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The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma (variously "Oklahoma" or "OU"). The Oklahoma Sooners are a perennial powerhouse. As of 2008, ESPN ranked the Oklahoma Sooners as the most prestigious college football program since 1936. The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The program began in 1895 and is the most successful program of the modern era (post World War II) with 524 wins and a winning percentage of .761 since 1945. The program has seven national championships, 42 conference championships, 144 All-Americans, and five Heisman Trophy winners. In addition, the school has had five coaches and 17 players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and holds the record for the longest winning streak in Division I-FBS history with 47 straight victories. The team is currently coached by Bob Stoops and home games are played at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma.

Championships

Main article: List of Oklahoma Sooners football championships

The Oklahoma Sooners have been a dominant program in every conference they have participated in, from the Southwest Conference to the Big 12 Conference. The team has captured 42 conference titles, including 14 in a row between 1946–59, and the seven national championships: 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000. In addition to the seven acknowledged national championships, there are also nine additional years in which the NCAA's official record book recognizes the Sooners as national champions: 1949, 1953, 1957, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1986, 2003.

On July 15, 2007, Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman (celebrating 100 years of Oklahoma statehood) named the 2000 Oklahoma national title victory against the Florida State Seminoles as the greatest sports event in state history.

Stadium

The Sooners play their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The stadium was formerly called Oklahoma Memorial Stadium but the administration decided to add 'Gaylord Family' to recognize the contributions made by Edward K. Gaylord and his family over the years (estimated at over US$50 million). The playing surface is called Owen Field after Bennie Owen, Oklahoma's coach from 1905 to 1926. The stadium was built in 1923 with an original capacity of 500. In 1925, 16,000 seats were added and 16,000 more seats were added in 1929 bringing the total capacity to 32,000. The stadium has had a natural grass playing surface for most of its existence. The only time it had an artificial turf was from 1970 to 1994. The stadium had a major renovation in 2003 when a new upper deck was added to the east side of the stadium, adding over 8,400 new seats. The current capacity is 82,112 which makes it the 14th largest college stadium in the U.S. and second largest in the Big 12 Conference. Despite the official capacity, the Sooners average 84,561 in attendance for the 2006 season, nearly 2,500 over capacity.

Pageantry

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All-Americans

Main article: List of Oklahoma Sooners football All-Americans

Every year, several publications release lists of the their ideal "team." The athletes on these lists are referred to as All-Americans. The NCAA recognizes five All-American lists. They are the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News, and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Some of these also have levels such as a first team All-American, or second team, or third team. A consensus All-American is determined using a point system; three points if the player was selected for the first team, two points for the second team, and one point for the third team. Oklahoma has had 148 All-Americans (65 consensus) in its history.

Notes

^ Cripe, Chadd (December 17, 2006). "Football is a way of life for OU and its fans". Idaho Statesman. http://www.idahostatesman.com/104/story/64105.html. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
^ "OU No. 1 Program of the Modern Era". SoonerSports.com. http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/m-footbl-no1-program-modern-era.html. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
^ "Hall of Famers". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?school=Oklahoma&sortby=school. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Keith, Harold (September 1942). "Football Ups and Downs". Sooner Magazine. pp. 12–13, 54. http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/sooner/articles/p12-13,54_1942v15n1_OCR.pdf.
^ Burr, Carol (Fall 1998). "If you think football is just a kids' game, you didn't attend the University of Oklahoma" (PDF). Sooner Magazine. p. Inside front cover. http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/sooner/articles/prologue_1998v19n1_OCR.pdf.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Football Coaches". SoonerStats.com. http://soonerstats.com/football/coaches/ou/index.cfm. Retrieved on 2006-08-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c Clark, J. Brent (1995). Sooner Century: 100 Glorious Years of Oklahoma Football. Quality Sports Publications. ISBN 1-885758-04-9.
^ Keith, Harold (July 1946). "Sooner Sports" (PDF). Sooner Magazine. p. 12–13. http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/sooner/articles/p12-14_1946v18n11_OCR.pdf. Retrieved on 2006-09-08.

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