The 1901 Oklahoma Sooners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Oklahoma as an independent during the

1901 college football season The 1901 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Michigan, Yale, and Harvard as having been selected retrospectively as national champions. Harvard beat Yale 22– ...

. In its first year under head coach

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, the team compiled a 3–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 93 to 29. The team played two games against the Texas Longhorns, the second and third meetings in the rivalry that later became known as the Red River Showdown.

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Oklahoma Sooners football seasons

Oklahoma Sooners football The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma (variously "Oklahoma" or "OU"). The team is a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (forme ...

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