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1993 Oklahoma

9–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Big Eight), coached by Gary Gibbs, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1993, game by game: won at TCU 35–3; won vs. No. 5 Texas A&M 44–14; won vs. Tulsa 41–20; won at Iowa State 24–7; won vs. Texas 38–17; lost vs. No. 20 Colorado 10–27; won vs. Kansas 38–23; lost at No. 25 Kansas State 7–21; won at Missouri 42–23; won vs. Oklahoma State 31–0; lost at No. 2 Nebraska 7–21; won vs. Texas Tech 41–10+32−17Won 35–3 at TCU+32TCUWon 44–14 vs. No. 5 Texas A&M+30No. 5 Texas A&MWon 41–20 vs. Tulsa+21TulsaWon 24–7 at Iowa State+17Iowa StateWon 38–17 vs. Texas+21TexasLost 10–27 vs. No. 20 Colorado-17No. 20 ColoradoWon 38–23 vs. Kansas+15KansasLost 7–21 at No. 25 Kansas State-14No. 25 Kansas StateWon 42–23 at Missouri+19MissouriWon 31–0 vs. Oklahoma State+31Oklahoma StateLost 7–21 at No. 2 Nebraska-14No. 2 NebraskaWon 41–10 vs. Texas Tech+31Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atTCUW 35–⁠358%
Sep 11vs5Texas A&MW 44–⁠1444%
Sep 25vsTulsaW 41–⁠2077%
Oct 2atIowa StateW 24–⁠771%
Oct 9vsTexasW 38–⁠1767%
Oct 16vs20ColoradoL 10–⁠2760%
Oct 23vsKansasW 38–⁠2373%
Oct 30at25Kansas StateL 7–⁠2158%
Nov 6atMissouriW 42–⁠2363%
Nov 13vsOklahoma StateW 31–⁠085%
Nov 26at2NebraskaL 7–⁠2129%
Dec 24Bowls & playoffvsTexas TechJohn Hancock BowlW 41–⁠1057%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas Tech 41–⁠10 in the John Hancock Bowl; No. 17 in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 62nd-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: 21
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 4: 12
  5. Wk 5: 10
  6. Wk 6: 10
  7. Wk 7: 10
  8. Wk 8: 9
  9. Wk 9: 17
  10. Wk 10: 14
  11. Wk 11: 20
  12. Wk 12: 17
  13. Wk 13: 15
  14. Wk 14: 16
  15. Wk 15: 19
  16. Wk 16: 19
  17. 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 1993.

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Big Eight
AP final
No. 17 peak No. 9
Points
358–⁠186
Coach
Gary Gibbs
Elo
1651 +107 this season
SP+ rating
23.2 No. 9 of 105; offense No. 21, defense No. 8
SRS
20.8 No. 7 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Watson Brown
Defensive coordinator
Tom Hayes
Captains
Aubrey Beavers, Mike Coats, Cale Gundy and Corey Warren
Offense
Multiple
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 2Aubrey Beavers LBMiami Dolphins
Rd 6Rickey Brady TELos Angeles Rams

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠13
Colorado5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠116
Kansas State4–⁠2–⁠19–⁠2–⁠120
Oklahoma4–⁠39–⁠317
Kansas3–⁠45–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa State2–⁠53–⁠8
Oklahoma State0–⁠73–⁠8

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