The 2020 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the

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during the

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, the 126th season for the

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. The team was led by

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, in his fourth year as head coach. They played their home games at

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. They are a charter member of the

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Previous season

The Sooners finished the 2019 season 12–1, 8–1 in Big 12 play. Tied for the best record in conference play, the Sooners clinched a berth in the conference championship game where they defeated Baylor 30–23 in overtime to win their 13th Big 12 Championship. Oklahoma was selected as the fourth seed to play in the 2019 College Football playoff against first seed

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in the 2019 Peach Bowl, where they lost 28–63.

Offseason

Position key

Offseason departures

Recruiting

Transfers

Outgoing Incoming

Returning starters

2020 NFL Draft

NFL Combine

The official list of participants for the 2020 NFL Combine included Oklahoma football players : -

Team players drafted into the NFL

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Big 12 media days

The Big 12 media days were held on July 21–22, 2020 in a virtual format due to the

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Big 12 media poll

Preseason awards

2020 Preseason All-Big 12

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

Depth chart

Schedule

Spring Game

The 2020 Oklahoma Spring Game was set to take place on April 18, 2020, but was canceled on March 18, 2020 due to the

Regular season

Oklahoma announced a revised 2020 football schedule on August 12, 2020, The 2020 schedule consists of 5 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Sooners will host 1 non-conference game against Missouri State. Oklahoma will host Baylor, Oklahoma State in the

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, Kansas, Kansas State, and travel to Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, and West Virginia in regular-season conference play. Oklahoma will play Texas in Dallas, Texas at the

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on October 10 in the

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, the 115th game played in the series. The Sooners had games scheduled against

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and West Virginia, which were canceled due to the

Game summaries

vs. Missouri State

vs. Kansas State

at Iowa State

vs. No. 22 Texas

at TCU

at Texas Tech

vs. Kansas

vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State

vs. Baylor

2020 Big XII Championship vs. No. 6 Iowa State

vs No. 7 Florida (Cotton Bowl)

Statistics

Scoring

Scores by quarter (non-conference opponents)

Scores by quarter (Big 12 opponents)

Scores by quarter (All opponents)

Rankings

Players drafted into the NFL

Postseason

Bowl game

Notes

References

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