1990 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1990 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 17
Record	8–3 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Gary Gibbs (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Coker (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Sadler (2nd season)
Base defense	5–2
Captains	Scott Evans Larry Medice Mike Sawatzky Chris Wilson
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons ←  1989 1991  →

1990 Big Eight Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Colorado $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	1
No. 24 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Kansas	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1990 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 second-year head coach Gary Gibbs. They were ineligible to participate in a bowl game since they were on probation, but they were allowed to be on TV. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	2:30 p.m.	at No. 19 UCLA *	No. 23	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 34–14	50,068
September 15	1:00 p.m.	No. 13 Pittsburgh *	No. 14	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	CBS	W 52–10	71,117
September 22	1:00 p.m.	Tulsa *	No. 11	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 52–10	70,235
September 29	1:00 p.m.	Kansas	No. 9	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	PSN	W 31–17	70,095
October 6	1:30 p.m.	at Oklahoma State	No. 7	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)		W 31–17	49,800
October 13	3:00 p.m.	vs. Texas *	No. 4	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ESPN	L 13–14	75,587
October 20	1:00 p.m.	Iowa State	No. 16	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 31–33	69,112
October 27	1:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Colorado	No. 22	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	CBS	L 23–32	51,967
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at Missouri		Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)		W 55–10	40,902
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Kansas State		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	PSN	W 34–7	69,106
November 23	1:30 p.m.	No. 10 Nebraska		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	CBS	W 45–10	74,910
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Rankings

See also: 1990 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Oklahoma was on probation in 1990 and ineligible to receive votes in the Coaches Poll.

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	22	23	14	11	9	7	4	16	22	—	—	—	—	—	22	20	17
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Game summaries

At UCLA

See also: 1990 UCLA Bruins football team

At Oklahoma State

See also: 1990 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team and Bedlam Series

Texas

Texas vs. #4 Oklahoma

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
•Longhorns	7	0	0	7	14
Sooners	3	7	3	0	13

• Date: October 13
• Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas
• Game attendance: 75,587

Scoring summary

1		OU	R.D. Lashar 47 yard field goal	OU 3-0
1		TEX	Kerry Cash 8 yard pass from Peter Gardere (Michael Pollak kick)	TEX 7-3
2		OU	Dewell Brewer 9 yard run (R.D. Lashar kick)	OU 10-7
3		OU	R.D. Lashar 36 yard field goal	OU 13-7
4	2:00	TEX	Keith Cash 16 yard pass from Peter Gardere (Michael Pollak kick)	TEX 14-13

See also: 1990 Texas Longhorns football team and Red River Shootout

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Iowa State

See also: 1990 Iowa State Cyclones football team

At Colorado

#22 Oklahoma at #10 Colorado

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Sooners	7	7	3	6	23
•Buffaloes	3	9	6	14	32

• Date: October 27
• Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
• Game start: 12:31 PM
• Elapsed time: 3:23
• Game attendance: 51,967
• Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C), sunny, Wind E 8 mph (13 km/h)
• Referee: Dean Cramer

• Source: Box score

      

Scoring summary

Q1	9:00	OU	Cale Gundy 5-yard run (Lasher kick)	OU 7–0
	3:01	COL	Harper 48-yard field goal	OU 7–3
Q2	6:58	COL	Harper 28-yard field goal	OU 7–6
	6:46	OU	Long 80-yard pass from Gundy (Lashar kick)	OU 14–6
	0:24	COL	Pritchard 12-yard pass from Hagan (run failed)	OU 14–12
Q3	10:19	COL	Eric Bieniemy 69-yard run (pass failed)	COL 18–14
	5:06	OU	Lasher 43-yard field goal	COL 18–17
Q4	13:54	COL	Smith 85-yard pass from Hagan (Harper kick)	COL 25–17
	11:24	COL	Hagan 3-yard run (Harper kick)	COL 32–17
	5:51	OU	Brewer 6-yard run (run failed)	COL 32-23

See also: 1990 Colorado Buffaloes football team

At Missouri

See also: 1990 Missouri Tigers football team and Missouri–Oklahoma football rivalry

Kansas State

See also: 1990 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Nebraska

#10 Nebraska at Oklahoma

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornhuskers	3	0	7	0	10
•Sooners	0	21	14	10	45

• Date: November 23
• Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
• Game start: 1:30 PM CST
• Game attendance: 74,910

See also: 1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry

Roster

1990 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 15 Joey Alfred So G 63 Mark Blodgett  Jr TE 87 Eric Blomquist So G 66 Brian Brauninger  Jr TE 86 Rickey Brady Fr SO 6 Dewell Brewer Fr SE 16 Chris Cabbiness Sr OL 76 James Cargill So QB 10 Steve Collins  So QB 9 Tink Collins  So TE 43 Adrian Cooper  Sr RB 5 Greg Ervin Jr OL 51 Joe Ervin So TB 7 Rod Fisher  Jr C 79 Eric Fultz  Jr TB 32 Mike Gaddis  RJr RB Aaron Goins Fr SE 18 Artie Guess  Sr QB 12 Cale Gundy Fr FB 3 Scott Hale Sr OT 70 Brandon Houston  Jr OL 67 Chris Jensen Jr FB 27 Corey Johnson  Fr SE 81 David Jourdan Fr G 58 Jason Keith  So C 52 Brent Koontz  Fr TB 1 Ike Lewis Jr RB 3 Ted Long  Jr G 64 Terran Manning  Sr RB 23 Billy McDade Fr FB 31 Mike McKinley  Jr G 62 Larry Medice (C)  Sr SE 17 Chris Melson  Jr TE 82 Joey Mickey So OT 57 Jeff Miller Sr SE 83 John Nelson  Fr TE 94 Jon Page  Jr OT 73 Zarak Peters  Sr OL 69 Steve Pettit So FB 33 Kenyon Rasheed  So OL 71 Jeff Resler Fr G 54 Mike Sawatzky (C) Sr TE 80 Pete Schmitt  So FB 36 William Steines So SE 11 Otis Taylor  So TB 26 Travis Thompson So OL 68 Tim Vitito Fr C 50 Randy Wallace Jr OT 74 Chris Watkins  So G 55 Steve Wigington Fr TB 20 Earnest Williams Fr G 60 Matt Wilson Fr G 75 Dalton Young Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 95 Russell Allen  Fr DT 85 Tom Backes  Sr NG 56 James Baldwin  So LB 40 Reggie Barnes  So LB 38 Randall Base So DE 99 Aubrey Beavers Fr DB 29 Jason Belser Jr DE 35 Frank Blevins Sr LB 45 Joe Bowden Sr DE 42 John Bradley  Jr DB 14 Melvin Carter  So DL 91 Ben Cavil  Fr DB 24 Drew Christmon Fr LB 41 Mike Coats  Fr LB 43 Bart Daniels So DB 48 Greg DeQuasie  Jr NG 77 Stacey Dillard  Jr DB 26 Terry Duncan Jr DT 78 Scott Evans (C)  Sr LB 34 Mike Fields  Fr DB 15 Charles Franks Jr DE 39 James Goode  Sr DE 47 Tracy Gordon  Sr LB 49 Bryan Gorka Fr DE 53 Tony Han Sr LB 37 Jay Houtman So DE 89 Ronn Hull  Fr DB 25 Russell Jones Fr NG 96 Darrell Kirby  Sr DT 97 Proctor Land  Jr DB 22 Tony Levy Jr LB 59 John Manning Fr DT 46 Corey Mayfield Jr DB 4 Tommy O'Hara  Fr NG 87 Shad Patrick  Fr DB 44 Jerome Pipkins Jr DB 19 Terry Ray Jr DL 98 Broderick Roberson Fr DB 8 William Shankle So DB 21 Lance Swanson Jr DE 88 Trey Tippens  So DB 28 Darnell Walker So DL 72 David Walsh Jr DB 2 Corey Warren Fr LB 30 Chris Wilson  (C)  Jr DB 88 Corey Wilson Fr DE 90 Fred Woods  Fr DL 92 Ricky Wren  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 97 Barry Blanton  Fr K 13 R. D. Lashar Sr P 84 Brad Reddell  So	Head coach Gary Gibbs Coordinators/assistant coaches Larry Coker –Offensive coordinator Mike Jones –Running backs and wide receivers Charley North –Tight ends and special teams Charlie Sadler –Defensive coordinator John Blake –Defensive line Lucious Selmon –Outside linebacker and defensive end Bobby Proctor –Defensive backs Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Awards

• All-Big Eight: DB Jason Belser, LB Joe Bowden, TE Adrian Cooper, DT Scott Evans, OG Mike Sawatzky ^[4]

NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 1991 NFL draft following the season. ^[5]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL team
4	103	Adrian Cooper	Tight end	Pittsburgh Steelers
5	114	James Goode	Linebacker	Atlanta Falcons
7	169	Frank Blevins	Linebacker	Green Bay Packers
8	209	Scott Evans	Defensive tackle	Phoenix Cardinals
10	272	Tom Backes	Defensive end	Chicago Bears

References

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2. "1990s". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
3. "Instant Replay: UT 14, OU 13 Horns Hook The Sooners On Late TD". The Oklahoman . October 14, 1990. Archived from the original on May 3, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
4. SoonerSports.com
5. "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2020.