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1994 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1994 Oklahoma Sooners football
Copper Bowl, L 6–31 vs. BYU
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record6–6 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWatson Brown (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorTom Hayes (4th season)
Base defense5–2
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Nebraska $ 7 0 0 13 0 0
No. 3 Colorado % 6 1 0 11 1 0
No. 19 Kansas State 5 2 0 9 3 0
Oklahoma 4 3 0 6 6 0
Kansas 3 4 0 6 5 0
Missouri 2 5 0 3 8 1
Oklahoma State 0 6 1 3 7 1
Iowa State 0 6 1 0 10 1
  • $ – Bowl Coalition representative as champion
    % – Bowl Coalition at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1994 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 sixth-year head coach Gary Gibbs, who resigned at the conclusion of the season.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:30 p.m.at Syracuse*No. 16ESPNW 30–2948,421
September 104:00 p.m.at No. 16 Texas A&M*No. 15L 14–3672,577
September 171:30 p.m.Texas Tech*No. 21W 17–1162,323
October 11:30 p.m.Iowa StateNo. 21
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 34–665,821
October 82:30 p.m.vs. No. 15 Texas*No. 16ABCL 10–1775,587
October 158:30 p.m.No. 4 ColoradoNo. 22ESPNL 7–4553,199
October 221:00 p.m.at KansasW 20–1742,500
October 291:30 p.m.No. 23 Kansas Statedagger
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
L 20–3760,415
November 51:30 p.m.Missouri
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 30–1354,463
November 132:00 p.m.at Oklahoma StateW 33–1450,116
November 251:30 p.m.No. 1 Nebraska
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
ABCL 3–1370,216
December 297:00 p.m.vs. No. 22 BYU*ESPNL 6–3145,122
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

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1994 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 25 James Allen So
WR 1 Albert Hall (C) Sr
QB 8 Garrick McGee (C) Jr
RB 7 Jerald Moore So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 39 John Anderson (C) Sr
CB 42 Darrius Johnson (C) Jr
DE 57 Cedric Jones Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 16 Scott Blanton Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Watson BrownOffensive coordinator
  • Mike Jones – Running backs
  • Clarence James – Wide receivers
  • Charley North – Tight ends and special teams
  • Tom HayesDefensive coordinator
  • Kevin WolthausenDefensive line
  • Lucious SelmonOutside linebacker and defensive end
  • Johnny Barr – Linebackers
  • Clancy PendergastGraduate assistant

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

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Texas

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Oklahoma Sooners (3–1) vs. Texas Longhorns (3–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Texas 0 0 10717
Oklahoma 0 7 0310

at Cotton BowlDallas, Texas

  • Date: October 8
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Partly sunny • 70 °F (21 °C) • Wind 15 mph (24 km/h) N
  • Game attendance: 75,587
  • Referee: Dale
  • TV: ABC
  • Texas Sports
Game information

Stonie Clark tackled James Allen on the one-yard line on fourth down with less than 45 seconds remaining in the game.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP1616152121211622
Coaches Poll131315191617122125

References

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  1. ^ Hersom, Bob (November 14, 1994). "Why Would Gibbs Resign Right Now?". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma City. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "1990s". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.