List of Oklahoma Sooners football championships

This is a list of championships garnered by the Oklahoma Sooners college football program.

The team has captured 43 conference titles, including 14 in a row between 1946–59, and the seven national championships: 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000.^[1] In addition to the seven acknowledged national championships, there are also nine additional years in which the NCAA's official record book recognizes the Sooners as national champions: 1949, 1953, 1957, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1986, 2003.^[2]

National championships (7)

Recognized championships

The following list of national titles accounts for the seven that are recognized by the University of Oklahoma:

Year Selectors Coach Overall Record 1950 AP, Coaches Bud Wilkinson 10–1 1955 AP, Coaches Bud Wilkinson 11–0 1956 AP, Coaches Bud Wilkinson 10–0 1974 AP Barry Switzer 11–0 1975 AP, Coaches Barry Switzer 11–1 1985 AP, Coaches Barry Switzer 11–1 2000 AP, Coaches, BCS Bob Stoops 13–0 Other national championships Over the seasons, other polls and organizations have named Oklahoma national champions,[3] although none of these championships are recognized by the school: Year Selectors Coach Overall Record 1949 Football Research Bud Wilkinson 11–0 1953 Berryman, Football Research Bud Wilkinson 9–1–1 1957 Berryman Bud Wilkinson 10–1 1967 Poling Chuck Fairbanks 10–1 1973 Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Sagarin Barry Switzer 10–0–1 1978 Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Helms, Litkenhous, Matthews, Poling, Sagarin Barry Switzer 11–1 1980 Billingsley, Dunkel, Matthews Barry Switzer 10–2 1986 Berryman, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, NY Times, Sagarin Barry Switzer 11–1 2003 Berryman Bob Stoops 12–2 Conference championships (43) Oklahoma has been affiliated with the following conferences: 1895–1913: Independent 1914–1919: Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (existed from 1914–1928) 1915–1919: Southwest Conference 1920–1927: Missouri Valley Conference 1928–1995: Big Eight Conference (informally called the "Big 6" and "Big 7" before 1958) 1996–present: Big 12 Conference Year Conference Coach Overall Record Conference Record 1915 Southwest Bennie Owen 10–0 3–0 1918† Southwest Bennie Owen 6–0 2–0 1920 MVIAA Bennie Owen 6–0–1 4–0–1 1938 Big 6 Tom Stidham 10–1 5–0 1943 Big 6 Dewey Luster 7–2 5–0 1944 Big 6 Dewey Luster 6–3–1 4–0–1 1946† Big 6 Jim Tatum 8–3 4–1 1947† Big 6 Bud Wilkinson 7–2–1 4–0–1 1948 Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 10–1 5–0 1949 Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 11–0 5–0 1950 Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 10–1 6–0 1951 Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 8–2 6–0 1952 Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 8–1–1 5–0 1953 Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 9–1–1 6–0 1954 Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 10–0 6–0 1955 Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 11–0 6–0 1956 Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 10–0 6–0 1957 Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 10–1 6–0 1958 Big 8 Bud Wilkinson 10–1 6–0 1959 Big 8 Bud Wilkinson 7–3 5–1 1962 Big 8 Bud Wilkinson 8–3 7–0 1967 Big 8 Chuck Fairbanks 10–1 7–0 1968† Big 8 Chuck Fairbanks 7–4 6–1 1972 Big 8 Chuck Fairbanks 11–1 5–1 1973 Big 8 Barry Switzer 10–0–1 7–0 1974 Big 8 Barry Switzer 11–0 7–0 1975† Big 8 Barry Switzer 11–1 6–1 1976† Big 8 Barry Switzer 9–2–1 6–1 1977 Big 8 Barry Switzer 10–2 7–0 1978† Big 8 Barry Switzer 11–1 6–0 1979 Big 8 Barry Switzer 11–1 7–0 1980 Big 8 Barry Switzer 10–2 7–0 1984† Big 8 Barry Switzer 9–2–1 6–1 1985 Big 8 Barry Switzer 11–1 7–0 1986 Big 8 Barry Switzer 11–1 7–0 1987 Big 8 Barry Switzer 11–1 7–0 2000 Big 12 Bob Stoops 13–0 8–0 2002 Big 12 Bob Stoops 12–2 6–2 2004 Big 12 Bob Stoops 12–1 8–0 2006 Big 12 Bob Stoops 11–3 7–1 2007 Big 12 Bob Stoops 11–3 6–2 2008 Big 12 Bob Stoops 12-2 7–1 2010 Big 12 Bob Stoops 11-2 6–2 † Denotes a shared title. Division championships (8) The Sooners have been a member of only one division—the Big 12 South—in their entire history.[1] Year Conference Division Coach Overall Record Conference Record 2000 Big 12 South Bob Stoops 13–0 8–0 2002† Big 12 South Bob Stoops 12–2 6–2 2003 Big 12 South Bob Stoops 12–2 8–0 2004 Big 12 South Bob Stoops 12–1 8–0 2006 Big 12 South Bob Stoops 11–3 7–1 2007 Big 12 South Bob Stoops 11–3 6–2 2008† Big 12 South Bob Stoops 12–2 7–1 2010† Big 12 South Bob Stoops 11–2 6-2 † Denotes a shared title. References ^ a b "Seven National Championships - Oklahoma Sooners football". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/m-footbl-national-championships.html. Retrieved 2008-12-18.  ^ "Past Division I-A Football National Champions". NCAA. Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20061206005323/http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html. Retrieved 2006-12-09.  ^ "Past Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I FBS) National Champions (formerly called Division I-A)". http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html.  "Oklahoma Composite Championship Listing". http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/oklahoma/championships.php.  External links Voices of Oklahoma interview with Barry Switzer. First person interview conducted on August 17, 2009 with Barry Switzer. Original audio and transcript archived with Voices of Oklahoma oral history project.