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2017 Oklahoma Sooners football
2017 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 12 champion
Big 12 Championship, W 41–17 vs. TCU
Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal), vs. Georgia
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
CFP	No. 2
Record	12–1 (8–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Lincoln Riley (1st season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Cale Gundy (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bill Bedenbaugh (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Mike Stoops (11th season)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	Orlando Brown; Baker Mayfield; Ogbonnia Okoronkwo; Steven Parker
Home stadium	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Oklahoma y$^	8	–	1	12	–	2
No. 9 TCU y	7	–	2	11	–	3
No. 14 Oklahoma State	6	–	3	10	–	3
Texas	5	–	4	7	–	6
West Virginia	5	–	4	7	–	6
Kansas State	5	–	4	8	–	5
Iowa State	5	–	4	8	–	5
Texas Tech	3	–	6	6	–	7
Baylor	1	–	8	1	–	11
Kansas	0	–	9	1	–	11
Championship: Oklahoma 41, TCU 17
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team represents the University of Oklahoma in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 123rd season of Sooner football. The team is led by Lincoln Riley, who is in his first year as head coach, after the retirement of Bob Stoops in June 2017.^[1] They 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 2016 season 11–2, 9–0 in Big 12 play to win their 10th Big 12 Championship. By winning the conference championship Oklahoma was selected to play in the Sugar Bowl where they defeated Auburn 35–19.^[2]

Coaching staff

On June 7, 2017 Bob Stoops announced his retirement after 17 seasons as head coach.^[3] Offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley was promoted to head coach. On June 14, Riley hired former ECU head coach Ruffin McNeill to coach defensive tackles.^[4] With the offensive coordinator positions vacant Riley promoted Cale Gundy and Bill Bedenbaugh as co-coordinators, but Riley will continue to call plays for the season.^[5]

Name	Position	Alma mater	Joined Staff
Lincoln Riley	Head Coach / Quarterbacks	Texas Tech (2006)	2015/2017
Mike Stoops	Defensive Coordinator / Outside Linebackers	Iowa (1986)	1999/2012
Cale Gundy	Co-offensive coordinator/ Inside Wide Receivers Coach / Recruiting Coordinator	Oklahoma (1994)	1999
Bill Bedenbaugh	Co-offensive coordinator / Offensive Line Coach	Iowa Wesleyan (1995)	2013
Jay Boulware	Special Team Coordinator / Running Backs Coach	Texas (1996)	2013
Kerry Cooks	Assistant defensive coordinator / Defensive Backs Coach	Iowa (1993)	2015
Ruffin McNeill	Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Tackles	East Carolina (1980)	2017
Tim Kish	Inside Linebackers Coach	Otterbein (1976)	2012
Dennis Simmons	Outside Wide Receivers Coach	BYU (1997)	2015
Calvin Thibodeaux	Defensive Ends Coach	Oklahoma (2006)	2016
Jerry Schmidt	Director of Sports Enhancement	Nebraska (1986)	1999
Matt McMillen	Assistant A.D. Football Operations	Kansas State (1985)	1999

Schedule

Oklahoma announced their 2017 football schedule on December 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Sooners will host two non-conference games against UTEP and Tulane and travel to Ohio State. Oklahoma will host Iowa State, Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia and travel to Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State in regular conference play. Oklahoma will play the Texas Longhorns in Dallas, Texas at the Cotton Bowl stadium on October 14 for the Red River Showdown, the 112th game played of the series.^[6]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:30 p.m.	UTEP*	No. 7	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	FOX	W 56–7	86,076
September 9	6:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Ohio State*	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	ABC	W 31–16	109,088
September 16	5:00 p.m.	Tulane*	No. 2	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	FSN PPV	W 56–14	86,290
September 23	5:30 p.m.	at Baylor	No. 3	McLane Stadium Waco, Texas	FS1	W 49–41	43,573
October 7	11:00 a.m.	Iowa State	No. 3	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	FOX	L 31–38	86,019
October 14	2:30 p.m.	vs. Texas	No. 12	Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas, Texas (Red River Showdown)	ESPN	W 29–24	93,552
October 21	3:00 p.m.	at Kansas State	No. 9	Bill Snyder Family Stadium Manhattan, Kansas	FOX	W 42–35	52,122
October 28	7:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 10	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	ABC/ESPN2	W 49–27	86,309
November 4	3:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Oklahoma State	No. 8	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series)	FS1	W 62–52	56,790
November 11	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 TCU	No. 5	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	FOX	W 38–20	88,308
November 18	2:30 p.m.	at Kansas	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas	ESPN	W 41–3	22,854
November 25	2:45 p.m.	West Virginia	No. 3	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	ESPN	W 59–31	86,117
December 2	11:30 a.m.	vs. No. 10 TCU	No. 2	AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas (Big 12 Championship Game)	FOX	W 41–17	64,104
January 1, 2018	4:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Georgia*	No. 2	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl – CFP Semifinal)	ESPN
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game^[6] All times are in Central time

Game summaries

UTEP

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2012	W 24–7

UTEP Miners vs #7 Oklahoma Sooners – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
UTEP	7	0	0	0	7
#7 Oklahoma	14	21	14	7	56

at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK

Date: September 2, 2017
Game time: 2:36 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 86 °F (30 °C) • Wind:S6MPH • Weather: Mostly Sunny
Game attendance: 86,076
Referee: Reggie Smith
TV announcers (FOX): Joe Davis (Play-By-Play) , Brady Quinn (Color) & Bruce Feldman (Sideline)

Ohio State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2016	L 24–45

#5 Oklahoma Sooners vs #2 Ohio State Buckeyes – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Oklahoma	0	3	14	14	31
#2 Ohio State	0	3	10	3	16

at Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH

Date: September 9, 2017
Game time: 6:47 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 69 °F (21 °C) • Wind:NNE 8MPH • Weather:Partly Cloudy
Game attendance: 109,088
Referee: Mike Defee
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Fowler (Play-by-Play) , Kirk Herbstreit (Color) & Maria Taylor (Sideline)

Tulane

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Baylor Bears at #3 Oklahoma Sooners – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	14	0	0	0	14
#2 Oklahoma	14	14	7	21	56

at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK

Date: September 23, 2017
Game time: 5:05 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 90 °F (32 °C) • Wind:S12MPH • Weather: Mostly Cloudy
Game attendance: 86,290
Referee: Dan Romeo
TV announcers (FSOK PPV): Brendan Burke (Play-by-play), Dave Anderson (color) & Christian Steckel (sideline)

Baylor

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–3	2016	W 45–24

Tulane Green Wave at #2 Oklahoma Sooners – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	14	0	0	0	14
#2 Oklahoma	14	14	7	21	56

at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK

Date: September 16, 2017
Game time: 5:05 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 90 °F (32 °C) • Wind:S12MPH • Weather: Mostly Cloudy
Game attendance: 86,290
Referee: Dan Romeo
TV announcers (FSOK PPV): Brendan Burke (Play-by-play), Dave Anderson (color) & Christian Steckel (sideline)

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	7	5	2 (2)	3 (1)	3 (1)	3	12	9	10	8	5	3	3	2 (24)	2 (18)
Coaches	8	6	3	3	3	3	12	9	9	9	7	5	5	2 (12)	2 (10)
CFP	Not released									5	5	4	4	3	2	Not released

^ "Bob Stoops retires after 18 seasons with Oklahoma, Lincoln Riley to take over". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
^ Ching, David (January 3, 2017). "Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma cruise after Auburn loses starting QB". espn.com.
^ "Sooners' Stoops steps down after 18 seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
^ "Lincoln Riley Hires Ruffin McNeill as Assistant HC/DT Coach". Crimson And Cream Machine. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
^ "Oklahoma promotes Cale Gundy, Bill Bedenbaugh to co-offensive coordinators". Diehards. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
^ ^a ^b "2017 Oklahoma Sooners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[1] "Bob Stoops retires after 18 seasons with Oklahoma, Lincoln Riley to take over". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2017-09-11.

[2] Ching, David (January 3, 2017). "Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma cruise after Auburn loses starting QB". espn.com.

[3] "Sooners' Stoops steps down after 18 seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-09-11.

[4] "Lincoln Riley Hires Ruffin McNeill as Assistant HC/DT Coach". Crimson And Cream Machine. Retrieved 2017-09-11.

[5] "Oklahoma promotes Cale Gundy, Bill Bedenbaugh to co-offensive coordinators". Diehards. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-09-11.

[schedule-6] "2017 Oklahoma Sooners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

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