1993 Oklahoma Sooners football team

American college football season

1993 Oklahoma Sooners football

John Hancock Bowl champion
John Hancock Bowl, W 41–10 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 17
Record	9–3 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach	Gary Gibbs (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Watson Brown (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Tom Hayes (3rd season)
Base defense	5–2
Captains	Aubrey Beavers Mike Coats Cale Gundy Corey Warren
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Colorado	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 20 Kansas State	4	–	2	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 17 Oklahoma %	4	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	7	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oklahoma State	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
$ – Bowl Coalition representative as champion % – Bowl Coalition at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1993 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 fifth-year head coach Gary Gibbs.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:05 p.m.	at TCU *	No. 21	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	PPV	W 35–3	40,418
September 11	2:30 p.m.	No. 5 Texas A&M *	No. 17	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	W 44–14	68,211
September 25	1:30 p.m.	Tulsa *	No. 10	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 41–20	67,121
October 2	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State	No. 10	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	PPV	W 24–7	37,281
October 9	2:30 p.m.	vs. Texas *	No. 10	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	W 38–17	75,587
October 16	2:30 p.m.	No. 20 Colorado	No. 9	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	L 10–27	64,213
October 23	1:30 p.m.	Kansas	No. 17	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 38–23	60,411
October 30	1:10 p.m.	at No. 25 Kansas State	No. 14	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	PPV	L 7–21	31,569
November 6	1:00 p.m.	at Missouri	No. 20	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	PSN	W 42–23	31,438
November 13	1:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 17	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)	PSN	W 31–0	65,275
November 26	2:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Nebraska	No. 16	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	L 7–21	75,674
December 24	1:30 p.m.	vs. Texas Tech *	No. 19	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (John Hancock Bowl)	CBS	W 41–10	43,848
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

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1993 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`25`	James Allen	Fr
TE	`86`	Rickey Brady	Sr
QB	`12`	Cale Gundy	Sr
SE	`17`	P. J. Mills	So
RB	`7`	Jerald Moore	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`72`	Aubrey Beavers	Sr
S	`39`	John Anderson	Jr
CB	`42`	Darrius Johnson	So
DE	`57`	Cedric Jones	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`16`	Scott Blanton	Jr

Head coach

Gary Gibbs

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Watson Brown – Offensive coordinator
Mike Jones – Running backs
Clarence James – Wide receivers
Charley North – Tight ends and special teams
Tom Hayes – Defensive coordinator
Kevin Wolthausen – Defensive line
Lucious Selmon – Outside linebacker and defensive end
Johnny Barr – Linebackers
Clancy Pendergast – Graduate assistant

Legend

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

Injured Injured
Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

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Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	22	21	17	12	10	10	10	9	17	14	20	17	15	16	19	19	17
Coaches Poll	21	19	16	13	10	9	9	8	17	13	20	17	14	15	17	16	14

Game summaries

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Texas

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#10 Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns

1	2	3	4	Total
• #10 Oklahoma	3	7	14	14	38
Texas	0	3	7	7	17

Date: October 9
Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
Game weather: 75,587
Television network: ABC

Scoring summary
Q1	OKLA	Blanton 22 yard field goal	OKLA 3–0
Q2	OKLA	Moore 9 yard run (Blanton kick)	OKLA 10–0
Q2	TEX	Szeredy 22 yard field goal	OKLA 10–3
Q3	OKLA	Gundy 18 yard run (Blanton kick)	OKLA 17–3
Q3	TEX	Adams 41 yard pass from Morenz (Szeredy kick)	OKLA 17–10
Q3	OKLA	Gundy 1 yard run (Blanton kick)	OKLA 24–10
Q4	OKLA	Chandler 3 yard run (Blanton kick)	OKLA 31–10
Q4	TEX	Adams 12 yard pass from Morenz (Szeredy kick)	OKLA 31–17
Q4	OKLA	Gundy 3 yard run (Blanton kick)	OKLA 38–17

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at Kansas State

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1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	0	0	7	7
• Kansas State	0	7	14	0	21

Date: October 30
Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas
Game attendance: 31,569

Scoring summary
Q2	KSU	Running 6 yard pass from May (Wright kick)	KSU 7–0
Q3	KSU	Lockett 22 yard pass from May (Wright kick)	KSU 14–0
Q3	KSU	May 2 yard run (Wright kick)	KSU 21–0
Q4	OKLA	Mills 31 yard pass from Gundy (Blanton kick)	KSU 21–7

KSU: Schiller 19 Rush, 111 Yds^[3]

At Nebraska

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Oklahoma at Nebraska

1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Oklahoma	7	0	0	0	7
• #2 Nebraska	0	7	0	14	21

Date: November 26
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,674
Television network: ABC

Vs. Texas Tech (John Hancock Bowl)

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Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma

1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	0	3	7	0	10
• #19 Oklahoma	14	14	0	13	41

Date: December 24
Location: Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas
Game attendance: 43,848
Television network: CBS

Main article: 1993 John Hancock Bowl

Postseason

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NFL draft

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The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.^[4]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
2	54	Aubrey Beavers	Linebacker	Miami Dolphins
6	167	Rickey Brady	Tight end	Los Angeles Rams

References

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^ "1990s". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
^ "Saturday's Summaries". Gainesville Sun . October 10, 1993. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
^ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 31.
^ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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