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1988 Oklahoma

9–⁠3 (6–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Barry Switzer, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1988, game by game: won at North Carolina 28–0; won vs. Arizona 28–10; lost at No. 5 USC 7–23; won vs. Iowa State 35–7; won vs. Texas 28–13; won vs. Kansas State 70–24; won at Colorado 17–14; won vs. Kansas 63–14; won at No. 12 Oklahoma State 31–28; won at Missouri 16–7; lost vs. No. 7 Nebraska 3–7; lost vs. No. 13 Clemson 6–13+49−16Won 28–0 at North Carolina+28North CarolinaWon 28–10 vs. Arizona+18ArizonaLost 7–23 at No. 5 USC-16No. 5 USCWon 35–7 vs. Iowa State+28Iowa StateWon 28–13 vs. Texas+15TexasWon 70–24 vs. Kansas State+46Kansas StateWon 17–14 at Colorado+3ColoradoWon 63–14 vs. Kansas+49KansasWon 31–28 at No. 12 Oklahoma State+3No. 12 Oklahoma StateWon 16–7 at Missouri+9MissouriLost 3–7 vs. No. 7 Nebraska-4No. 7 NebraskaLost 6–13 vs. No. 13 Clemson-7No. 13 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atNorth CarolinaW 28–⁠073%
Sep 17vsArizonaW 28–⁠1075%
Sep 24at5USCL 7–⁠2357%
Oct 1vsIowa StateW 35–⁠789%
Oct 8vsTexasW 28–⁠1373%
Oct 15vsKansas StateW 70–⁠2496%
Oct 22atColoradoW 17–⁠1462%
Oct 29vsKansasW 63–⁠1496%
Nov 5at12Oklahoma StateW 31–⁠2852%
Nov 12atMissouriW 16–⁠786%
Nov 19vs7NebraskaL 3–⁠757%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs13ClemsonCitrus BowlL 6–⁠1354%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 13–⁠6 in the Citrus Bowl; No. 14 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 1988.

Consensus All-AmericanAnthony Phillips, OG

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 3
Points
332–⁠160
Coach
Barry Switzer
Elo
1719 +10 this season
SP+ rating
19.9 No. 14 of 102; offense No. 26, defense No. 8
SRS
15.9 No. 14 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jim Donnan
Defensive coordinator
Gary Gibbs
Captains
Scott Garl, Jamelle Holieway, Anthony Phillips and Anthony Stafford
Offense
Wishbone
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 6Anthony Stafford WRDenver Broncos
Rd 6Eric Mitchel RBNew England Patriots

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mike GaddisRBAP-2
  • Terron ManningOTAP-2
  • Curtice WilliamsDLAP-2
  • Tony WoodsDLAP-2
  • Todd ThomsenPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠210
Oklahoma6–⁠19–⁠314
Oklahoma State5–⁠210–⁠211
Colorado4–⁠38–⁠4
Iowa State3–⁠45–⁠6
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas1–⁠61–⁠10
Kansas State0–⁠70–⁠11

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