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1990 Oklahoma

8–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Gary Gibbs, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1990, game by game: won at No. 19 UCLA 34–14; won vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh 52–10; won vs. Tulsa 52–10; won vs. Kansas 31–17; won at Oklahoma State 31–17; lost vs. Texas 13–14; lost vs. Iowa State 31–33; lost at No. 10 Colorado 23–32; won at Missouri 55–10; won vs. Kansas State 34–7; won vs. No. 10 Nebraska 45–10+45−9Won 34–14 at No. 19 UCLA+20No. 19 UCLAWon 52–10 vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh+42No. 13 PittsburghWon 52–10 vs. Tulsa+42TulsaWon 31–17 vs. Kansas+14KansasWon 31–17 at Oklahoma State+14Oklahoma StateLost 13–14 vs. Texas-1TexasLost 31–33 vs. Iowa State-2Iowa StateLost 23–32 at No. 10 Colorado-9No. 10 ColoradoWon 55–10 at Missouri+45MissouriWon 34–7 vs. Kansas State+27Kansas StateWon 45–10 vs. No. 10 Nebraska+35No. 10 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8at19UCLAW 34–⁠1450%
Sep 15vs13PittsburghW 52–⁠1059%
Sep 22vsTulsaW 52–⁠1080%
Sep 29vsKansasW 31–⁠1787%
Oct 6atOklahoma StateW 31–⁠1769%
Oct 13vsTexasL 13–⁠1472%
Oct 20vsIowa StateL 31–⁠3380%
Oct 27at10ColoradoL 23–⁠3234%
Nov 3atMissouriW 55–⁠1071%
Nov 10vsKansas StateW 34–⁠787%
Nov 23vs10NebraskaW 45–⁠1049%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Nebraska 45–⁠10; No. 17 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 22
  2. Wk 2: 23
  3. Wk 3: 14
  4. Wk 4: 11
  5. Wk 5: 9
  6. Wk 6: 7
  7. Wk 7: 4
  8. Wk 8: 16
  9. Wk 9: 22
  10. Wk 14: 22
  11. Wk 15: 20
  12. Final: 17

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 1990.

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
No. 17 peak No. 4
Points
401–⁠174
Coach
Gary Gibbs
Elo
1699 +115 this season
SP+ rating
22.7 No. 9 of 104; offense No. 10, defense No. 25
SRS
22.4 No. 4 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Larry Coker
Defensive coordinator
Charlie Sadler
Captains
Scott Evans, Larry Medice, Mike Sawatzky and Chris Wilson
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 4Adrian Cooper TEPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 5James Goode LBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 7Frank Blevins LBGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Scott EvansDLAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado7–⁠011–⁠1–⁠11
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠324
Oklahoma5–⁠28–⁠317
Iowa State2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠54–⁠7

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