Oklahoma Sooners Schedule

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The 2009 Oklahoma Sooners Football Schedule.

This Oklahoma Sooners football schedule will let you know who the Sooners football team is playing this year. The Oklahoma Sooners schedule will let you know where and when you'll be able to see them. Check out the Oklahoma Sooners home schedule.

  Oklahoma Sooners 2008 Football Season

The 2008 Oklahoma Sooners football schedule began with the team ranked fourth in both the Associated Press Poll and the USA Today Coaches' Poll. The Sooners beat each of the first five opponents by 25 points or more before they faced the number five ranked team, the Texas Longhorns. In a see-saw game Oklahoma took a late lead at 35-30, then Texas came from behind with 15 unanswered points and upset the Sooners at by the final score of 45-35. The Sooners could only gain 48 rushing yards while giving up 161 on the ground. Bradford also threw 2 interceptions in the loss. After the loss, the Sooners sank to number four in the AP Poll and number six in the USA Today Poll. Meanwhile Texas became the new number one team in both polls.

They soon rebounded by defeating the sixteenth ranked Jayhawks in Norman and won on the road at Kansas State. By Week eight , the Oklahoma was ranked fourth in the AP Poll, fifth in the USA Today Coaches' Poll and fourth in the BCS behind the Texas Longhorns, Alabama's Crimson Tide, and the Penn State Nittany Lions. The Sooners went on to score 60 or more points against each of their next three opponents beating them by more than 30 points each. They got a home victory over Nebraska and road wins at Texas A&M and second ranked Texas Tech. The Texas Tech win by the Sooners would result in a National Championship controversy as far as the title game match up was concerned. Because Texas Tech upset Texas and a previous loss by Penn State against Iowa, the Sooners were ranked third in the Associated Press Poll and number two in the USA Today Coaches' Poll ahead of Texas. However, Texas would be number two in the BCS followed by Oklahoma at number three. Alabama held unto number one in all polls with an undefeated record.

          By closing out the Oklahoma Sooners football schedule with a win against Oklahoma State and Alabama's loss to Florida the Sooner's became  number two in the Associated Press poll, and number one in both the USA Today Coaches' Poll and the BCS standings. There was a  three way tie between Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas Tech in the Big 12 South Standings Each team suffered one loss at the hands of the other and this caused fans, particularly the Texas fans, to cry foul. The Big 12 tie-breaker was for the team with the highest BCS ranking to play for the Big 12 Title. By beating nineteenth ranked Missouri, wiiner of the Big 12 north division, would assure Oklahoma the number one ranking in both the USA Today Coaches' Poll and the BCS, despite a number two ranking in the Associated Press Poll. Texas would then finish number three in all polls and  be ineligible to play in the National Title game.

          Sam Bradford would win the Heisman Trophy and be named  by the Associated Press as Player of the Year for 2008. On January 8, 2009 the Oklahoma Sooners were defeated 24-14 by the Florida Gators in the BCS Championship game at Dolphins Stadium in Miami. The Gators were named 2008 College National Champions. This was the fourth time that the Sooners played for the National Championship under Coach Stoops. They were defeated three times  in the title game under Stoops.  The previous two losses  were to the USC Trojans and The LSU Tigers. They will start the 2009 season with another tough Oklahoma Sooners football schedule.