| Year: | 2019 |
| Team: | Oklahoma Sooners |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 12 |
| Coachrank: | 6 |
| Aprank: | 7 |
| Record: | 12–2 |
| Conf Record: | 8–1 |
| Head Coach: | Lincoln Riley |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Cooff Coach1: | Cale Gundy |
| Cooc1 Year: | 3rd |
| Cooff Coach2: | Bill Bedenbaugh |
| Cooc2 Year: | 3rd |
| Off Scheme: | Air raid |
| Def Coach: | Alex Grinch |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Def Scheme: | 3–4 |
| Stadium: | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium |
| Champion: | Big 12 champion |
| Conf Champ: | Big 12 Championship Game |
| Conf Champ Result: | W 30–23OT vs. Baylor |
| Bowl: | Peach Bowl (CFP semifinal) |
| Bowl Result: | L 28–63 vs. LSU |
The 2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 125th season for the Oklahoma Sooners. The team was led by Lincoln Riley, in his third year as head coach. They played their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference.
Oklahoma began the year ranked fourth in the AP Poll and were the overwhelming favorites to repeat as Big 12 Conference champions. The Sooners won their first seven games of the season before being upset on the road by Kansas State. On November 16, Oklahoma overcame a 25-point deficit to beat previously undefeated Baylor, 34–31. Oklahoma finished conference play tied with Baylor for the best record in the conference with an 8–1 record, earning them each a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game. There, they defeated Baylor a second time, this time by a score of 30–23 in overtime, to win Oklahoma's fifth consecutive and 13th overall Big 12 title. In the final College Football Playoff rankings of the season, Oklahoma was ranked fourth, earning them a spot in the 2019 Peach Bowl, in a national semi-final game against first-seeded LSU. This was Oklahoma's third consecutive and fourth overall CFP bid. The Sooners fell to the Tigers, 63–28, to end the season at 12–2, and were ranked seventh in the final AP Poll.
The Sooners were led on offense by quarterback Jalen Hurts, a graduate transfer from Alabama that had previously played in three separate College Football Playoffs with the Crimson Tide. Hurts finished in second in the conference in both passing yards and rushing yards, and led the conference with 53 total touchdowns. He finished in second in voting for the Heisman Trophy. Wide receiver CeeDee Lamb was a consensus All-American. Hurts, Lamb, and center Creed Humphrey were named first-team all-conference. On defense, the team was led by first-team all-conference linebacker Kenneth Murray.
Listed in the order that they were released
| Lott Trophy[1] | Kenneth Murray | LB | JR | |
| Maxwell Award[2] | Jalen Hurts | QB | GS | |
| CeeDee Lamb | WR | JR | ||
| Bednarik Award[3] | Kenneth Murray | LB | JR | |
| Fred Biletnikoff Award[4] | Grant Calcaterra | TE | JR | |
| CeeDee Lamb | WR | JR | ||
| John Mackey Award[5] | Grant Calcaterra | TE | JR | |
| Rimington Trophy[6] | Creed Humphrey | C | RS SO | |
| Butkus Award[7] | Kenneth Murray | LB | JR | |
| Outland Trophy[8] | Creed Humphrey | OL | RS SO | |
| Neville Gallimore | DL | RS SR | ||
| Bronko Nagurski Trophy[9] | Kenneth Murray | LB | JR | |
| Dodd Trophy[10] | Lincoln Riley | HC | – | |
| Wuerffel Trophy[11] | Kenneth Murray | LB | JR | |
| Walter Camp Award[12] | Jalen Hurts | QB | GS | |
| Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award | Kennedy Brooks | RB | RS SO | |
| CeeDee Lamb | WR | JR | ||
| Jalen Hurts | QB | GS | ||
| Tanner Mordecai | QB | RS FR | ||
| Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[13] | Jalen Hurts | QB | GS |
The 2019 Big 12 media days were held July 15–16, 2019 in Frisco, Texas. In the Big 12 preseason media poll, Oklahoma was predicted to finish atop the standings for the fourth consecutive year.[14]
| Big 12 media poll | |||
| 1 | Oklahoma | 761 (68) | |
| 2 | Texas | 696 (9) | |
| 3 | Iowa State | 589 | |
| 4 | TCU | 474 | |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 460 | |
| 6 | Baylor | 453 | |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 281 | |
| 8 | West Virginia | 241 | |
| 9 | Kansas State | 191 | |
| 10 | Kansas | 89 | |
2019 Preseason All-Big 12[15]
| RB | Kennedy Brooks | So. | Oklahoma | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR | CeeDee Lamb | Jr. | Oklahoma | |
| TE | Grant Calcaterra | Jr. | Oklahoma | |
| OL | Creed Humphrey | Rs. So. | Oklahoma | |
| KR/PR | CeeDee Lamb | Jr. | Oklahoma |
Oklahoma announced its 2019 football schedule on October 18, 2018. The 2019 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 Houston and South Dakota, and will travel to UCLA. Oklahoma will host Texas Tech, West Virginia, Iowa State, TCU and travel to Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State in regular season conference play. Oklahoma will play Texas in Dallas, Texas at the Cotton Bowl Stadium on October 12 in the Red River Showdown, the 114th game played in the series.[17]
| Lincoln Riley | Head coach / quarterbacks | Texas Tech (2006) | 2015/2017 | |
| Alex Grinch | Defensive coordinator/ Safeties | Mount Union (2002) | 2019 | |
| Ruffin McNeill | Assistant head coach/outside linebackers | East Carolina (1980) | 2017 | |
| Shane Beamer | Assistant head coach for offense / tight ends and H-Backs | Virginia Tech (1999) | 2018 | |
| Co-offensive Coordinator / recruiting coordinator / inside receivers | Oklahoma (1994) | 1999 | ||
| Bill Bedenbaugh | Co-offensive Coordinator / offensive line | Iowa Wesleyan (1995) | 2013 | |
| Roy Manning | Cornerbacks | Michigan (2004) | 2019 | |
| Jay Boulware | Special teams coordinator / running backs | Texas (1996) | 2013 | |
| Inside Linebackers | SE Oklahoma State (2004) | 2019 | ||
| Dennis Simmons | Outside receivers | BYU (1997) | 2015 | |
| Calvin Thibodeaux | Defensive line | Oklahoma (2006) | 2016 | |
| Bennie Wylie | Director of Sports Performance | Sam Houston State (1999) | 2018 | |
| Clarke Stroud | Director of football operations | Oklahoma (1990) | 2018 |
See also: 2019 Houston Cougars football team.
See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team.
See also: 2019 UCLA Bruins football team.
See also: 2019 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team.
See also: 2019 Kansas Jayhawks football team. Kickoff was delayed from the original start time of 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. due to lightning and thunderstorms in the vicinity of the University of Kansas.
After the delay, it was called an "easy victory" for the Sooners even though Kansas "outplayed" the Sooners for the bulk of the first quarter. Kansas even scored first with a touchdown after forcing Oklahoma to punt. Kansas then gained 98 yards for their touchdown and led 7–0 in the first quarter. Oklahoma then took control and led 21–7 at halftime.
Oklahoma managed 29 first downs and converted 6 of 9 times on third down, with 545 total yards of offense. Oklahoma also threw an interception for the only turnover of the game. Kansas only managed 18 first downs with 6–14 on third down. They also attempted 2 fourth-down conversions but both were unsuccessful, with a total of 360 yards of offense. Kansas did manage a little more clock time of offense with 30:29 time of possession compared to Oklahoma's 29:31. The final score was Oklahoma 45, Kansas 20.[18]
Oklahoma completed their 22nd straight true road win, which was the second longest streak since at least World War II in major college football when Coach Bud Wilkinson led the sooners to 25 wins from 1953 to 1958.[19]
See also: 2019 Texas Longhorns football team and Red River Showdown.
See also: 2019 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.
See also: 2019 Kansas State Wildcats football team. Oklahoma traveled to Manhattan expecting a relatively easy road win but instead were pushed to what experts expected to be a critical loss for the Sooners in their hunt for the national title. The loss ended what was at the time the nation's longest road win streak.
Oklahoma's cornerback Parnell Motley was ejected from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct after kicking a Kansas State player. Kansas State's Eric Gallon forced a key fumble on a kick return but in process suffered a severe knee injury and he missed the rest of the game.[20]
K-State's Skylar Thompson threw for 213 yards and ran for four touchdowns. Oklahoma nearly came back in the fourth quarter but the game concluded after an on-side kick for a 48–41 final score and Kansas State win.
See also: 2019 Iowa State Cyclones football team. Both Iowa State and Oklahoma lost their previous games. Oklahoma could still be in the playoff chase by winning the remainder of their games and winning the Big 12 conference championship game. Predictions call that the Oklahoma Defense will need to slow the Cyclone offense to win the game. Coming into the game, it is listed as one of the most "compelling matchups" for the week by MSN Sports.[21]
See also: 2019 Baylor Bears football team.
See also: 2019 TCU Horned Frogs football team.
See also: 2019 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team and Bedlam Series.
See main article: 2019 Big 12 Championship Game.
See also: 2019 Baylor Bears football team.
See also: 2019 LSU Tigers football team and 2019 Peach Bowl.
| Team Statistics | |||
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| Oklahoma | Opponents | ||
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| First Downs | |||
| Rushing | |||
| Passing | |||
| Penalty | |||
| Rushing Yards | |||
| Rushing Attempts | |||
| Average Per Rush | |||
| Long | |||
| Rushing TDs | |||
| Passing yards | |||
| Comp–Att | |||
| Comp % | |||
| Average Per Game | |||
| Average per Attempt | |||
| Passing TDs | |||
| INT's | |||
| Rating | |||
| Touchdowns | |||
| Passing | |||
| Rushing | |||
| Defensive | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| Yards | |||
| Long | |||
| Total Offense | |||
| Total Plays | |||
| Average Per Yards/Game | |||
| Kick Returns: # – Yards | |||
| TDs | |||
| Long | |||
| Punts | |||
| Yards | |||
| Average | |||
| Punt Returns: # – Yards | |||
| TDs | |||
| Long | |||
| Fumbles – Fumbles Lost | |||
| Opposing TD's | |||
| Penalties – Yards | |||
| 3rd–Down Conversion % | |||
| 4th–Down Conversion % | |||
| Takeaways | |||
| Field Goals | |||
| Extra Point | |||
| Sacks | |||
| Sack Against | |||
| Yards | |||
| Passing Statistics | ||||||||||
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| NAME | POS | RAT | CMP | ATT | YDS | CMP% | TD | INT | ||
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| Rushing Statistics | ||||||||
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| NAME | POS | CAR | YDS | LONG | TD | YPC | ||
| RB | ||||||||
| TOTALS | ||||||||
| Receiving Statistics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | POS | REC | YDS | LONG | TD | AVG | ||
| WR | ||||||||
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| Defensive Statistics | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | POS | SOLO | AST | TOT | TFL | SACKS | INT-YDS | PD | FR | FF | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| OPPONENTS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions Statistics | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | POS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | |||||||||
| 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | |||||||||||||||
| Kicking statistics | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | 1–19 | 20–29 | 30–39 | 40–49 | 50+ | LNG | BLK | PTS | ||
| 0/0 | 0/0 | |||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 0/0 | |||||||||||||||
| Punting Statistics | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | POS | PUNTS | YDS | AVG | LONG | ||||||
| P | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | |||||||||||
| Jalen Hurts (Big 12 Offensive Player/Newcomer of the Week) | QB | September 3, 2019 | [22] |
| Brendan Radley-Haines (Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week) | CB | September 9, 2019 | [23] |
| Jalen Hurts (Big 12 Newcomer of the Week) | QB | September 30, 2019 | [24] |
| CeeDee Lamb (Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week) | WR | October 14, 2019 | [25] |
| Kenneth Murray (Big 12 Defensive of the Week) | LB | October 14, 2019 | |
| Jalen Hurts (2x Big 12 Newcomer of the Week) | QB | October 14, 2019 | |
| Jalen Hurts (2x Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week) | QB | October 21, 2019 | [26] |
| CeeDee Lamb (2x Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week) | WR | November 11, 2019 | |
| Jalen Hurts (3x Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week) | QB | November 18, 2019 | |
| Creed Humphrey | OL | Big 12 Offensive Lineman Player of the Year | ||
| Jalen Hurts | QB | Big 12 Offensive Newcomer Player of the Year | ||
| LaRon Stokes | DL | Big 12 Defensive Newcomer Player of the Year |
| Creed Humphrey | OL | Sophomore | |
| Jalen Hurts | QB | Graduate Student | |
| CeeDee Lamb | WR | Junior | |
| Kenneth Murray | LB | Junior | |
| Adrian Ealy | OL | Sophomore | |
| Kennedy Brooks | RB | Sophomore | |
| Jeremiah Hall | WR | Sophomore | |
| Parnell Motley | DB | Senior | |
| Neville Gallimore | DL | Senior | |
| Ronnie Perkins | DL | Sophomore | |
| Gabe Brkic | PK | Freshman | |
| Pat Fields (HM) | DB | Sophomore | |
| Reeves Mundschau (HM) | P | Freshman | |
| Jalen Redmond (HM) | DL | Sophomore | |
| Delarrin Turner-Yell (HM) | DB | Sophomore | |
| DaShaun White (HM) | LB | Sophomore | |
| HM = Honorable mention. Source: | |||
See also: 2020 NFL draft.
The 2020 NFL draft will be held on April 23–25, 2020 in Paradise, Nevada.
Sooners who were picked in the 2020 NFL Draft:[27]
| 1 | 17 | WR | Dallas Cowboys | ||
| 1 | 23 | ILB | Los Angeles Chargers | ||
| 2 | 53 | QB | Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| 3 | 82 | DT | Dallas Cowboys |