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1999 Oklahoma

7–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Big 12), coached by Bob Stoops.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1999, game by game: won vs. Indiana State 49–0; won vs. Baylor 41–10; won at Louisville 42–21; lost at Notre Dame 30–34; lost vs. No. 23 Texas 28–38; won vs. No. 13 Texas A&M 51–6; lost at Colorado 24–38; won vs. Missouri 37–0; won at Iowa State 31–10; lost at Texas Tech 28–38; won vs. Oklahoma State 44–7; lost vs. Ole Miss 25–27+49−14Won 49–0 vs. Indiana State+49Indiana StateWon 41–10 vs. Baylor+31BaylorWon 42–21 at Louisville+21LouisvilleLost 30–34 at Notre Dame-4Notre DameLost 28–38 vs. No. 23 Texas-10No. 23 TexasWon 51–6 vs. No. 13 Texas A&M+45No. 13 Texas A&MLost 24–38 at Colorado-14ColoradoWon 37–0 vs. Missouri+37MissouriWon 31–10 at Iowa State+21Iowa StateLost 28–38 at Texas Tech-10Texas TechWon 44–7 vs. Oklahoma State+37Oklahoma StateLost 25–27 vs. Ole Miss-2Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsIndiana StateW 49–⁠082%
Sep 18vsBaylorW 41–⁠1073%
Sep 25atLouisvilleW 42–⁠2141%
Oct 2atNotre DameL 30–⁠3440%
Oct 9vs23TexasL 28–⁠3839%
Oct 23vs13Texas A&MW 51–⁠633%
Oct 30atColoradoL 24–⁠3844%
Nov 6vsMissouriW 37–⁠059%
Nov 13atIowa StateW 31–⁠1061%
Nov 20atTexas TechL 28–⁠3854%
Nov 27vsOklahoma StateW 44–⁠763%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsOle MissIndependence BowlL 25–⁠2750%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 27–⁠25 in the Independence Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 23
  2. Wk 10: 24

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 1999.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 4th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
430–⁠229
Coach
Bob Stoops
Elo
1582 +108 this season
SP+ rating
18.3 No. 15 of 114; offense No. 11, defense No. 35
SRS
15.5 No. 13 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Leach
Defensive coordinators
Mike Stoops and Brent Venables
Captains
Cornelius Burton, Josh Heupel, Matt O’Neal, Rodney Rideau and Mike Thornton
Offense
Air raid
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 1Stockar McDougle OTDetroit Lions
Rd 2William Bartee DBKansas City Chiefs

All-Big 12

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1999 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1999 Big 12 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠112–⁠13
Kansas State7–⁠111–⁠16
Texas6–⁠29–⁠521
Texas A&M5–⁠38–⁠423
Colorado5–⁠37–⁠5
Oklahoma5–⁠37–⁠5
Texas Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas3–⁠55–⁠7
Missouri1–⁠74–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠74–⁠7
Baylor0–⁠81–⁠10

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