2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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2000 Oklahoma Sooners football
Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg
Consensus national champion
Big 12 champion
Big 12 South Division champion
Orange Bowl champion
Conference Big 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record13–0 (8–0 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mark Mangino (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Co-defensive coordinator Mike Stoops (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator Brent Venables (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Captains
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1999
2001  
2000 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 9 Kansas State xy  6 2   11 3  
No. 8 Nebraska x  6 2   10 2  
No. 25 Iowa State  5 3   9 3  
Colorado  3 5   3 8  
Kansas  2 6   4 7  
Missouri  2 6   3 8  
South Division
No. 1 Oklahoma x$#  8 0   13 0  
No. 12 Texas  7 1   9 3  
Texas A&M  5 3   7 5  
Texas Tech  3 5   7 6  
Oklahoma State  1 7   3 8  
Baylor  0 8   2 9  
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Kansas State 24
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season, the 106th season of Sooner football. The team was led by Bob Stoops in his second season as head coach. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. During this season, they competed in the Big 12 Conference.

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The Sooners opened the season ranked #19, [1] the first time they had made it into a pre-season poll in five years.

After four early-season victories against unranked foes, Oklahoma had risen to #10 in the country.

Beginning at the end of September, OU defeated #11 Texas (63–14), #2 Kansas State (41–31), and #1 Nebraska (31–14). By that point, the Sooners had risen to #1 in the polls, a position they retained through the rest of the season.

The 2000 team claimed OU’s first Big 12 title and its 37th conference title overall by beating Kansas State in the Big 12 conference championship game.

The Sooners were invited to the 2001 Orange Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game that year, where they beat the defending national champion Florida State Seminoles by a score of 13–2. The Sooners finished the season 13-0, claiming Oklahoma's seventh national championship in football and first since 1985.

Three OU players were named consensus All Americans after the 2000 season: linebacker Rocky Calmus, quarterback Josh Heupel, and free safety J. T. Thatcher.

Recruits

College recruiting information
NameHometownHigh school / collegeHeightWeightCommit date
Gayron Allen
LB
Orange, TexasWest Orange Stark HS5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)195 lb (88 kg)Dec 5, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Jammal Brown
DT
Lawton, OklahomaMacArthur HS6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)310 lb (140 kg)Jan 26, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Marcus Chretien
DE
Houston, TexasKilgore College6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)240 lb (110 kg)Dec 12, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Mark Clayton
WR
Arlington, TexasSam Houston HS5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)170 lb (77 kg)Jan 9, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Dan Cody
TE
Ada, OklahomaAda HS6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)230 lb (100 kg)Sep 22, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Lance Donley
TE
Weatherford, OklahomaWeatherford HS6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)225 lb (102 kg)Nov 4, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Howard Duncan
OL
Kansas City, KansasButler CC6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)300 lb (140 kg)Dec 15, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Charles Dupree
LE
Oklahoma City, OklahomaMillwood HS6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)210 lb (95 kg)Nov 23, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Jerad Estus
RB
Wichita Falls, TexasHirschi HS6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)180 lb (82 kg)Dec 12, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Jerod Fields
OL
Bandera, TexasBandera HS6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)280 lb (130 kg)Feb 1, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Ataleo Ford
WR
Ardmore, OklahomaArdmore HS6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)178 lb (81 kg)Dec 9, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Michael Freeman
CB
Chino Hills, CaliforniaMount San Antonio JC5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)180 lb (82 kg)Jan 9, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Ronbrose Jones
LE
Bristow, OklahomaBristow HS6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)225 lb (102 kg)Feb 2, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Teddy Lehman
LB
Fort Gibson, OklahomaFort Gibson HS6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)228 lb (103 kg)Jul 23, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Vernon Maxwell
DB
Midwest City, OklahomaMidwest City HS6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)215 lb (98 kg)Dec 23, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Brian Odom
RB
Ada, OklahomaAda HS6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)195 lb (88 kg)Jan 11, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Will Peoples
WR
Humble, TexasHumble HS6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)185 lb (84 kg)Jan 4, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Antonio Perkins
ATH
Lawton, OklahomaLawton HS6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)178 lb (81 kg)Dec 19, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Juan Prishker
DT
McAllen, TexasBlinn JC6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)265 lb (120 kg)Jan 9, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Brandon Shelby
ATH
Kansas City, MissouriRockhurst HS5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)185 lb (84 kg)Jan 8, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Terrance Simms
CB
Belle Glade, FloridaHutchinson CC6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)185 lb (84 kg)Jan 23, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Wes Sims
OL
Weatherford, OklahomaWeatherford HS6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)310 lb (140 kg)Oct 13, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Darren Stephens
DB
Lewisville, TexasLewisville HS6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg)Jan 16, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Cliff Takawana
OL
Ardmore, OklahomaArdmore HS6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)300 lb (140 kg)Nov 28, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Hunter Wall
QB
Coppell, TexasCoppell HS6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)220 lb (100 kg)Jan 9, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Rudy Wells
ATH
Linden, TexasKildare HS6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)200 lb (91 kg)Nov 21, 1999 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Jimmy Wilkerson
LB
Omaha, TexasPaul H. Pewitt HS6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)230 lb (100 kg)Jan 31, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Renaldo Works
RB
Tulsa, OklahomaBooker T. Washington HS6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)202 lb (92 kg)Jan 27, 2000 
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A    247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

    Source: [2]

    Schedule

    DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
    September 26:30 p.m. [3] UTEP *No. 19 FSN PPV [3] W 55–1474,761 [4]
    September 96:30 p.m. [5] Arkansas State *No. 20
    • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
    • Norman, OK
    FSN PPV [5] W 45–774,730 [4]
    September 2311:30 a.m. [6] Rice *No. 17
    • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
    • Norman, OK
    FSN [6] W 42–1474,794 [4]
    September 302:00 p.m. [7] Kansas No. 14
    • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
    • Norman, OK
    W 34–1674,811 [4]
    October 711:00 a.m. [8] vs. No. 11 Texas No. 10 ABC [8] W 63–1475,587 [4]
    October 142:30 p.m. [9] at No. 2 Kansas State No. 8ABC [9] W 41–3153,011 [4]
    October 2811:00 a.m. [10] No. 1 Nebraska No. 3
    ABC [10] W 31–1475,989 [4]
    November 41:00 p.m. [11] at Baylor No. 1W 56–731,106 [4]
    November 1112:00 p.m. [12] at No. 23 Texas A&M No. 1ABC [12] W 35–3187,188 [4]
    November 182:30 p.m. [13] Texas Tech Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 1
    • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
    • Norman, OK
    ABC [13] W 27–1375,364 [4]
    November 252:30 p.m. [14] at Oklahoma State No. 1FSN [14] W 12–748,500 [4]
    December 27:00 p.m. [15] vs. No. 8 Kansas StateNo. 1ABC [15] W 27–2479,655 [4]
    January 3, 20017:00 p.m. [16] vs. No. 3 Florida State *No. 1ABC [16] W 13–276,835 [4]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

    Roster

    2000 Oklahoma Sooners roster

    Wide receivers

    •  4 Antonio PerkinsFreshman
    •  5 Julius McMillan – Junior
    •  6 Antwone SavageSophomore
    •  9 Mark ClaytonFreshman
    • 12 Curtis Fagan – Sophomore
    • 13 Damian Mackey – Sophomore
    • 15 Ataleo Ford – Freshman
    • 17 Andre WoolfolkSophomore
    • 28 Jarvis Smith – Freshman
    • 29 Will Peoples – Freshman
    • 41 John Connor – Sophomore
    • 82 Ryan Daniel – Sophomore
    • 84 Buck Scifres – Junior

    Offensive line

    • 55 Jammal BrownFreshman
    • 59 Stephen BurchamCSenior
    • 60 Wes SimsFreshman
    • 61 Josh Tucker – Freshman
    • 62 Jay Ridenour – Sophomore
    • 63 Frank Romero – Junior
    • 64 Adam Panter – Freshman
    • 65 Will Mathis – Junior
    • 66 Jarrod Barclay – Freshman
    • 68 Howard Duncan – Junior
    • 69 Brad DavisSophomore
    • 70 Reese Travis – Senior
    • 71 Jerod Fields – Freshman
    • 72 Scott Kempenich – Senior
    • 73 Trevor Nutt – Junior
    • 75 Mike Skinner – Sophomore
    • 76 Al Baysinger – Senior
    • 77 Josh Smith – Sophomore
    • 78 Cliff Takawana – Freshman

    Tight ends

    • 81 Chris Hammons CSenior
    • 85 Jeremy Hess – Sophomore
    • 87 John Stuever – Freshman
    • 88 Trent SmithSophomore
    • 90 Matt Anderson – Senior
    • Lance donley – Freshman
     

    Quarterbacks

    Running backs

    •  3 Josh NormanJunior
    •  4 Brandon Shelby – Freshman
    • 21 Jay Hunt – Sophomore
    • 22 Quentin GriffinSophomore
    • 23 Jan Roeschmann – Junior
    • 24 Brian OdomFreshman
    • 35 Seth Littrell CSenior
    • 36 Danny Cork – Sophomore
    • 39 Buster Kuhn – Senior
    • 43 Jamar Mozee – Freshman
    • 47 Renaldo Works – Freshman
    • 32 Branden Killingsworth – Freshman

    Defensive line

    • 53 Eric Thunander – Sophomore
    • 62 Chike Ozumba – Sophomore
    • 74 Juan Prishker – Junior
    • 80 Dan CodyFreshman
    • 84 Sam Sachek – Freshman
    • 86 Brian Friend – Sophomore
    • 87 Marcus Chretien – Junior
    • 88 John Sturch – Sophomore
    • 89 Cory Heinecke – Junior
    • 90 Eric Hilaire – Sophomore
    • 91 Ramon Richardson – Senior
    • 92 Corey Callens – Senior
    • 93 Kory Klein – Freshman
    • 94 Ryan Fisher – Senior
    • 95 Rocky Bright – Senior
    • 96 Jeremy Wilson-Guest – Senior
    • 97 John Williams – Sophomore
    • 98 David Jones – Freshman
    • 99 Bary Holleyman – Junior
     

    Linebackers

    •  9 Roger Steffen – Senior
    • 10 Torrance Marshall CSenior
    • 20 Rocky Calmus CJunior
    • 36 Parker Neal – Sophomore
    • 37 Brandon Babb – Junior
    • 45 Jimmy WilkersonFreshman
    • 46 Brandon MooreSenior
    • 48 Gayron Allen – Freshman
    • 52 K. Michael Delfs – Junior
    • 57 Derrick Hurst – Freshman
    • 50 Brian Jimerson – Freshman
    • 51 Ronbrose Jones – Freshman
    • 52 Tanner Reynolds – Sophomore
    • 54 Teddy LehmanFreshman
    • 56 Brandon Pryor – Sophomore

    Defensive backs

    •  1 Terrance Simms – Junior
    •  2 Derrick StraitFreshman
    •  4 Brandon Shelby – Freshman
    •  7 Brandon Everage – Freshman
    • 11 Ontei Jones – Senior
    • 15 J.T. ThatcherSenior
    • 19 Michael Thompson – Sophomore
    • 22 Laromie Hammer – Freshman
    • 25 Darren Stephens – Freshman
    • 27 Brent Jackson – Sophomore
    • 30 Matt Mayhew – Junior
    • 31 Marvin Shoulders – Senior
    • 32 Ty Kincannon – Sophomore
    • 33 Marcus Bivines – Senior
    • 34 Matt McCoy – Freshman
    • 38 Roy WilliamsSophomore

    Kickers

    • 19 Jimmy Stewart – Freshman
    • 40 Tim DuncanJunior
    • 83 Jeff Ferguson – Junior

    Snapper

    • 67 Ben Panter – Junior
    C Captain   † Starter at position

    Game summaries

    UTEP

    UTEP Miners at #19 Oklahoma Sooners
    1234Total
    UTEP707014
    #19 Oklahoma171072155

    Arkansas State

    Arkansas State Indians at #20 Oklahoma Sooners
    1234Total
    Arkansas State07007
    #20 Oklahoma141471045

    Rice

    Rice Owls at #17 Oklahoma Sooners
    1234Total
    Rice608014
    #17 Oklahoma14714742

    Kansas

    Kansas Jayhawks at #14 Oklahoma Sooners
    1234Total
    Kansas1330016
    #14 Oklahoma101410034

    Texas (Red River Shootout)

    #11 Texas Longhorns vs. #10 Oklahoma Sooners
    1234Total
    #11 Texas070714
    #10 Oklahoma142814763

    Kansas State

    #8 Oklahoma Sooners at #2 Kansas State Wildcats
    1234Total
    #8 Oklahoma17147341
    #2 Kansas State7731431

    Nebraska

    #1 Nebraska Cornhuskers at #3 Oklahoma Sooners
    1234Total
    #1 Nebraska1400014
    #3 Oklahoma0247031

    [17]

    Baylor

    #1 Oklahoma Sooners at Baylor Bears
    1234Total
    #1 Oklahoma281414056
    Baylor00707

    Texas A&M

    #1 Oklahoma Sooners at #23 Texas A&M Aggies
    1234Total
    #1 Oklahoma3732235
    #23 Texas A&M7107731

    Texas Tech

    Texas Tech Red Raiders at #1 Oklahoma Sooners
    1234Total
    Texas Tech0301013
    #1 Oklahoma777728

    Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)

    #1 Oklahoma Sooners at Oklahoma State Cowboys
    1234Total
    #1 Oklahoma750012
    Oklahoma State00707

    Kansas State (Big 12 Championship Game)

    #8 Kansas State Wildcats vs. #1 Oklahoma Sooners
    1234Total
    #8 Kansas State0107724
    #1 Oklahoma3771027

    Florida State (Orange Bowl)

    #2 Florida State Seminoles vs. #1 Oklahoma Sooners
    1234Total
    #2 Florida State00022
    #1 Oklahoma303713

    Rankings

    Ranking movements
    Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    ( ) = First-place votes
    Week
    PollPre123456789101112131415Final
    AP 1919201817141083 (4)3 (3)1 (69)1 (70)1 (70)1 (70)1 (64)1 (67)1 (71)
    Coaches Poll 2019201816161284 (1)3 (1)1 (55)1 (58)1 (57)1 (56)1 (49)1 (56)1 (59)
    BCS Not released2111111Not released

    Awards and honors

    Awards and Big 12 honors

    All-Americans

    2001 NFL Draft

    The 2001 NFL draft was held on April 21–22, 2001 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.

    RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Team
    372 Torrance Marshall Linebacker Green Bay Packers
    6177 Josh Heupel Quarterback Miami Dolphins

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