1969 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1969 Oklahoma Sooners football
Oklahoma Sooners Logo 1966-79.png
Conference Big Eight Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Barry Switzer (4th season)
Captains
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1968
1970  
1969 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Missouri + 6 1 09 2 0
No. 11 Nebraska + 6 1 09 2 0
No. 16 Colorado 5 2 08 3 0
Oklahoma 4 3 06 4 0
Kansas State 3 4 05 5 0
Oklahoma State 3 4 05 5 0
Iowa State 1 6 03 7 0
Kansas 0 7 01 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Wisconsin *No. 6W 48–2146,130
September 27 Pittsburgh *No. 6W 37–854,576
October 11vs. No. 2 Texas *No. 8 ABC L 17–2772,032
October 18 Colorado No. 12
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 42–3060,524
October 25at No. 18 Kansas State No. 11L 21–5935,615
November 1 Iowa State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 37–1453,811
November 8at No. 9 Missouri No. 20ABCL 10–4460,378
November 15 Kansas
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 31–1559,128 [1] [2]
November 22No. 16 Nebraska
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
L 14–4452,367
November 29at Oklahoma State W 28–2741,315
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
AP 6668121120 т

Game summaries

Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)

Oklahoma Sooners at Oklahoma State Cowboys
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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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Roster

1969 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WB 37Gary JamarJr
WR 83Joe KillingsworthSr
C 54Bob KlitzmanJr
C 50 Ken Mendenhall Sr
QB 11 Jack Mildren So
TB 36 Steve Owens Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
RE 84 Jim Files Sr
DT 69Randy LittleJr
DHB 26Jerry HetheringtonJr
DHB 32Rick HetheringtonSr
LB 82 Steve Zabel Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Awards and honors

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season. [7]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Team
16 Steve Zabel Linebacker Philadelphia Eagles
113 Jim Files Linebacker New York Giants
119 Steve Owens Running back Detroit Lions
5116 Ken Mendenhall Center Atlanta Falcons
8187Jack PorterCenter New York Jets
17420Joe KillingsworthWide receiver Boston Patriots

References

  1. Soldan, Ray (November 16, 1969). "OU Zaps Jayhawks As Owens Goes 201". The Sunday Oklahoman . Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 1, sports section. Retrieved October 2, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. Soldan, Ray (November 16, 1969). "OU Wins on Second Half Surge (continued)". The Sunday Oklahoman . Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 2, sports section. Retrieved October 2, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. "1969 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
  4. "Owens, Oklahoma Nip Cowboys, 28-27." Palm Beach Post. 1969 Nov 30.
  5. "Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on April 11, 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2007.
  6. "Football". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
  7. "1970 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.