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1992 Oklahoma

5–⁠4–⁠2 (3–⁠2–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Gary Gibbs.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1992, game by game: won at Texas Tech 34–9; won vs. Arkansas State 61–0; lost vs. USC 10–20; won vs. Iowa State 17–3; lost vs. Texas 24–34; tied at No. 7 Colorado 24–24; lost at No. 22 Kansas 10–27; won vs. Kansas State 16–14; won vs. Missouri 51–17; tied at Oklahoma State 15–15; lost vs. No. 12 Nebraska 9–33+61−24Won 34–9 at Texas Tech+25Texas TechWon 61–0 vs. Arkansas State+61Arkansas StateLost 10–20 vs. USC-10USCWon 17–3 vs. Iowa State+14Iowa StateLost 24–34 vs. Texas-10TexasTied 24–24 at No. 7 Colorado0No. 7 ColoradoLost 10–27 at No. 22 Kansas-17No. 22 KansasWon 16–14 vs. Kansas State+2Kansas StateWon 51–17 vs. Missouri+34MissouriTied 15–15 at Oklahoma State0Oklahoma StateLost 9–33 vs. No. 12 Nebraska-24No. 12 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atTexas TechW 34–⁠956%
Sep 12vsArkansas StateW 61–⁠092%
Sep 19vsUSCL 10–⁠2078%
Oct 3vsIowa StateW 17–⁠384%
Oct 10vsTexasL 24–⁠3466%
Oct 17at7ColoradoT 24–⁠2429%
Oct 24at22KansasL 10–⁠2743%
Oct 31vsKansas StateW 16–⁠1472%
Nov 7vsMissouriW 51–⁠1783%
Nov 14atOklahoma StateT 15–⁠1570%
Nov 27vs12NebraskaL 9–⁠3345%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 33–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 3: 13
  4. Wk 4: 13
  5. Wk 5: 20
  6. Wk 6: 19
  7. Wk 7: 16
Record
5–⁠4–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
271–⁠196
Coach
Gary Gibbs
Elo
1566 −70 this season
SP+ rating
6.6 No. 39 of 105; offense No. 50, defense No. 35
SRS
5.2 No. 34 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Larry Coker
Defensive coordinator
Tom Hayes
Captains
Reggie Barnes, Cale Gundy, Kenyon Rasheed and Darnell Walker
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 7Darnell Walker DBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 7Joey Mickey TEPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Big Eight

4 second team

Second team

  • Jeff ReslerOLAP-2
  • Reggie BarnesDEAP-2
  • Aubrey BeaversLBAP-2
  • Scott BlantonPlace-kickerAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠314
Colorado5–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠113
Kansas4–⁠38–⁠422
Oklahoma3–⁠2–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Oklahoma State2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠8

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