The

Oklahoma Sooners The Oklahoma Sooners are the athletic teams that represent the University of Oklahoma, located in Norman. The 19 men's and women's varsity teams are called the "Sooners", a reference to a nickname given to the early participants in the Land Ru ...

college football team compete as part of the

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(NCAA) Division I

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, representing the

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in the

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. Oklahoma has played their home games at

Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, also known as Owen Field or The Palace on the Prairie, is the football stadium on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. It serves as the home of the Oklahoma Sooners football tea ...

Norman, Oklahoma Norman () is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, with a population of 128,097 as of 2021. It is the largest city and the county seat of Cleveland County, and the second-largest city in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, b ...

since 1923. The Sooners claim seven

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. They have also recorded 50 total conference championships, twelve undefeated, untied seasons, and the longest winning streak in Division I FBS history with 47 straight victories.Undefeated, Untied Teams
"Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Records," NCAA, July 2008. Accessed 2009-09-14 The Oklahoma football program is one of the most successful programs in history, with 598 wins and a winning percentage of .764 since the end of World War II, leading the nation in both stats. Their total of 909 wins ranks sixth all-time in FBS history, and their all-time winning percentage of .726 ranks third among all teams with at least 600 games played.All-Time Team Won-Lost Records
"Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Records," NCAA, July 2008. p. 70. Accessed 2009-09-14 Football was introduced to the university by John A. Harts in 1895. Harts was a student from Kansas who had played the game in his home state. The university had its first paid coach in Vernon L. Parrington, who led the Sooners to a record of nine wins, one loss, and two ties over four seasons. Bennie Owen brought Oklahoma to the national stage during his 22-year tenure as head coach. He retired with a 122–54–16 record, including four seasons in which the team went unbeaten. During Owen's tenure, Oklahoma became a charter member of the

Southwest Conference The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma ...

, in which they remained for five years before leaving to join the

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. The MVIAA conference would later transform into the Big Six, Big Seven, and finally the Big Eight Conference. In 1947, Oklahoma promoted Bud Wilkinson, then an assistant coach, to head coach. Wilkinson led the Sooners to national championships in 1950, 1955 and 1956, as well as a stretch of 47 consecutive victories that began in 1953 and ended in 1957. Wilkinson's tenure included a streak of 13 consecutive conference championships (in addition to one by his predecessor). Oklahoma continued to perform well after Wilkinson left, but only returned to the national title picture following the hiring of

Barry Switzer Barry Layne Switzer (born October 5, 1937) is a former American football coach and player. He served for 16 years as head football coach at the University of Oklahoma and four years as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football Le ...

in 1973. Switzer began similarly to Wilkinson, with eight consecutive conference championships in addition to national championships in 1974 and 1975. Switzer added Oklahoma's sixth national championship in 1985. After a decline that lasted more than a decade, Oklahoma again won the national championship in 2000, after coach Bob Stoops had been hired the previous year. By then Oklahoma had joined a new conference, the Big 12 conference, a combination of the Big Eight Conference and four Texas schools of the Southwest Conference. As head coach Stoops won ten conference championships, while no other team in the Big 12 has more than three. On June 7, 2017, Stoops retired after 18 seasons. Offensive coordinator

Lincoln Riley Lincoln Michael Riley (born September 5, 1983) is an American college football coach and former player who is the head coach of the USC Trojans football program at the University of Southern California. He previously served as the head coach ...

was promoted to head coach following Stoops's retirement. During Riley tenure, the Sooners won a further 4 Big 12 Conference championships before Riley departed for the vacant USC coaching job. Through the 2022 season, Oklahoma has compiled an overall record of 934 wins, 338 losses, and 53 ties. The Sooners have won 50 conference championships and have appeared in 56

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s, most recently in the

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Seasons

¹ When in a division, it shows their position within the division otherwise the overall position in the division-less conference.

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rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.

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Oklahoma Sooners football seasons The Oklahoma Sooners college football team compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Oklahoma in the Big 12 Conference. Oklahoma has played their h ...