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1995 Oklahoma

5–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Howard Schnellenberger.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1995, game by game: won vs. San Diego State 38–22; won vs. SMU 24–10; won vs. North Texas 51–10; lost vs. No. 4 Colorado 17–38; won at Iowa State 39–26; tied vs. No. 18 Texas 24–24; lost vs. No. 7 Kansas 17–38; won at Missouri 13–9; lost at No. 9 Kansas State 10–49; lost vs. Oklahoma State 0–12; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 0–37+41−39Won 38–22 vs. San Diego State+16San Diego StateWon 24–10 vs. SMU+14SMUWon 51–10 vs. North Texas+41North TexasLost 17–38 vs. No. 4 Colorado-21No. 4 ColoradoWon 39–26 at Iowa State+13Iowa StateTied 24–24 vs. No. 18 Texas0No. 18 TexasLost 17–38 vs. No. 7 Kansas-21No. 7 KansasWon 13–9 at Missouri+4MissouriLost 10–49 at No. 9 Kansas State-39No. 9 Kansas StateLost 0–12 vs. Oklahoma State-12Oklahoma StateLost 0–37 at No. 1 Nebraska-37No. 1 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsSan Diego StateW 38–⁠2263%
Sep 16vsSMUW 24–⁠1081%
Sep 23vsNorth TexasW 51–⁠1088%
Sep 30vs4ColoradoL 17–⁠3832%
Oct 7atIowa StateW 39–⁠2666%
Oct 14vs18TexasT 24–⁠2443%
Oct 21vs7KansasL 17–⁠3849%
Oct 28atMissouriW 13–⁠963%
Nov 4at9Kansas StateL 10–⁠4926%
Nov 11vsOklahoma StateL 0–⁠1279%
Nov 24at1NebraskaL 0–⁠378%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 37–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 112th-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: 16
  3. Wk 3: 14
  4. Wk 4: 14
  5. Wk 5: 10
  6. Wk 6: 10
  7. Wk 7: 14
  8. Wk 8: 13
  9. Wk 9: 15
  10. Wk 10: 23
  11. Wk 11: 25

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 1995.

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
233–⁠275
Coach
Howard Schnellenberger
Elo
1477 −49 this season
SP+ rating
1.5 No. 55 of 107; offense No. 63, defense No. 55
SRS
−1.1 No. 62 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gary Nord
Defensive coordinator
Kurt Van Valkenburgh
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 1Cedric Jones DENew York Giants
Rd 3Jerald Moore RBSt. Louis Rams
Rd 4Darrius Johnson DBDenver Broncos
Rd 5Harry Stamps OTArizona Cardinals
Rd 6Wendell Davis DBDallas Cowboys
Rd 7J.R. Conrad OTNew England Patriots

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠012–⁠01
Kansas5–⁠210–⁠29
Kansas State5–⁠210–⁠27
Colorado5–⁠210–⁠25
Oklahoma2–⁠55–⁠5–⁠1
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠8
Iowa State1–⁠63–⁠8
Missouri1–⁠63–⁠8

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