7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 38 CONFERENCE TITLES • 37 BOWL APPEARANCES • 138 ALL-AMERICANS • 51 NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS vs. Kansas Jayhawks Oct. 23, 2004 • 12 p.m. CDT Norman, Okla. • Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Stadium (82,112) OKLAHOMA SCHEDULE THE GAME For the second time this season, Oklahoma will look across the field at one of its former offen- Sept. 4 BOWLING GREEN (ABC) W, 40-24 sive coordinators when Mark Mangino brings his Kansas team to Norman this Saturday. Sept. 11 HOUSTON (TBS) W, 63-13 Mangino was on the OU staff from 1999-2001 and served in the offensive coordinator capacity Sept. 18 OREGON (ABC) W, 31-7 from 2000-02. This will mark his first meeting against OU since taking over the Kansas pro- Oct. 2 TEXAS TECH (FSN) W, 28-13 gram. Earlier this year, Oklahoma met another of its former OC’s when it played Mike Leach’s Texas Tech team. Both Oklahoma and Kansas are coming off victories against Kansas State. Oct. 9 Texas at Dallas (ABC) W, 12-0 The Sooners got theirs last week in Manhattan, 31-21. The Jayhawks, who are coming off a Oct. 16 at Kansas State (ABC) W, 31-21 bye week, topped K-State in Lawrence two weeks ago, 31-28. Oct. 23 KANSAS (FOX) Noon (CT) Oct. 30 at Oklahoma State (ABC)11 a.m. (CT) THE POLLS Nov. 6 at Texas A&M TBD OU is No. 2 in the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches polls. KU is unranked. Nov. 13 NEBRASKA TBD THE SERIES Nov. 20 at Baylor TBD Oklahoma leads this series 64-27-6 including a 33-12-2 advantage in Norman. Dec. 7 Big 12 Championship (at Kansas City) THE COACHES OKLAHOMA COACHES Oklahoma: Bob Stoops (Iowa ‘78), now in his sixth season with the Sooners, is 61-11 overall. He is 3-2 in bowls, 3-1 in January bowls, 2-1 in BCS games, 39-7 vs. the Big 12, 22-5 vs. the Bob Stoops (f) Head Coach Big 12 South, 16-3 vs. the Big 12 North, 2-1 in the Big 12 title game, 24-3 vs. non-conference Brent Venables (f) Assoc. HC/Co-Def. Coord./LB foes, 34-1 at home, 17-6 on the road, 10-4 on neutral fields and 19-4 vs. ranked opponents. Chuck Long (p) Offensive Coordinator/QB Stoops is 2-0 vs. Kansas. Bo Pelini (f) Co-Defensive Coordinator/DB Kansas: Mark Mangino (Youngstown State ‘87) is 11-20 in his third season at Kansas. He is 0-0 vs. the Sooners. Bobby Jack Wright (f) Asst. HC/Spec. Teams /DE Kevin Wilson (f) Co-Offensive Coor./OL SPECIAL EVENTS Cale Gundy (f) Running backs It’s homecoming in Norman ... Jackie Shipp (f) Defensive line Game Sponsor: Kraft/Homeland Kevin Sumlin (p) Tight ends Giveaway Items: 8,000 Pennants to OU students. Pre-game: Homecoming Royalty Presentation Darrell Wyatt (f) Receivers Halftime: Salute to OU student-athletes who earned individual honors during the 2003-04 and Game day location: p - Press Box, f- Field the Pride of Oklahoma's 100 year anniversary celebration. TELEVISION OKLAHOMA ... ONE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S ELITE PROGRAMS FOX Sports Net Oklahoma’s football program owns a remarkable list of accomplishments ... • Seven national championships (1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000), 38 conference Joel Meyers, play-by-play titles and 37 bowl appearances, 23 of which resulted in a Sooner victory. Dave Lapham, color • Oklahoma ranks No. 8 in all-time victories (741-284-53), No. 1 in victories since WWII (496) Jim Knox, sideline and No. 1 in victories since 2000 (50). • Oklahoma’s all-time winning percentage of .711 ranks No. 4 nationally. The Sooners’ .888 RADIO percentage since 2000 ranks No. 2 during that period. • Oklahoma ranks No. 7 in bowl appearances with 37 and No. 3 in bowl victories with 23. Sooner Network • The Sooners have produced 138 All-Americans (average of more than one per season over a Bob Barry, Sr., play-by-play 109-year history) and 51 national award winners, including four Heisman Trophy recipients. No Merv Johnson, color school has produced more Butkus Award (four), Thorpe Award (three) or Nagurski Award (two) Mark Rodgers, sideline winners. Only Notre Dame (7) and Ohio State (6) have produced more Heisman winners (OU is tied with USC at four). SOONERSPORTS.COM GAME SEVEN OU (6-0, 3-0) vs. KSU (3-3, 1-2) The Bottom Line ... OU quarterbacks have thrown four or more TD passes in 14 games. Eight of those are by Jason White. 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 TIES WITH THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT OU KU • As mentioned earlier, KU head coach Mark Mangino spent three seasons at Oklahoma.