1969 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1969 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. It was the 75th season for the Sooners.

1969 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1969 record	6–4 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach	Chuck Fairbanks (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Barry Switzer (4th season)
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 61,836)

1969 Big Eight Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Missouri +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Colorado	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 20	at Wisconsin*	No. 6	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 48–21	46,130[1]
September 27	Pittsburgh*	No. 6	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 37–8	54,576[1]
October 11	vs. No. 2 Texas*	No. 8	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	L 17–27	72,032[1]
October 18	Colorado	No. 12	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 42–30	60,524[1]
October 25	at No. 18 Kansas State	No. 11	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		L 21–59	35,615[1]
November 1	Iowa State		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 37–14	53,811[1]
November 8	at No. 9 Missouri	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)	ABC	L 10–44	60,378[1]
November 15	Kansas		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 31–15	56,462[1]
November 22	No. 16 Nebraska		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)		L 14–44	52,367[1]
November 29	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)		W 28–27	41,315[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1969 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WB 37 Gary Jamar Jr WR 83 Joe Killingsworth Sr C 54 Bob Klitzman Jr C 50 Ken Mendenhall Sr QB 11 Jack Mildren So TB 36 Steve Owens Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class RE 84 Jim Files Sr DHB 26 Jerry Hetherington Jr DHB 32 Rick Hetherington Sr LB 82 Steve Zabel Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Chuck Fairbanks Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)

Oklahoma Sooners at Oklahoma State Cowboys

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma 14 0 7 7 28 Oklahoma State 7 14 0 6 27 Date: November 29 Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma Game attendance: 38,200

Scoring summary 1 Oklahoma Owens 1-yard run (Derr kick) Oklahoma 7-0 1 Oklahoma Killingsworth 51-yard pass from Mildren (Derr kick) Oklahoma 14-0 1 Oklahoma St Cutburth 8-yard run (Pruss kick) Oklahoma 14-7 2 Oklahoma St Cutburth 1-yard run (Pruss kick) Tie 14-14 2 Oklahoma St Eben 7-yard pass from Cutburth (Pruss kick) Oklahoma St 21-14 3 Oklahoma Owens 1-yard run (Derr kick) Tie 21-21 4 Oklahoma Mildren 34-yard run (Derr kick) Oklahoma 28-21 4 1:33 Oklahoma St Eben 7-yard pass from Cutburth (run failed) Oklahoma 28-27

Steve Owens rushed for a career-high 261 yards and broke the single season Big Eight touchdown record set by Nebraska's Bobby Reynolds in 1950.

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Awards and honors

• Steve Owens, Heisman Trophy[3]
• Steve Owens, Walter Camp Award[4]

1970 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Steve Zabel	Linebacker	1	6	Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Files	Linebacker	1	13	New York Giants
Steve Owens	Running back	1	19	Detroit Lions
Ken Mendenhall	Center	5	116	Atlanta Falcons
Jack Porter	Center	8	187	New York Jets
Joe Killingsworth	Wide receiver	17	420	Boston Patriots

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References

1. http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/schedule.cfm?SeasonID=1969
2. "Owens, Oklahoma Nip Cowboys, 28-27." Palm Beach Post. 1969 Nov 30.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2007-04-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-camp.htm
5. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1970.htm