1990 Oklahoma Sooners football

Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 17
Record	8–3 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Gary Gibbs (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Coker (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Sadler (2nd season)
Captains	Scott Evans Larry Medice Mike Sawatzky Chris Wilson
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,004)
Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

1990 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Colorado $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	1
No. 24 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Kansas	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1990 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 second-year head coach Gary Gibbs. They were ineligible to participate in a bowl game since they were on probation.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	2:30 p.m.	at No. 19 UCLA*	No. 23	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 34–14	50,068
September 15	1:00 p.m.	No. 13 Pittsburgh*	No. 14	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	CBS	W 52–10	71,117
September 22	1:00 p.m.	Tulsa*	No. 11	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 52–10	70,235
September 29	1:00 p.m.	Kansas	No. 9	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	PSN	W 31–17	70,095
October 6	1:30 p.m.	at Oklahoma State	No. 7	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)		W 31–17	49,800
October 13	3:00 p.m.	vs. Texas*	No. 4	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ESPN	L 13–14	75,587
October 20	1:00 p.m.	Iowa State	No. 16	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 31–33	69,112
October 27	1:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Colorado	No. 22	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	CBS	L 23–32	51,967
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at Missouri		Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)		W 55–10	40,902
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Kansas State		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	PSN	W 34–7	69,106
November 23	1:30 p.m.	No. 10 Nebraska		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	CBS	W 45–10	74,910
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1990 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`15`	Joey Alfred	So
G	`63`	Mark Blodgett	Jr
TE	`87`	Eric Blomquist	So
G	`66`	Brian Brauninger	Jr
TE	`86`	Rickey Brady	Fr
SO	`6`	Dewell Brewer	Fr
SE	`16`	Chris Cabbiness	Sr
OL	`76`	James Cargill	So
QB	`10`	Steve Collins	So
QB	`9`	Tink Collins	So
TE	`43`	Adrian Cooper	Sr
RB	`5`	Greg Ervin	Jr
OL	`51`	Joe Ervin	So
TB	`7`	Rod Fisher	Jr
C	`79`	Eric Fultz	Jr
TB	`32`	Mike Gaddis	Jr
RB		Aaron Goins	Fr
SE	`18`	Artie Guess	Sr
QB	`12`	Cale Gundy	Fr
FB	`3`	Scott Hale	Sr
OT	`70`	Brandon Houston	Jr
OL	`67`	Chris Jensen	Jr
FB	`27`	Corey Johnson	Fr
SE	`81`	David Jourdan	Fr
G	`58`	Jason Keith	So
C	`52`	Brent Koontz	Fr
TB	`1`	Ike Lewis	Jr
RB	`3`	Ted Long	Jr
G	`64`	Terran Manning	Sr
RB	`23`	Billy McDade	Fr
FB	`31`	Mike McKinley	Jr
G	`62`	Larry Medice (C)	Sr
SE	`17`	Chris Melson	Jr
TE	`82`	Joey Mickey	So
OT	`57`	Jeff Miller	Sr
SE	`83`	John Nelson	Fr
TE	`94`	Jon Page	Jr
OT	`73`	Zarak Peters	Sr
OL	`69`	Steve Pettit	So
FB	`33`	Kenyon Rasheed	So
OL	`71`	Jeff Resler	Fr
G	`54`	Mike Sawatzky (C)	Sr
TE	`80`	Pete Schmitt	So
FB	`36`	William Steines	So
SE	`11`	Otis Taylor	So
TB	`26`	Travis Thompson	So
OL	`68`	Tim Vitito	Fr
C	`50`	Randy Wallace	Jr
OT	`74`	Chris Watkins	So
G	`55`	Steve Wigington	Fr
TB	`20`	Earnest Williams	Fr
G	`60`	Matt Wilson	Fr
G	`75`	Dalton Young	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`95`	Russell Allen	Fr
DT	`85`	Tom Backes	Sr
NG	`56`	James Baldwin	So
LB	`40`	Reggie Barnes	So
LB	`38`	Randall Base	So
DE	`99`	Aubrey Beavers	Fr
DB	`29`	Jason Belser	Jr
DE	`35`	Frank Blevins	Sr
LB	`45`	Joe Bowden	Sr
DE	`42`	John Bradley	Jr
DB	`14`	Melvin Carter	So
DL	`91`	Ben Cavil	Fr
DB	`24`	Drew Christmon	Fr
LB	`41`	Mike Coats	Fr
LB	`43`	Bart Daniels	So
DB	`48`	Greg DeQuasie	Jr
NG	`77`	Stacey Dillard	Jr
DB	`26`	Terry Duncan	Jr
DT	`78`	Scott Evans (C)	Sr
LB	`34`	Mike Fields	Fr
DB	`15`	Charles Franks	Jr
DE	`39`	James Goode	Sr
DE	`47`	Tracy Gordon	Sr
LB	`49`	Bryan Gorka	Fr
DE	`53`	Tony Han	Sr
LB	`37`	Jay Houtman	So
DE	`89`	Ronn Hull	Fr
DB	`25`	Russell Jones	Fr
NG	`96`	Darrell Kirby	Sr
DT	`97`	Proctor Land	Jr
DB	`22`	Tony Levy	Jr
LB	`59`	John Manning	Fr
DT	`46`	Corey Mayfield	Jr
DB	`4`	Tommy O'Hara	Fr
NG	`87`	Shad Patrick	Fr
DB	`44`	Jerome Pipkins	Jr
DB	`19`	Terry Ray	Jr
DL	`98`	Broderick Roberson	Fr
DB	`8`	William Shankle	So
DB	`21`	Lance Swanson	Jr
DE	`88`	Trey Tippens	So
DB	`28`	Darnell Walker	So
DL	`72`	David Walsh	Jr
DB	`2`	Corey Warren	Fr
LB	`30`	Chris Wilson (C)	Jr
DB	`88`	Corey Wilson	Fr
DE	`90`	Fred Woods	Fr
DL	`92`	Ricky Wren	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`97`	Barry Blanton	Fr
K	`13`	R. D. Lashar	Sr
P	`84`	Brad Reddell	So

Head coach

Gary Gibbs

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

at UCLA

at Oklahoma State

Texas

Texas vs. #4 Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Longhorns	7	0	0	7	14
Sooners	3	7	3	0	13

Date: October 13
Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Game attendance: 75,587

Scoring summary

1		OU	R.D. Lashar 47 yard field goal	OU 3-0

1		TEX	Kerry Cash 8 yard pass from Peter Gardere (Michael Pollak kick)	TEX 7-3

2		OU	Dewell Brewer 9 yard run (R.D. Lashar kick)	OU 10-7

3		OU	R.D. Lashar 36 yard field goal	OU 13-7

4	2:00	TEX	Keith Cash 16 yard pass from Peter Gardere (Michael Pollak kick)	TEX 14-13

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Iowa State

at Colorado

#22 Oklahoma at #10 Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sooners	7	7	3	6	23
• Buffaloes	3	9	6	14	32

Date: October 27
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
Game start: 12:31 PM
Elapsed time: 3:23
Game attendance: 51,967
Game weather: 58° F, sunny, Wind E 8
Referee: Dean Cramer

Source: Box score

Scoring summary

Q1	9:00	OU	Cale Gundy 5-yard run (Lasher kick)	OU 7–0
Q1	3:01	COL	Harper 48-yard field goal	OU 7–3

Q2	6:58	COL	Harper 28-yard field goal	OU 7–6
	6:46	OU	Long 80-yard pass from Gundy (Lashar kick)	OU 14–6
	0:24	COL	Pritchard 12-yard pass from Hagan (run failed)	OU 14–12

Q3	10:19	COL	Eric Bieniemy 69-yard run (pass failed)	COL 18–14
Q3	5:06	OU	Lasher 43-yard field goal	COL 18–17

Q4	13:54	COL	Smith 85-yard pass from Hagan (Harper kick)	COL 25–17
	11:24	COL	Hagan 3-yard run (Harper kick)	COL 32–17
	5:51	OU	Brewer 6-yard run (run failed)	COL 32-23

at Missouri

Kansas State

Nebraska

#10 Nebraska at Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornhuskers	3	0	7	0	10
• Sooners	0	21	14	10	45

Date: November 23
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game start: 1:30 PM CST
Game attendance: 74,910

Rankings

Oklahoma was on probation in 1990 and ineligible to receive votes in the Coaches Poll.

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	22	23	14	11	9	7	4	16	22	—	—	—	—	—	22	20	17
Coaches Poll	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards

All-Big Eight: DB Jason Belser, LB Joe Bowden, TE Adrian Cooper, DT Scott Evans, OG Mike Sawatzky ^[4]

Postseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1991 NFL Draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.^[5]

Player	Position	Round	Pick
Adrian Cooper	Tight end	4	103
James Goode	Linebacker	5	114
Frank Blevins	Linebacker	7	169
Scott Evans	Defensive tackle	8	209
Tom Backes	Defensive end	10	272

References

^ Dierking, Kyle (June 17, 2009). "How The Mighty Fall: Barry Switzer". KOTV. Tulsa. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
^ "1990s". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
^ "Instant Replay: UT 14, OU 13 Horns Hook The Sooners On Late TD". The Oklahoman. October 14, 1990. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ SoonerSports.com
^ "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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