7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 38 CONFERENCE TITLES • 37 BOWL APPEARANCES • 138 ALL-AMERICANS • 51 NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS vs. Colorado Buffaloes Dec. 4, 2004 • 7 p.m. Kansas City, Mo. • Arrowhead Stadium (79,500) OKLAHOMA SCHEDULE DR PEPPER BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME For the third year in a row and the fourth time in the last five, Sept. 4 BOWLING GREEN (ABC) W, 40-24 Oklahoma is playing for the Big 12 Conference Championship Sept. 11 HOUSTON (TBS) W, 63-13 as the South Division’s representative. The Sooners won the Sept. 18 OREGON (ABC) W, 31-7 game in 2000 and 2002. This game features a rematch of that Oct. 2 TEXAS TECH (FOX) W, 28-13 2002 game, which Oklahoma won over Colorado, 29-7, in Oct. 9 No. 5 Texas at Dallas (ABC) W, 12-0 Houston’s Reliant Stadium. Oct. 16 at Kansas State (ABC) W, 31-21 Oct. 23 KANSAS (FOX) W, 41-10 SEEKING 12 Oklahoma is seeking its 12th victory and hopes to reach that Oct. 30 at No. 20 Oklahoma St. (ABC) W, 38-35 number for the fourth time in Bob Stoops’ six years. To put that Nov. 6 at No. 22 Texas A&M (ABC) W, 42-35 figure in perspective, Oklahoma won a total of 12 games in the Nov. 13 NEBRASKA (FOX) W, 30-3 three seasons prior to Stoops’ arrival. Nov. 20 at Baylor (FOX) W, 35-0 Dec. 4 Colorado* (ABC) 7 p.m. THE POLLS Big 12 Championship (at Kansas City) OU is No. 2 in the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches polls, and in the BCS standings. Colorado is unranked. OKLAHOMA COACHES Bob Stoops (f) Head Coach THE SERIES Oklahoma leads the series, 37-16-2, and owns a three-game winning streak against Colorado. Brent Venables (f) Assoc. HC/Co-Def. Coord./LB Chuck Long (p) Offensive Coordinator/QB THE COACHES Bo Pelini (f) Co-Defensive Coordinator/DB Oklahoma: Bob Stoops (Iowa ‘83), now in his sixth season with the Sooners, is 66-11 overall. Bobby Jack Wright (f) Asst. HC/Spec. Teams /DE He is 3-2 in bowls, 3-1 in January bowls, 2-1 in BCS games, 43-8 vs. the Big 12, 25-5 vs. the Kevin Wilson (f) Co-Offensive Coor./OL Big 12 South, 18-3 vs. the Big 12 North, 2-1 in the Big 12 title game, 24-3 vs. non-conference Cale Gundy (f) Running backs foes, 36-1 at home, 20-6 on the road, 10-4 on neutral fields and 21-4 vs. ranked opponents. Jackie Shipp (f) Defensive line Stoops is xxx vs. B. Kevin Sumlin (p) Tight ends Colorado: Gary Barnett (Missouri ‘69) is 41-32 in his sixth year at Colorado. Darrell Wyatt (f) Receivers OKLAHOMA ... ONE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S ELITE PROGRAMS Game day location: p - Press Box, f- Field • Seven national championships (1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000), 38 conference titles and 37 bowl appearances, 23 of which resulted in a Sooner victory. TELEVISION • Oklahoma ranks No. 8 in all-time victories (746-284-53), No. 1 in victories since WWII (504) ABC and No. 1 in victories since 2000 (54). Brad Nessler, play-by-play • Oklahoma’s all-time winning percentage of .711 ranks No. 4 nationally. The Sooners’ .908 Bob Griese, color percentage since 2000 ranks No. 1 during that period. Lynn Swann, sideline • Oklahoma ranks No. 7 in bowl appearances with 37 and No. 3 in bowl victories with 23. • The Sooners have produced 138 All-Americans (average of more than one per season over a RADIO 109-year history) and 51 national award winners, including four Heisman Trophy recipients. No school has produced more Butkus Award (four), Thorpe Award (three) or Nagurski Award (two) Sooner Network winners. Only Notre Dame (7) and Ohio State (6) have produced more Heisman winners (OU Bob Barry, Sr., play-by-play is tied with USC at four). Merv Johnson, color Mark Rodgers, sideline SOONERSPORTS.COM GAME TWELVE OU (11-0, 8-0) vs. CU (7-4, 4-4) Bottom Line: OU has allowed just 10 points over the last 10 quarters (7 in second half at A&M, 3 vs. Nebraska, 0 at Baylor). MEDIA INFORMATION 2 OU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS GAME WEEK A quick look at the Sooners’ media availability on game week. All practices are closed ... Assoc. AD/Media Relations Kenny Mossman* Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Office phone 405-325-8231 Practice open to Media Luncheon Practice open to No availability No availability cameras for first 11:30 a.m., cameras for first Fax 405-325-7623 15 minutes East Side 15 minutes E-mail [email protected] Stadium Club Players/Coaches* Coaches only Home phone 405-321-2220 available after Practice open to available after Associate Director Mike Houck practice cameras for first practice (approx. 6:15 p.m.) 15 minutes (approx. 6:30 p.m.) E-mail [email protected] Associate Director Debbie Long Players/Coaches*^# E-mail [email protected] available after practice Assistant Director Danielle Felter* (approx. 6:15 p.m.) E-mail [email protected] * Some players have evening classes and are not available. ^ Coach Stoops’ radio show is Tuesday evenings and he Assistant Director Chris Freet* generally has little if any post-practice availability that evening. # Players and coaches who appear at the media lunch- E-mail [email protected] eon are not available after the Tuesday practice. Publications Coordinator Debbie Copp WEEKLY MEDIA LUNCHEON E-mail [email protected] Each Tuesday during the season, OU hosts a media luncheon inside the East Side Stadium Club at Receptionist Debra Bishop Gaylord Family - Memorial Stadium. The luncheon begins at 11:15 a.m., with comments from the E-mail [email protected] head coach of OU’s opponent that week. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and Coach Stoops will *denotes main football contacts address the attending media following lunch. A limited number of OU players will be on hand for WEEKLY BIG 12 CONFERENCE CALL interviews. Media may downlink the conference for airing at a later time. Live airings are prohibited. The coordinates are SBS 6 K 16. Dowload Frequency: 12092.5 V. Interested media representatives may call the Monday Big 12 Conference office (214) 742-1212 to find out more about the teleconference. The order of head CREDENTIALS coaches and other participants is: Requests for credentials should be faxed to the media relations office at least eight days prior to the 10:00 – Mark Mangino, Kansas game. The requests, which may only be submitted by a sports editor/director, should appear on let- 10:10 – Bob Stoops, Oklahoma terhead and include the names of those individuals seeking passes. Media attending games must 10:20 – Les Miles, Oklahoma State show a photo ID upon entering the stadium. If the name on the credential and the photo ID do not 10:30 – Bill Snyder, Kansas State match, the credential will be voided. 10:40 – Gary Pinkel, Missouri 10:50 – Mike Leach, Texas Tech PRACTICE 11:00 – Guy Morriss, Baylor Practices will be open to photographers for the first 15 minutes Monday-Wednesday. Photographers 11:10 – Dan McCarney, Iowa State are required to inform the media relations office when they plan to attend. No other portion of the 11:20 – Mack Brown, Texas practices are open. Those in attendance are required to stay at the end of the practice field at all 11:30 – Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M times unless accompanied by a member of the media relations office. 11:40 – Gary Barnett, Colorado 11:50 – Bill Callahan, Nebraska Noon – Selected Student-Athletes INTERVIEWS A replay of the briefing is available at 4 p.m. CT. • Head Coach Bob Stoops will do general interviews following practice on Monday. All other requests for interviews must be submitted to the media relations office at least 24 hours prior to the BIG 12 SATELLITE FEED scheduled interview. Fox Sports Net joins the Big 12 Conference in pre- • Assistant Coaches: Arrangements should be made through the media relations office. Most inter- senting a one-hour package of weekly satellite high- views will be conducted after practice Monday-Wednesday. lights of previous week's games as well as features • Players: All interviews with players will take place at the media luncheon or after practice on from Tuesday, Aug. 31 through Tuesday, Dec. 7. Feed Monday and Tuesday. Media should request players at least 24 hours in advance. Players and times are 3:30-4:30 p.m. (Central) Tuesdays (Aug. 31- Dec. 7, 2004). coaches who attend the Tuesday luncheon are not be available following practice that day. Coor.: Galaxy 3C - Tran. 2 (C-Band) - analogue feed • Post-game: The OU locker room is closed at all times. Head coach Bob Stoops and several Downlink Frequency: 4100 Mhz (vertical) Sooner players will be brought to designated interivew areas. At home, that is the Red Room, locat- Orbital Slot: TBD ed under the south end zone grandstand in the Barry Switzer Center. Audio: 6.2 / 6.8 MHZ SOONER NOTES 3 TEAMTEAM COMPARISON COMPARISON OU AND THE BIG 12 TITLE GAME OU CU • Oklahoma plays Colorado for the second time in this game after defeating the Buffaloes, 29-7, in the Points Scored 35.5 24.4 2002 game at Houston’s Reliant Stadium. Points Allowed 14.6 23.8 • Seven of the 22 position starters who started that game in ‘02 are still on the Oklahoma team and six are First Downs 18.1 likely starters in this contest. Rushing Yards 213.2 133.5 Rushing Defense 94.6 166.2 OU’s MOST RECENT GAME Passing Yards 253.8 219.3 Oklahoma steamrolled Baylor in its regular season finale at Waco, Texas, 35-0, on Nov.