahoma located in Norman, Oklahoma. ... A Conestoga wagon The Conestoga Wagon is a heavy, broad-wheeled covered freight carrier used extensively during the United States Westward Expansion in the late 1700s and 1800s. ... The RUF/NEKS are an all-male student pep squad for the University of Oklahoma. ...

Recently, in time for the 2005 football season, two new mascots, based on the ponies who pull the Schooner, were created, named appropriately, Boomer and Sooner. They are costumes of two identical (except for eye color) crème white ponies. Boomer and Sooner are two new mascots of the University of Oklahoma and its sports teams, the Oklahoma Sooners. ...

The official school colors are Crimson and Cream, with red and white sometimes used as substitutes for simplicity.^[11] The school logo is an interlocking OU design and was first used on football helmets in 1967. Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color combined with some blue, resulting in a tiny degree of purple. ... See also List of colors Categories: Stub | Colors ...

NCAA National Championships

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	This box: view • talk • edit Sports teams based in Oklahoma
Baseball	PCL: Oklahoma RedHawks, TL: Tulsa Drillers
Basketball	D-League: Tulsa 66ers, CBA: Oklahoma Cavalry, USBL: Oklahoma Storm
Football	af2: Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz • Tulsa Talons, NWFA: OKC Lightning
Hockey	CHL: Oklahoma City Blazers • Tulsa Oilers
College athletics (NCAA Division I)	Oklahoma State University • Oral Roberts University • University of Oklahoma • University of Tulsa