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1998 Oklahoma

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Big 12), coached by John Blake.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1998, game by game: won vs. North Texas 37–9; won at TCU 10–9; lost vs. California 12–13; lost vs. No. 15 Colorado 25–27; lost vs. Texas 3–34; lost at No. 20 Missouri 6–20; lost at Oklahoma State 26–41; won vs. Iowa State 17–14; lost at No. 7 Texas A&M 0–29; won at Baylor 28–16; won vs. Texas Tech 20–17+28−31Won 37–9 vs. North Texas+28North TexasWon 10–9 at TCU+1TCULost 12–13 vs. California-1CaliforniaLost 25–27 vs. No. 15 Colorado-2No. 15 ColoradoLost 3–34 vs. Texas-31TexasLost 6–20 at No. 20 Missouri-14No. 20 MissouriLost 26–41 at Oklahoma State-15Oklahoma StateWon 17–14 vs. Iowa State+3Iowa StateLost 0–29 at No. 7 Texas A&M-29No. 7 Texas A&MWon 28–16 at Baylor+12BaylorWon 20–17 vs. Texas Tech+3Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsNorth TexasW 37–⁠966%
Sep 12atTCUW 10–⁠954%
Sep 19vsCaliforniaL 12–⁠1362%
Oct 3vs15ColoradoL 25–⁠2735%
Oct 10vsTexasL 3–⁠3441%
Oct 17at20MissouriL 6–⁠2025%
Oct 24atOklahoma StateL 26–⁠4131%
Oct 31vsIowa StateW 17–⁠1463%
Nov 7at7Texas A&ML 0–⁠2912%
Nov 14atBaylorW 28–⁠1648%
Nov 21vsTexas TechW 20–⁠1735%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas Tech 20–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

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 1998.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 8th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked
Points
184–⁠229
Coach
John Blake
Elo
1461 +4 this season
SP+ rating
-1.1 No. 62 of 112; offense No. 101, defense No. 20
SRS
1.4 No. 50 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Joe Dickinson
Defensive coordinator
Rex Ryan
Offense
Spread
Defense
3–⁠4 or 4–⁠3

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 2Jermaine Fazande RBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 5De’Mond Parker RBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 6Kelly Gregg DTCincinnati Bengals

All-Big 12

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1998 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1998 Big 12 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas State8–⁠011–⁠210
Texas A&M7–⁠111–⁠311
Texas6–⁠29–⁠315
Nebraska5–⁠39–⁠419
Missouri5–⁠38–⁠421
Colorado4–⁠48–⁠4
Texas Tech4–⁠47–⁠5
Oklahoma3–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State3–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas1–⁠74–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠73–⁠8
Baylor1–⁠72–⁠9

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