2020 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 2020 Oklahoma Sooners football team will represent the University of Oklahoma in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 126th season for the Oklahoma Sooners. The team will be led by Lincoln Riley, in his fourth year as head coach. They will play their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season
The Sooners finished the 2019 season 12–1, 8–1 in Big 12 play. Tied for the best record in conference play, the Sooners clinched a berth in the conference championship game where they defeated Baylor 30–23 in overtime to win their 13th Big 12 Championship. Oklahoma was selected as the fourth seed to play in the 2019 College Football playoff against first seed LSU in the 2019 Peach Bowl, where they lost 28–63.Offseason
Position key
Offseason departures
Recruiting
Transfers
OutgoingName | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | New school |
Trey Sermon | #4 | RB | 6'0 | 224 | Junior | Marietta, Georgia | Ohio State |
JaquayIn Crawford | #17 | WR | 5'10 | 175 | RS Freshman | Rockdale, Texas | Arkansas |
Mykel Jones | #3 | WR | 5'11 | 191 | RS Junior | Patterson, Louisiana | Tulane |
Michael Thompson | #71 | OL | 6'2 | 253 | RS Freshman | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Mark Jackson Jr. | #42 | LB | 6'1 | 238 | Senior | Cibolo, Texas | TCU |
Troy James | #94 | DL | 6'1 | 286 | RS Sophomore | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Prairie View A&M |
Levi Draper | #30 | LB | 6'1 | 245 | RS Sophomore | Collinsville, Oklahoma | Arkansas |
Jonathan Perkins | #29 | LB | 6'0 | 214 | Freshman | San Bernardino, California | |
Jordan Parker | #1 | DB | 5'11 | 180 | RS Junior | Pittsburg, California | |
Ryan Jones | #21 | LB | 6'2 | 236 | RS Sophomore | Charlotte, North Carolina | East Carolina |
Ty DeArman | #27 | S | 5'11 | 191 | Freshman | Arlington, Texas | SMU |
Starrland Baldwin | #12 | CB | 5'11 | 161 | Sophomore | Houston, Texas | |
Miguel Edwards | #16 | DB | 5'11 | 173 | Sophomore | Deerfield Beach, Florida |
Incoming
Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Prev. school |
Theo Howard | #2 | WR | 6'0 | 182 | RS Senior | Westlake Village, California | UCLA |
Obi Obialo | -- | WR | 6'3 | 214 | Senior | Coppell, Texas | Marshall |
Cason Grant | #83 | WR | 5'11 | 180 | RS Sophomore | Abilene, Texas | Mississippi State |
Chris Murray | -- | OG | 6'2 | 298 | Junior | Palmdale, California | UCLA |
Returning starters
2020 NFL Draft
NFL Combine
The official list of participants for the 2020 NFL Combine included Oklahoma football players : -Team players drafted into the NFL
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Team |
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Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were releasedBig 12 media days
The Big 12 media days will be held July, 2020 in Frisco, Texas.Big 12 media poll |
Preseason awards
2020 Preseason All-Big 12Personnel
Roster
Coaching staff
Depth chart
Schedule
Spring Game
The 2020 Oklahoma Spring Game was set to take place on April 18, 2020, but was canceled on March 18, 2020, because of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.Regular season
Oklahoma announced its 2020 football schedule on October 22, 2019, The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Sooners will host 2 non-conference games against Missouri State and Tennessee, and will travel to Army. Oklahoma will host Baylor, Oklahoma State in the Bedlam Series, Kansas, Kansas State and travel to Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, and West Virginia in regular season conference play. Oklahoma will play Texas in Dallas, Texas at the Cotton Bowl Stadium on October 10 in the Red River Showdown, the 115th game played in the series.The Sooners had a game scheduled against Tennessee, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Game summaries
vs. Missouri State
First meeting | First meeting | First meeting |
Statistics | MOST | OKLA |
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at Army
3–1 | 2018 | W, 28–21 |
Statistics | OKLA | ARMY |
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vs. Baylor
27–3 | 2019 | W, 30–23 |
Statistics | BAY | OKLA |
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Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
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vs. Texas
48–62–5 | 2019 | W, 34–27 |
Statistics | TEX | OKLA |
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Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
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at Iowa State
76–6–2 | 2019 | W, 42–41 |
Statistics | OKLA | ISU |
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Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
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vs. Oklahoma State
89–18–7 | 2019 | W, 34–16 |
Statistics | OKST | OKLA |
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Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
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at TCU
15–5 | 2019 | W, 28–24 |
Statistics | OKLA | TCU |
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Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
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at West Virginia
10–2 | 2019 | W, 52–14 |
Statistics | OKLA | WVU |
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Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
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vs. Kansas State
76–20–4 | 2019 | L, 41–48 |
Statistics | KSU | OKLA |
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Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
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vs. Kansas
77–27–6 | 2019 | W, 45–20 |
Statistics | KAN | OKLA |
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Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
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at Texas Tech
21–6 | 2019 | W, 52–13 |
Statistics | OKLA | TTU |
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Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
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Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
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Statistics
Scoring
Scores by quarter (non-conference opponents)
Scores by quarter (Big 12 opponents)
Scores by quarter (All opponents)
Rankings
Awards and honors
Player | Position | Date | Ref. |
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