1995 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1995 Oklahoma Sooners football
1995 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	5–5–1 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Howard Schnellenberger (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Gary Nord (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Kurt Van Valkenburgh (1st season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1994 1996 →

The 1995 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by Howard Schnellenberger.

1995 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 5 Colorado	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Kansas State	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Kansas	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	8	–	0
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	1:30 p.m.	San Diego State*	No. 14	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	PSN	W 38–22	71,119
September 16	1:30 p.m.	SMU*	No. 14	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 24–10	64,217
September 23	1:30 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 10	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 51–10	65,829
September 30	7:45 p.m.	No. 4 Colorado	No. 10	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (College GameDay)	ESPN	L 17–38	75,004
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State	No. 14	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	KWTV	W 39–26	45,731
October 14	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 18 Texas*	No. 13	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	T 24–24	75,587
October 21	6:30 p.m.	No. 7 Kansas	No. 15	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ESPN	L 17–38	74,639
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at Missouri	No. 23	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	KWTV	W 13–9	37,614
November 4	1:10 p.m.	at No. 9 Kansas State	No. 25	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	KWTV	L 10–49	40,138
November 11	1:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)		L 0–12	75,004
November 24	1:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	L 0–37	75,662
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Personnel edit

1995 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`80`	Stephen Alexander	So
RB	`25`	James Allen	Jr
FB	`34`	James Arnold	So
QB	`2`	John Barber	Fr
G	`59`	Steve Bearden	Fr
WR	`24`	Chris Blocker	Fr
QB	`16`	Brad Brittain	Fr
WR	`3`	Terrence Brown	Jr
G	`50`	David Bullard	Jr
WR	`18`	Ronnie Burns	Fr
RB	`34`	Bennie Butler	Fr
OT	`66`	Chris Campbell	Jr
G	`68`	Joe Carollo	Sr
FB	`32`	Dwayne Chandler	Sr
FB	`30`	Terry Collier	Sr
G	`65`	Jason Comer	Sr
OT	`78`	J. R. Conrad	Sr
QB	`14`	Buddy Davis	So
FB	`30`	Jermaine Fazande	Fr
RB	`19`	Jeff Frazier	Jr
TE	`86`	Jason Freeman	Fr
QB	`12`	Justin Fuente	Fr
OT	`70`	Barry Giles	So
WR	`83`	Aaron Green	Fr
OT	`69`	Robert Ingram	So
OL	`60`	Cornelius Jackson	Fr
WR	`2`	Jarrail Jackson	Fr
C	`54`	Clane LaCrosse	Sr
C	`75`	Chuck Langston	Sr
C	`77`	Tim Macias	Fr
C	`73`	Bruce McClure	So
TE	`6`	Mike McDaniel	Jr
QB	`8`	Garrick McGee	Jr
OL	`52`	Russ Meachem	Fr
WR	`4`	P. J. Mills	Sr
QB	`1`	Eric Moore	Fr
RB	`7`	Jerald Moore	So
G	`64`	Jon Mulac	So
G	`67`	Derrick Nelson	So
G	`74`	Milton Overton	Sr
RB	`48`	De'Mond Parker	Fr
WR	`89`	JaJuan Penny	Sr
RB	`20`	Michael Rose	So
FB	`29`	Keith Sparks	Sr
OT	`76`	Harry Stamps	Sr
QB	`11`	Jay Stuckey	Fr
WR	`21`	Michael Thompson	Jr
LS	`61`	Taylor Wickersham	So
WR	`10`	Gerald Williams	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`95`	Brian Ailey	Fr
LB	`84`	Dale Allen	Fr
DE	`72`	Robert Allen	Sr
DT	`79`	Brian Andrews	So
DT	`96`	Arthur Atkins	Sr
DT	`99`	Carlos Baker	Fr
CB	`31`	Larry Bush	Sr
DT	`93`	Martin Chase	So
S	`26`	Perry Collier	Sr
DB	`41`	Anthony Davis	Fr
CB	`28`	Wendell Davis	Sr
CB	`23`	Tim Denton	Sr
LB	`47`	Brent DeQuasie	Sr
DE	`90`	Aaron Findley	Fr
S	`9`	Anthony Fogle	Jr
LB	`44`	Mario Freeman	Sr
LB	`53`	Marquis Gibson	Fr
DT	`97`	Kelly Gregg	Fr
DT	`59`	Rico Harley	Fr
S	`17`	Rod Henderson	Jr
DB	`39`	Dennis Hubbard	Fr
LB	`43`	Corey Ivy	So
DB	`42`	Darrius Johnson	Sr
DE	`57`	Cedric Jones	Sr
DB	`38`	Gana Joseph	Fr
LB	`46`	Chris Justice	Fr
DT	`95`	Fred Lewis	Sr
DE	`56`	Stirling Luckey	Jr
LB	`81`	Terrance Malone	Fr
DE	`58`	Marc Manuel	Jr
DE	`85`	Rod Manuel	Jr
LB	`40`	Matt McCormick	Fr
DL	`94`	Greg Moyer
DE	`55`	Paul Oatts	Jr
LB	`45`	Tyrell Peters	Jr
DE	`91`	Mike Phipps	So
LB	`27`	Collin Rosenberg	Jr
CB	`30`	Sharod Robinson	So
LB	`54`	Sebastien Roegiers	Jr
CB	`29`	David Rowe	Fr
DB	`16`	Rusty Rushing	Fr
S	`21`	Steven Rhynes	Fr
LB	`51`	Broderick Simpson	Jr
DB	`48`	Darrell Sims	Fr
OT	`71`	Jay Smith	Fr
LB	`36`	Travian Smith	So
CB	`18`	Eric Stacy	Jr
CB	`22`	Cedric Stephens	Fr
DT	`92`	Barron Tanner	Jr
LB	`35`	Ryan Vardeman	Jr
DB	`5`	Maylon Wesley	Sr
S	`13`	Terry White	Fr
DB	`37`	Pee Wee Woods	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`15`	Jeremy Alexander	So
P	`88`	Tim Daughtry	So
K	`87`	Jeremy Hernandez	Fr
K	`82`	Brian Lewis	Fr
K	`37`	Nick Lynch	So
K	`19`	Daniel Paho	Sr
K	`11`	Phil Stamper	So
K	`87`	Benjamin Young	Fr

Head coach

Howard Schnellenberger

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Keith Allen (SA)
Danny Hope (OL)
Clarence James (WR)
Merv Johnson
Gary Nord (OC)
Kenith Pope (DE)
Craig Swabek (RB)
Jon Tenuta (DB)
Kurt Van Valkenburgh (DC)
Christ Vagotis

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Rankings edit

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	15	16	14	14	10	10	14	13	15	23	25	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches Poll	17	—	14	14	11	9	14	12	14	21	25	—	—	—	—	—	—

Season summary edit

San Diego State edit

San Diego State Aztecs (1–0) at #14 Oklahoma Sooners (0–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
San Diego St	0	0	0	22	22
Oklahoma	0	17	14	7	38

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

Date: September 19, 1995
Game attendance: 71,119
Box Score

SMU edit

SMU Mustangs (1–1) at #14 Oklahoma Sooners (1–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
SMU	0	3	7	0	10
Oklahoma	3	6	8	7	24

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

Date: September 16, 1995
Game attendance: 64,217
Box Score

North Texas edit

North Texas Mean Green (1–2) at #10 Oklahoma Sooners (2–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	2	8	0	0	10
Oklahoma	0	17	17	17	51

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

Date: September 23, 1995
Game attendance: 65,829
Box Score

Colorado edit

#4 Colorado Buffaloes (4–0) at #10 Oklahoma Sooners (3–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	0	14	14	10	38
Oklahoma	3	14	0	0	17

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

Date: September 30, 1995
Game attendance: 75,004
Box Score

At Iowa State edit

#14 Oklahoma Sooners (3–1) at Iowa State Cyclones (2–2)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	3	13	7	16	39
Iowa St	7	12	0	7	26

at Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa

Date: October 7, 1995
Game attendance: 45,731
Box Score

Vs. Texas edit

#13 Oklahoma Sooners (4–1) vs. #18 Texas Longhorns (4–1)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	10	14	0	24
Texas	21	3	0	0	24

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

Date: October 14, 1995
Game attendance: 75,587
Box Score

Kansas edit

#7 Kansas Jayhawks (6–0) at #15 Oklahoma Sooners (4–1–1)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	0	7	10	21	38
Oklahoma	14	0	0	3	17

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

Date: October 21, 1995
Game attendance: 74,639
Box Score

At Missouri edit

#23 Oklahoma Sooners (4–2–1) at Missouri Tigers (2–5)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	7	0	6	13
Missouri	3	3	3	0	9

at Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri

Date: October 28, 1995
Game attendance: 37,614
Box Score

At Kansas State edit

#25 Oklahoma Sooners (5–2–1) at #9 Kansas State Wildcats (7–1)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	3	7	0	0	10
Kansas St	7	21	7	14	49

at KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas

Date: November 4, 1995
Game attendance: 40,138
Box Score

Oklahoma State edit

Oklahoma State Cowboys (2–7) at Oklahoma Sooners (5–3–1)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma St	0	6	0	6	12
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

Date: November 11, 1995
Game attendance: 75,004
Box Score

At Nebraska edit

Oklahoma Sooners (5–4–1) at #1 Nebraska Cornhuskers (10–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	10	3	10	14	37

at Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska

Date: November 24, 1995
Game attendance: 75,662
Box Score

Postseason edit

NFL draft edit

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.^[2]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
1	5	Cedric Jones	Defensive end	New York Giants
3	83	Jerald Moore	Running back	Arizona Cardinals
4	122	Darrius Johnson	Defensive back	Denver Broncos
5	161	Harry Stamps	Tackle	Arizona Cardinals
6	207	Wendell Davis	Defensive back	Dallas Cowboys
7	227	J. R. Conrad	Tackle	New England Patriots

References edit

^ "1990s". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

[1] "1990s". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.

[2] "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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