Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Conference
  
Big 12 Conference

Coaches
  
No. 1

2000 record
  
13–0 (8–0 Big XII)

Division
  
South

AP
  
No. 1

Head coach
  
Bob Stoops (2nd year)

The 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season, the 106th season of Sooner football. The team was led by Bob Stoops in his second season as head coach. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. During this season, they competed in the Big 12 Conference.

Contents

The Sooners opened the season ranked #19, the first time they had made it into a pre-season poll in five years. Conference play began with a win over the Kansas Jayhawks at home on September 30, and ended with a win over the Kansas State Wildcats in the Big 12 Championship Game on December 2. The Sooners finished the regular season 12–0 (9–0 in Big 12, including conference championship game), while winning their first Big 12 title and their 37th conference title overall. They were invited to the 2001 Orange Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game that year, where they beat the Florida State Seminoles by a score of 13-2. This is Oklahoma's seventh claimed and most recent national championship.

Following the season, Torrance Marshall was selected in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft, along with Josh Heupel in the sixth.

Recruits

Source:

All-Americans

  • Rocky Calmus – LB
  • Josh Heupel – QB
  • J. T. Thatcher – FS
  • Source:

    Individual award winners

  • Josh Heupel – Walter Camp Award
  • J. T. Thatcher – Mosi Tatupu Award
  • Source:

    2001 NFL Draft

    The 2001 NFL Draft was held on April 21–22, 2001 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.

    References

    2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team Wikipedia