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OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS u 29 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS u 50 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS u 14 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS u 40 10-WIN SEASONS 167 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS u 504 FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS u 7 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS u 92 NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS GOODYEAR COTTON BOWL CLASSIC SERIES HISTORY (8-2, 6-2) VS. (8-3, 8-2) Overall ..........................................Florida leads 1-0 6/8/7 OKLAHOMA 7/10/10 FLORIDA Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 n 7 p.m. CT n Arlington, Texas n AT&T Stadium (64,451) n ESPN Last Meeting ....... Florida won 24-14 in BCS National ...........Championship (1/9/09 in Miami Gardens, Fla.) SOONERS GATORS Head Coach: Lincoln Riley Head Coach: Dan Mullen TELEVISION: ESPN Record at OU: 44-8 (4th Year) Record at UF: 29-8 (3rd Year) Career Record: Same Career Record: 98-54 (12th Year) Play-by-Play .......................................Joe Tessitore Last: Won 27-21 vs. No. 8 Iowa State Last: Lost 52-46 vs. No. 1 Alabama Analyst .............................................Dusty Dvoracek Sideline Reporter .....................................Holly Rowe OPENING KICK RADIO: SOONER SPORTS NETWORK u No. 6/8/7 Oklahoma (8-2, 6-2 Big 12) goes for its eighth consecutive win FLAGSHIPS KOMA 1520 AM & KRXO 107.7 FM when it meets No. 7/10/10 Florida (8-3, 8-2 SEC) in the Goodyear Cotton XM 375 Bowl Classic on Wednesday, Dec. 30 at 7 p.m. CT inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The game will be televised by ESPN with Joe Tessitore, Play-by-Play ......................................... Chris Plank Dusty Dvoracek and Holly Rowe announcing. Analysts ..........................Teddy Lehman, Gabe Ikard Sideline Reporter ..............................Jessica Coody u This marks OU's sixth straight New Year's Six bowl appearance (2015 Orange, 2016 Sugar, 2017 Rose, 2018 Orange, 2019 Peach) and the first OU SPANISH RADIO time since 2016 that it did not qualify for the College Football Playoff. The Sooners were CFP participants in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Only Alabama ÉXITOS 96.5 FM (OKC); 101.5 FM EL PATRÓN (Tulsa) and Clemson have made more CFP appearances. Play-by-Play ..................................Enrique Vasquez u The only two times in the past six seasons that OU did not qualify for the Analyst .................................................Luis Rendón College Football Playoff it finished sixth (2020) and seventh (2016) in the CFP rankings. NATIONAL RADIO: ESPN u OU is 5-2 at AT&T Stadium and has won its last four contests there (Big 12 Play-by-Play ..........................................Brad Sham Championship games each of the last four years). Lincoln Riley has directed Oklahoma to Analyst ............................................Jordan Rodgers u This marks Oklahoma's 54th bowl appearance, tied for fourth most four Big 12 titles and four New Year's Sideline Reporter ........................... Ian Fitzsimmons Six bowl games in his four seasons as nationally. Thirty-nine of those 54 have come in bowls that comprise the head coach. His 44 wins are the most by current New Year's Six (Orange [20], Sugar [8], Fiesta [5], Cotton [3], a fourth-year coach in OU history and PREGAME TV: FS SOUTHWEST Rose [2] and Peach [1]). The 39 does not include OU's BCS Championship his .846 career winning percentage tops “Sooner Sports Game Day” ............10 a.m./6 p.m. CT Game appearance against Florida on Jan. 9, 2009. the school chart. He is the only coach to ever win an outright FBS conference u OU is making its 22nd consecutive bowl appearance, by far the longest championship in each of his first four SOCIAL MEDIA: #SOONERS streak in school history (the previous record was eight from the 1975-82 seasons as a collegiate head coach. Twitter/Instagram .............................@OU_Football seasons under Barry Switzer). Beginning in Bob Stoops' 1999 debut Facebook ....................................Oklahoma Football season as head coach, it is the second-longest active streak in the nation RILEY AMONG LEGENDS (Georgia; 24) and the longest ever by a current Big 12 program. OU is the only program nationally u The Sooners own a 29-23-1 (.557) bowl record. Their 29 bowl wins are that can boast four coaches who tied for the sixth most nationally. each registered at least 100 career wins (Bennie Owen, 122; Bud u OU is 109-49-8 (.681) all-time against programs currently in the SEC. Wilkinson, 145; Barry Switzer, 157; Bob Stoops, 190). With 44 wins, u Oklahoma is 58-35-2 (.621) in AP top-10 matchups, and 19-10 (.655) current head coach Lincoln Riley since the start of the 2000 season. It is 38-20 (.655) as the higher ranked is more than 40% of the way to team in such games. 100 victories after just 52 games. u Lincoln Riley is 44-8 with the Sooners, a program record for wins by COACH YRS AT OU WIN% a fourth-year head coach. Bob Stoops, who went 43-9 (.827) in his first Lincoln Riley 2017- .846 four seasons (1999-2002) held the previous standard. Riley's .846 career Barry Switzer 1973-88 .837 winning percentage is the best in OU history (College Football Hall of Bud Wilkinson 1947-63 .826 Famers Barry Switzer and Bud Wilkinson, and Stoops, a 2020 HOF Bob Stoops 1999-16 .798 nominee, finished with respective marks of .837, .826 and .798). Bennie Owen 1905-26 .677 u Riley owns the OU records for wins by a head coach in a debut season 2020 RESULTS MISSOURI STATE K-STATE @IOWA STATE vs. TEXAS @TCU @TEXAS TECH KANSAS OKLA. STATE BAYLOR @WEST VIRGINIA vs. IOWA STATE Sept. 12 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 21 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 W, 48-0 L, 38-35 L, 37-30 W, 53-45 (4OT) W, 33-14 W, 62-28 W, 62-9 W, 41-13 W, 27-14 Canceled W, 27-21 FOX PPV FOX ABC FOX ABC FOX ESPN ABC FOX ABC GOODYEAR COTTON BOWL: OKLAHOMA VS. FLORIDA GENERAL NOTES (12; previous record was 10 by Switzer and Chuck Fairbanks), first two OU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS seasons (24; previous record was 21 by Switzer), first three seasons LONGEST ACTIVE BOWL FOOTBALL CONTACTS (36; previous record was 32 by Switzer) and first four seasons (44; STREAKS previous record was 43 by Stoops). SCHOOL YEARS MIKE HOUCK u The Sooners have held their last four opponents (Kansas [9], Georgia 24 Assistant AD/Communications Oklahoma State [13], Baylor [14] and Iowa State [21]) to a combined Oklahoma 22 Office: (405) 325-8227 57 points. The last time OU held Big 12 opponents to 57 or fewer points Wisconsin 19 Cell: (405) 249-5892 over a four-game stretch was in 2015 when it limited Kansas State (0), Alabama 17 Email: [email protected] Texas Tech (27), Kansas (7) and Iowa State (16) to a total of 50. OU has Clemson 16 also held its last four foes to an average of 303.8 yards per game. ERIC HOLLIER Oklahoma State 15 Associate Director u In the seven games since their Oct. 3 loss at Iowa State, the Sooners Texas A&M 12 Office: (405) 325-6449 rank fourth among Power Five teams with their 43.6 points per game. Mississippi State 11 Cell: (405) 570-9228 u OU has scored at least 27 points in a school-record 62 consecutive Auburn 8 Email: [email protected] contests. The next longest streak nationally since at least 1980 is 31 by Iowa 8 UCF (2017-19). The next longest active streak is 24 games by Alabama. Miami (Fla.) 8 HEAD COACH LINCOLN RILEY u Oklahoma has won 41 of its last 52 games away from Norman (79%). Ohio State 8 Alma Mater: Texas Tech, 2006 KEY STORYLINES Career Record: 44-8 (.846); 4th Year Record at OU: Same u The Sooners have won seven games in a row, keeping with a years- DEFENSE IS ON A ROLL long trend of late-season success. In each of the last six seasons, OU has Regular Season Big 12 Record: 30-5 (.857) Since Nov. 1, Oklahoma (four games) won at least five consecutive games heading into its bowl contest (seven Overall Record vs. Big 12 Teams: 34-5 (.872) ranks in the top 10 nationally in straight in 2015 [CFP], nine in 2016 [Sugar Bowl], eight in 2017 [CFP], several defensive categories. Big 12 Championships: 4 seven in 2018 [CFP] and five last year [CFP]). College Football Playoff Appearances: 3 CATEGORY STAT RANK u Oklahoma has played seven games against SEC teams over the last Sacks/Game 4.8 1st Heisman Trophy Winners: 2 eight seasons and has gone 4-3. OU scored at least 28 points in each Interceptions/Game 2.0 2nd No. 1 NFL Draft Picks: 2 of those seven contests and has averaged 37. The Sooners downed Pass Effic. Defense 93.1 3rd No. 3 Alabama 45-31 in the Sugar Bowl to end the 2013 season, beat Rushing Yds/Carry 2.4 3rd ASSISTANT COACHES LOCATION Tennessee 34-10 in 2014 in Norman, outlasted No. 23 Tennessee 31-24 Rushing Yds/Game 77.8 3rd Alex Grinch (Defensive Coordinator/Safeties) SL in double-overtime in 2015 in Knoxville, and handled No. 17 Auburn Points/Game 14.3 4th 35-19 in the Sugar Bowl to cap the 2016 season. Three years ago in the Cale Gundy (Co-Off. Coord./Inside Receivers) PB 3rd Down Pct. 23.9 5th Rose Bowl (CFP semifinal), OU led No. 3 Georgia 31-17 at halftime but Bill Bedenbaugh (Co-Off. Coord./Off. Line) SL Pass Completion Pct. 50.3 9th lost 54-48 in double-overtime, and two years ago the Sooners dropped Dennis Simmons (Outside Receivers) SL Passing Yds/Attempt 5.3 10th a 45-34 contest to No.