1995 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1995 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	5–5–1 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Howard Schnellenberger (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Nord (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Kurt Van Valkenburgh (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

1995 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
No. 5 Colorado	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Kansas State	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Kansas	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1995 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 Howard Schnellenberger, who was hired away from Louisville to replace Gary Gibbs; this would be Schnellenberger's only year at Oklahoma as he resigned following a 5-5-1 campaign.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	1:30 p.m.	San Diego State*	No. 14	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	PSN	W 38–22	71,119
September 16	1:30 p.m.	SMU*	No. 14	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 24–10	64,217
September 23	1:30 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 10	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 51–10	65,829
September 30	7:45 p.m.	No. 4 Colorado	No. 10	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (College GameDay)	ESPN	L 17–38	75,004
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State	No. 14	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	KWTV	W 39–26	45,731
October 14	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 18 Texas*	No. 13	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	T 24–24	75,587
October 21	6:30 p.m.	No. 7 Kansas	No. 15	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ESPN	L 17–38	74,639
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at Missouri	No. 23	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	KWTV	W 13–9	37,614
November 4	1:10 p.m.	at No. 9 Kansas State	No. 25	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	KWTV	L 10–49	40,138
November 11	1:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)		L 0–12	75,004
November 24	1:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	L 0–37	75,662
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings

See also: 1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

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	15	16	14	14	10	10	14	13	15	23	25	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches Poll	17	—	14	14	11	9	14	12	14	21	25	—	—	—	—	—	—

Game summaries

San Diego State

San Diego State Aztecs (1–0) at #14 Oklahoma Sooners (0–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
San Diego St	0	0	0	22	22
Oklahoma	0	17	14	7	38

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

• Date: September 19, 1995
• Game attendance: 71,119
• Box Score

SMU

SMU Mustangs (1–1) at #14 Oklahoma Sooners (1–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
SMU	0	3	7	0	10
Oklahoma	3	6	8	7	24

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

• Date: September 16, 1995
• Game attendance: 64,217
• Box Score

North Texas

North Texas Mean Green (1–2) at #10 Oklahoma Sooners (2–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	2	8	0	0	10
Oklahoma	0	17	17	17	51

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

• Date: September 23, 1995
• Game attendance: 65,829
• Box Score

Colorado

#4 Colorado Buffaloes (4–0) at #10 Oklahoma Sooners (3–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	0	14	14	10	38
Oklahoma	3	14	0	0	17

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

• Date: September 30, 1995
• Game attendance: 75,004
• Box Score

At Iowa State

#14 Oklahoma Sooners (3–1) at Iowa State Cyclones (2–2)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	3	13	7	16	39
Iowa St	7	12	0	7	26

at Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa

• Date: October 7, 1995
• Game attendance: 45,731
• Box Score

Vs. Texas

#13 Oklahoma Sooners (4–1) vs. #18 Texas Longhorns (4–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	10	14	0	24
Texas	21	3	0	0	24

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

• Date: October 14, 1995
• Game attendance: 75,587
• Box Score

Kansas

#7 Kansas Jayhawks (6–0) at #15 Oklahoma Sooners (4–1–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	0	7	10	21	38
Oklahoma	14	0	0	3	17

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

• Date: October 21, 1995
• Game attendance: 74,639
• Box Score

At Missouri

#23 Oklahoma Sooners (4–2–1) at Missouri Tigers (2–5)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	7	0	6	13
Missouri	3	3	3	0	9

at Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri

• Date: October 28, 1995
• Game attendance: 37,614
• Box Score

At Kansas State

#25 Oklahoma Sooners (5–2–1) at #9 Kansas State Wildcats (7–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	3	7	0	0	10
Kansas St	7	21	7	14	49

at KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas

• Date: November 4, 1995
• Game attendance: 40,138
• Box Score

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State Cowboys (2–7) at Oklahoma Sooners (5–3–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma St	0	6	0	6	12
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

• Date: November 11, 1995
• Game attendance: 75,004
• Box Score

At Nebraska

Oklahoma Sooners (5–4–1) at #1 Nebraska Cornhuskers (10–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	10	3	10	14	37

at Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska

• Date: November 24, 1995
• Game attendance: 75,662
• Box Score

Personnel

1995 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 80 Stephen Alexander So RB 25 James Allen Jr FB 34 James Arnold So QB 2 John Barber Fr G 59 Steve Bearden Fr WR 24 Chris Blocker  Fr QB 16 Brad Brittain Fr WR 3 Terrence Brown  Jr G 50 David Bullard Jr WR 18 Ronnie Burns  Fr RB 34 Bennie Butler Fr OT 66 Chris Campbell  Jr G 68 Joe Carollo  Sr FB 32 Dwayne Chandler Sr FB 30 Terry Collier  Sr G 65 Jason Comer  Sr OT 78 J. R. Conrad Sr QB 14 Buddy Davis  So FB 30 Jermaine Fazande  Fr RB 19 Jeff Frazier  Jr TE 86 Jason Freeman Fr QB 12 Justin Fuente Fr OT 70 Barry Giles  So WR 83 Aaron Green Fr OT 69 Robert Ingram  So OL 60 Cornelius Jackson Fr WR 2 Jarrail Jackson Fr C 54 Clane LaCrosse Sr C 75 Chuck Langston  Sr C 77 Tim Macias  Fr C 73 Bruce McClure  So TE 6 Mike McDaniel  Jr QB 8 Garrick McGee Sr OL 52 Russ Meachem Fr WR 4 P. J. Mills Sr QB 1 Eric Moore Fr RB 7 Jerald Moore So G 64 Jon Mulac  So G 67 Derrick Nelson  So G 74 Milton Overton  Sr RB 48 De'Mond Parker Fr WR 89 JaJuan Penny Sr RB 20 Michael Rose So FB 29 Keith Sparks  Sr OT 76 Harry Stamps Sr QB 11 Jay Stuckey Fr WR 21 Michael Thompson  Jr LS 61 Taylor Wickersham So WR 10 Gerald Williams Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 95 Brian Ailey Fr LB 84 Dale Allen  Fr DE 72 Robert Allen Sr DT 79 Brian Andrews  So DT 96 Arthur Atkins Sr DT 99 Carlos Baker  Fr CB 31 Larry Bush Sr DT 93 Martin Chase So S 26 Perry Collier  Sr DB 41 Anthony Davis Fr CB 28 Wendell Davis  Sr CB 23 Tim Denton Sr LB 47 Brent DeQuasie  Sr DE 90 Aaron Findley Fr S 9 Anthony Fogle Jr LB 44 Mario Freeman Sr LB 53 Marquis Gibson Fr DT 97 Kelly Gregg Fr DT 59 Rico Harley Fr S 17 Rod Henderson  Jr DB 39 Dennis Hubbard Fr LB 43 Corey Ivy So DB 42 Darrius Johnson  Sr DE 57 Cedric Jones Sr DB 38 Gana Joseph Fr LB 46 Chris Justice Fr DT 95 Fred Lewis Sr DE 56 Stirling Luckey Jr LB 81 Terrance Malone  Fr DE 58 Marc Manuel  Jr DE 85 Rod Manuel Jr LB 40 Matt McCormick  Fr DL 94 Greg Moyer DE 55 Paul Oatts  Jr LB 45 Tyrell Peters Jr DE 91 Mike Phipps  So LB 27 Collin Rosenberg Jr CB 30 Sharod Robinson So LB 54 Sebastien Roegiers Jr CB 29 David Rowe Fr DB 16 Rusty Rushing Fr S 21 Steven Rhynes Fr LB 51 Broderick Simpson  Jr DB 48 Darrell Sims Fr OT 71 Jay Smith  Fr LB 36 Travian Smith So CB 18 Eric Stacy Jr CB 22 Cedric Stephens Fr DT 92 Barron Tanner Jr LB 35 Ryan Vardeman Jr DB 5 Maylon Wesley  Sr S 13 Terry White  Fr DB 37 Pee Wee Woods Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 15 Jeremy Alexander So P 88 Tim Daughtry  So K 87 Jeremy Hernandez Fr K 82 Brian Lewis Fr K 37 Nick Lynch So K 19 Daniel Paho Sr K 11 Phil Stamper So K 87 Benjamin Young Fr	Head coach Howard Schnellenberger Coordinators/assistant coaches Gary Nord – Offensive coordinator Craig Swabek – Running backs Clarence James – Wide receivers Danny Hope – Offensive line Kurt Van Valkenburgh – Defensive coordinator Christ Vagotis – Defensive line Kenith Pope – Defensive end Jon Tenuta – Defensive backs Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 1996 NFL draft following the season.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL team
1	5	Cedric Jones	Defensive end	New York Giants
3	83	Jerald Moore	Running back	Arizona Cardinals
4	122	Darrius Johnson	Defensive back	Denver Broncos
5	161	Harry Stamps	Tackle	Arizona Cardinals
6	207	Wendell Davis	Defensive back	Dallas Cowboys
7	227	J. R. Conrad	Tackle	New England Patriots