2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team

2019 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 12 champion
Peach Bowl (CFP semifinal), L 28–63 vs. LSU
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 7
Record12–2 (8–1 Big 12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorCale Gundy (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBill Bedenbaugh (3rd season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorAlex Grinch (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 Oklahoma y$^   8 1     12 2  
No. 13 Baylor y   8 1     11 3  
No. 25 Texas   5 4     8 5  
Oklahoma State   5 4     8 5  
Kansas State   5 4     8 5  
Iowa State   5 4     7 6  
West Virginia   3 6     5 7  
TCU   3 6     5 7  
Texas Tech   2 7     4 8  
Kansas   1 8     3 9  
Championship: Oklahoma 30, Baylor 23 OT
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

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.


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