2020 Oklahoma Sooners football team


The 2020 Oklahoma Sooners football team will represent the University of Oklahoma in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 126th season for the Oklahoma Sooners. The team will be led by Lincoln Riley, in his fourth year as head coach. They will play their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference.

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

Offseason

Position key

Offseason departures

Recruiting

Transfers

Outgoing
NameNo.Pos.HeightWeightYearHometownNew school
Trey Sermon#4RB6'0224JuniorMarietta, GeorgiaOhio State
JaquayIn Crawford#17WR5'10175RS FreshmanRockdale, TexasArkansas
Mykel Jones#3WR5'11191RS JuniorPatterson, LouisianaTulane
Michael Thompson#71OL6'2253RS FreshmanSt. Louis, Missouri
Mark Jackson Jr.#42LB6'1238SeniorCibolo, TexasTCU
Troy James#94DL6'1286RS SophomoreBaton Rouge, LouisianaPrairie View A&M
Levi Draper#30LB6'1245RS SophomoreCollinsville, OklahomaArkansas
Jonathan Perkins#29LB6'0214FreshmanSan Bernardino, California
Jordan Parker#1DB5'11180RS JuniorPittsburg, California
Ryan Jones#21LB6'2236RS SophomoreCharlotte, North CarolinaEast Carolina
Ty DeArman#27S5'11191FreshmanArlington, TexasSMU
Starrland Baldwin#12CB5'11161SophomoreHouston, Texas
Miguel Edwards#16DB5'11173SophomoreDeerfield Beach, Florida

Incoming
NameNo.Pos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrev. school
Theo Howard#2WR6'0182RS SeniorWestlake Village, CaliforniaUCLA
Obi Obialo--WR6'3214SeniorCoppell, TexasMarshall
Cason Grant#83WR5'11180RS SophomoreAbilene, TexasMississippi State
Chris Murray--OG6'2298JuniorPalmdale, CaliforniaUCLA

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

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Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Big 12 media days

The Big 12 media days will be held July, 2020 in Frisco, Texas.
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, because of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

Regular season

Oklahoma announced its 2020 football schedule on October 22, 2019, The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Sooners will host 2 non-conference games against Missouri State and Tennessee, and will travel to Army. Oklahoma will host Baylor, Oklahoma State in the Bedlam Series, 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 Cotton Bowl Stadium on October 10 in the Red River Showdown, the 115th game played in the series.
The Sooners had a game scheduled against Tennessee, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Game summaries

vs. Missouri State

First meetingFirst meetingFirst meeting

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at Army

3–12018W, 28–21

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vs. Baylor

27–32019W, 30–23

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vs. Texas

48–62–52019W, 34–27

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at Iowa State

76–6–22019W, 42–41

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vs. Oklahoma State

89–18–72019W, 34–16

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at TCU

15–52019W, 28–24

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at West Virginia

10–22019W, 52–14

StatisticsOKLAWVU
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vs. Kansas State

76–20–42019L, 41–48

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vs. Kansas

77–27–62019W, 45–20

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at Texas Tech

21–62019W, 52–13

StatisticsOKLATTU
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Passing: Comp–Att–Int
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Statistics

Scoring

Scores by quarter (non-conference opponents)

Scores by quarter (Big 12 opponents)

Scores by quarter (All opponents)

Rankings

Awards and honors

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Postseason

Bowl game