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1982 Oklahoma

8–⁠4 (6–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Barry Switzer, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1982, game by game: lost vs. West Virginia 27–41; won at Kentucky 29–8; lost vs. No. 18 USC 0–12; won at Iowa State 13–3; won vs. No. 13 Texas 28–22; won at Kansas 38–14; won vs. Oklahoma State 27–9; won at Colorado 45–10; won vs. Kansas State 24–10; won vs. Missouri 41–14; lost at No. 3 Nebraska 24–28; lost vs. No. 11 Arizona State 21–32+35−14Lost 27–41 vs. West Virginia-14West VirginiaWon 29–8 at Kentucky+21KentuckyLost 0–12 vs. No. 18 USC-12No. 18 USCWon 13–3 at Iowa State+10Iowa StateWon 28–22 vs. No. 13 Texas+6No. 13 TexasWon 38–14 at Kansas+24KansasWon 27–9 vs. Oklahoma State+18Oklahoma StateWon 45–10 at Colorado+35ColoradoWon 24–10 vs. Kansas State+14Kansas StateWon 41–14 vs. Missouri+27MissouriLost 24–28 at No. 3 Nebraska-4No. 3 NebraskaLost 21–32 vs. No. 11 Arizona State-11No. 11 Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsWest VirginiaL 27–⁠4163%
Sep 18atKentuckyW 29–⁠866%
Sep 25vs18USCL 0–⁠1257%
Oct 2atIowa StateW 13–⁠351%
Oct 9vs13TexasW 28–⁠2240%
Oct 16atKansasW 38–⁠1461%
Oct 23vsOklahoma StateW 27–⁠979%
Oct 30atColoradoW 45–⁠1082%
Nov 6vsKansas StateW 24–⁠1079%
Nov 13vsMissouriW 41–⁠1475%
Nov 26at3NebraskaL 24–⁠2832%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs11Arizona StateFiesta BowlL 21–⁠3253%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona State 32–⁠21 in the Fiesta Bowl; No. 16 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 8: 20
  4. Wk 9: 17
  5. Wk 10: 14
  6. Wk 11: 15
  7. Wk 12: 14
  8. Wk 13: 11
  9. Wk 14: 14
  10. Wk 15: 12
  11. Final: 16

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1982.

Led the nationMarcus Dupree: yards per carry (7.8)

Consensus All-AmericanRick Bryan, DT

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 9
Points
317–⁠203
Coach
Barry Switzer
Elo
1667 +39 this season
SP+ rating
19.9 No. 12 of 109; offense No. 19, defense No. 15
SRS
15.7 No. 18 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Galen Hall
Defensive coordinator
Gary Gibbs
Offense
Wishbone
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 6Steve Haworth DBHouston Oilers
Rd 7Weldon Ledbetter RBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Big Eight

6 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Stanley WilsonRBAP-2
  • Fred SimsRBAP-2
  • Chuck ThomasCAP-2
  • Keith StanberryDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠012–⁠13
Oklahoma6–⁠18–⁠416
Oklahoma State3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Kansas State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Missouri2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Iowa State1–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠2
Colorado1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.