1996 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1996 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Big 12
Division	South
1996 record	3–8 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	John Blake (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Dick Winder (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Young (1st year)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,004)

1996 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
#6 Nebraska x%		8	–	0		11	–	2
#8 Colorado		7	–	1		10	–	2
#17 Kansas State		6	–	2		9	–	3
Missouri		3	–	5		5	–	6
Kansas		2	–	6		4	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7		2	–	9
Southern Division
#23 Texas x$		6	–	2		8	–	5
Texas Tech		5	–	3		7	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	4		6	–	6
Oklahoma		3	–	5		3	–	8
Oklahoma State		2	–	6		5	–	6
Baylor		1	–	7		4	–	7
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
† – Bowl Alliance representative as champion ‡ – Bowl Alliance at-large representative x – Division champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and participated as members of the newly formed Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They were coached by John Blake.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	2:30 PM	TCU*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	ABC	L 7–20	65,569
September 21	10:05 PM	at San Diego State*	Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego	KWTV	L 31–51	34,812
September 28	1:30 PM	Tulsa*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma		L 24–31	68,384
October 5	11:30 AM	Kansas	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	FSN	L 24–52	64,333
October 12	2:30 PM	vs. No. 25 Texas	Cotton Bowl • Dallas (Red River Shootout)	ABC	W 30–27 ^OT	75,587
October 19	6:00 PM	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, Texas		W 28–24	35,712
October 26	1:10 PM	at No. 16 Kansas State	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas		L 35–42	43,815
November 2	11:00 AM	No. 5 Nebraska	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma (Rivalry)	ABC	L 21–73	75,004
November 9	11:30 AM	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series)	FSN	W 27–17	51,416
November 16	2:30 PM	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, Texas	ABC	L 16–33	66,161
November 23	2:30 PM	Texas Tech	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	ABC	L 12–22	61,217
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

↑ "1990s". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
↑ SoonerSports.com. Retrieved January 24, 2012

Oklahoma Sooners football

Venues	Boyd Field (1905–23) Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923–present) Barry Switzer Center

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe) Nebraska Oklahoma State: Bedlam Series Texas: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat)

Culture & lore	Championships T formation Wishbone formation Oklahoma drill Sooner Schooner Boomer and Sooner "Boomer Sooner" Marching band The Kick The Oklahoma Heismen Play Like a Champion Today

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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