2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team


The 2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 122nd season of Sooner football. The team was led by two-time Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award winner, Bob Stoops, in his 18th season as head coach. They played their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference.
Conference play began on October 1, 2016, with a 52–46 win against TCU in Fort Worth, Texas and ended with a 38–20 win against Oklahoma State on December 3, 2016, in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma finished conference play with a 9–0 record winning their eleventh Big 12 Championship and second consecutive championship in a row.
Oklahoma by winning the conference was invited to play in the 2017 Sugar Bowl against the Auburn Tigers which they won 35–19. Oklahoma finished the season with an 11–2 record.

Previous season and offseason

The 2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team finished the regular season with an 11–1 record winning their ninth Big 12 Championship. Their only regular-season loss was against Texas in the Red River Showdown. Oklahoma became bowl eligible after defeating Texas Tech on October 24, 2015. Oklahoma was selected as the fourth seed to play in the 2015 College Football playoff against first seed Clemson in the Orange Bowl, which ended up being a 37-17 loss. Oklahoma finished the season 11–2.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Schedule

Oklahoma announced their 2016 football schedule on November 24, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home games, 4 away games and 2 neutral-site games in the regular season. The Sooners will host two non-conference games against Louisiana–Monroe and Ohio State and travel to Houston, Texas to play Houston in NRG Stadium, a non-conference game at a neutral site. Oklahoma will host Kansas State, Kansas, Baylor and Oklahoma State, and travel to TCU, Texas Tech, Iowa State and West Virginia in regular conference play. Oklahoma will play the Texas Longhorns in Dallas, Texas at the Cotton Bowl stadium on October 8 for the Red River Showdown, the 111th game played of the series.

Game summaries

Houston

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02004W 63–13

Louisiana–Monroe

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–02013W 34–0

Ohio State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–11983L 14–24

Kickoff was delayed from the original start time of 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. due to lightning and thunderstorms in the vicinity of the University of Oklahoma.

TCU

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–52015W 30–29

Texas

Overall recordLast meetingResult
44–612015L 17–24

Kansas State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
73–19–42015W 55–0

Texas Tech

Overall recordLast meetingResult
17–62015W 63–27

Kansas

Overall recordLast meetingResult
73–27–62015W 62–7

Iowa State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
73–5–22015W 52–16

Baylor

Overall recordLast meetingResult
22–32015W 44–34

West Virginia

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–22015W 44–24

Oklahoma State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
85–18–72015W 58–23

Auburn (Sugar Bowl)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–01972W 40–22

Rankings

2017 NFL Draft

The 2017 NFL Draft was held in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia on April 27–29, 2017. The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as free agents following the draft.
PlayerPositionRoundOverall PickNFL Team
Joe MixonRB2nd48Cincinnati Bengals
Dede WestbrookWR4th110Jacksonville Jaguars
Samaje PerineRB4th114Washington Redskins
Jordan EvansLB6th193Cincinnati Bengals
Ahmad ThomasSUndraftedOakland Raiders
Jordan WadeDTUndraftedOakland Raiders
Charles WalkerDTUndraftedNew Orleans Saints
Geno LewisWRUndraftedCincinnati Bengals