OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS u 28 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS u 45 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS u 9 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS u 36 10-WIN SEASONS 157 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS u 477 FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS u 5 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS u 72 NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS SERIES HISTORY: #3/3 OKLAHOMA (0-0) VS. #15/13 HOUSTON (0-0) Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 n 11 a.m. CT n Houston, Texas n NRG Stadium (71,795) Overall ....................................................OU leads 2-0 In Norman...............................................OU leads 1-0 SOONERS COUGARS At Neutral Sites ....................................OU leads 1-0 2015 Record: 11-2; 8-1 Big 12 (1st) 2015 Record: 13-1; 7-1 AAC (T1st West) Last Meeting .....OU won 63-13 (9/11/04 in Norman) Head Coach: Bob Stoops Head Coach: Tom Herman GAME 1 Record at OU: 179-46 (18th Year) Record at OU: 13-1 (2nd Year) TELEVISION: ABC Overall Record: Same Overall Record: Same Play-by-Play ............................................ Dave Pasch Analyst ..................................................Greg McElroy OPENING KICK Reporter ................................................Tom Luginbill u No. 3/3 Oklahoma begins its 122nd season of varsity football when it faces No. RADIO: SOONER SPORTS NETWORK 15/13 Houston on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT in the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff. The game will mark the start of OU’s 18th season under head coach Bob Stoops. FLAGSHIPS KOMA 1520 AM & KRXO 107.7 FM u SIRIUS 84; XM 84 The Sooners are looking for their 14th season of at least 10 wins under Stoops. ONLINE: TuneIn.com (FREE) Oklahoma is the only FBS program to rack up 13 seasons of double-digit victories since 2000. Play-by-Play .........................................Toby Rowland Analyst .................................................Merv Johnson u Oklahoma is 93-22-6 all-time in season openers (15-2 under Stoops). Sideline Reporter ................................... Chris Plank u OU has won five straight season openers, its longest streak since winning seven Sideline Analyst ......................................Ted Lehman in a row from 1998 through 2004. NATIONAL RADIO: WESTWOOD ONE u The last time Oklahoma opened the season against a team ranked as highly as No. 15 came in 1986 when No. 1 OU beat No. 4 UCLA 38-3 in Norman. Play-by-Play .............................................Ted Emrich Analyst ........................................................... Al Groh u In games where both teams are ranked 15th or better, Oklahoma is 30-15 (.667) under Stoops, including 21-6 (.778) when it is the higher ranked team. TV PREGAME: FS SOUTHWEST u This marks just the second time under Stoops that Oklahoma is opening the “Sooner Sports Gameday” ..................... 10 a.m. CT season against a ranked team. The other occasion was in 2009 when the No. 3 Sooners lost 14-13 to No. 20 BYU in Arlington, Texas. Sooners QB Sam Brad- Bob Stoops has won more games in his ONLINE: SOONERSPORTS.COM ford, who won the Heisman Trophy the previous year, missed the second half with first 17 years as a head coach (179) than a shoulder injury. anyone in major college football history SoonerSports.com offers the most complete and (see below). He has also won Big 12 The Sooners are 49-6 (.891) in September under Stoops, outscoring teams by comprehensive postgame coverage of the Sooners u championships more times (nine) than an average of 42 to 17. OU has won nine straight September games and 19 he has not. anywhere. Visit for game recaps, video highlights, press conferences, stats, photos and more. of its last 20 dating back to 2009. u Oklahoma is 55-28 (.663) vs. AP Top 25 teams in the Stoops era. The WINS IN FIRST 17 YEARS SOCIAL MEDIA: #SOONERS win percentage is the best in the country during the span and the win total NAME RECORD PCT. YEARS is second behind LSU (57). Twitter/Instagram ..............................@OU_Football 1. Bob Stoops 179-46 .796 1999- Facebook ......................................Oklahoma Football u Last year’s Big 12 title was Oklahoma’s ninth under Stoops, meaning he 2. Tom Osborne 168-38-2 .813 1973-89 Snapchat ..................................................OU.Football has won league championships at OU more years than he has not. No other 3. Joe Paterno 162-34-1 .825 1966-82 program has claimed more than two Big 12 championships during the 4. Steve Spurrier 157-50-2 .756 1987-01, ’05-06 Stoops era. 5. Lavell Edwards 155-53 .745 1972-88 FIVE TOP STORYLINES u Oklahoma (11-2) and Houston (13-1) posted the best combined 2015 record (24-3) of any two teams that will meet in week one this season. The matchup will be the only one on opening weekend that features two teams ranked in the top 10 of last year’s final AP poll (OU fifth, Houston eighth), and one of two between teams ranked in the top 15 of this year’s preseason AP poll (No. 4 Florida State vs. No. 11 Ole Miss is the other). ROAD WARRIORS u This is just the fourth time in its history that OU has opened the season at a neutral site, and the second under Stoops (2009 vs. Over the last four seasons, Oklahoma is 20-4 BYU in Arlington, Texas). The only other such games came in 1896 when OU opened against Norman High (won 12-0) and in 1898 (.833) in regular season games away from Nor- when OU opened against Arkansas City (won 5-0). Both games took place in Oklahoma City. man (6-2 against ranked opponents). u Oklahoma has 42 Texans on its roster, including 10 from the surrounding Houston metro area: RB Rodney Anderson (Katy; Horn HS), RB Najee Bissoon (Humble; Summer Creek HS), QB Reece Clark (Cypress; Cypress Woods HS), OL Christian 2016 SCHEDULE HOUSTON ULM OHIO STATE @TCU VS. TEXAS K-STATE @TEXAS TECH KANSAS @IOWA STATE BAYLOR @WEST VIRGINIA OKLA. STATE SEPT. 3 SEPT. 10 SEPT. 17 OCT. 1 OCT. 8 OCT. 15 OCT. 22 OCT. 29 NOV. 3 NOV. 12 NOV. 19 DEC. 3 11 A.M. 6 P.M. 6:30 P.M. (ABC) (PPV) GAME 1: OKLAHOMA VS. HOUSTON GENERAL NOTES Daimler (Houston; Stratford HS), DE Matt Dimon (Katy; Katy OU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS HS), DT Du’Vonta Lampkin (Houston; Cypress Falls HS), LB MAYFIELD/WARD COMPARISON (FOOTBALL CONTACTS) Ogbonnia Okoronkwo (Houston; Alief Taylor HS), K Kyle Pfau OU's Baker Mayfield and Houston's Greg Ward Jr. (Spring; Klein HS), DT Matt Romar (Port Arthur; Memorial HS) were two of college football's top quarterbacks last season. MIKE HOUCK and CB Jordan Thomas (Klein; Klein HS). OU defensive line Here's how they ranked nationally in various categories. Assistant AD/Strategic Communications coach Calvin Thibodeaux also hails from Houston (Westbury HS) MAYFIELD WARD Office: (405) 325-8227 and was a defensive graduate assistant at Houston from 2008-09. Category Stat Rank Stat Rank Passing Efficiency 173.3 3rd 148.9 27th Cell: (405) 249-5892 u A distinguished litany of Oklahoma Football alumni were prod- Email: [email protected] Passing Yards/Attempt 9.4 3rd 8.2 26th ucts of the Houston area. The list of OU All-Americans who hailed Completion Pct. 68.1 4th 67.2 9th KARL ANDERSON from that area include the likes of RB Greg Pruitt (Houston; 1970- Points Responsible For 258 6th 228 12th 72), RB Joe Washington (Port Arthur; 1972-75), DE Darrell Assistant Director Passing TDs 36 6th 17 53rd Office: (405) 325-8571 Reed (Cypress; 1984-87), DE Cedric Jones (Houston; 1992-95) Pts. Resp. For/Game 19.8 7th 16.3 15th Cell: (405) 595-7659 and RB Quentin Griffin (Humble; 1999-2002). Total Offense/Game 315.8 13th 281.1 27th Email: [email protected] u Oklahoma is 2-0 all-time against Houston, including 1-0 under Passing Yards 3,700 18th 2,828 42nd WES MOODY head coach Bob Stoops and 1-0 at neutral sites. The teams first Passing Yards/Game 284.6 20th 202.0 61st Communications Assistant met in the 1981 Sun Bowl when OU won 40-14 in El Paso, Texas. Pass Yards/Completion 13.8 23rd 12.2 62nd Office (405) 325-8413 The teams met again in Norman in September 2004 with OU winning Rushing TDs 7 113th 21 5th Email: [email protected] 63-13 (more details below). Rushing Yards/Carry 2.9 169th 5.6 50th SOONERS AND NRG STADIUM OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS The last time the Sooners played in Houston was also the lone time they played at NRG Stadium (then named Reliant Stadium). HEAD COACH BOB STOOPS In 2002, No. 8 OU beat 12th-ranked Colorado 29-7 in the Big 12 Championship Game, outgaining the Buffaloes 401 yards to 193 and registering 25 first downs to CU’s nine. Quarterback Nate Hybl was 14 for 25 for 114 yards with two touchdown passes, Alma Mater: Iowa, 1983 while Quentin Griffin led OU’s ground charge with 188 yards and two TDs on 29 carries (6.5 yards per rush). The victory Career Record: 179-46 (.796); 18th Year propelled the Sooners to their lone Rose Bowl appearance, a game they won 34-14 over seventh-ranked Washington State. Record at OU: Same Big 12 Record: 112-29 (.794) SCOUTING HOUSTON Bowl Record: 8-9 (.471) u Big 12 Championships: 9 Houston is in its second season under head coach Tom Herman. Winner of the 2014 Broyles Award as the nation’s top assis- tant coach while at Ohio State (Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach), Herman led the Cougars to a 13-1 record National Championships: 1 (2000) last season and to their first New Year’s bowl game in 30 years. UH claimed the American Athletic Conference championship with ASSISTANT COACHES LOCATION a home win over No.