List of Oklahoma Sooners football championships

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

The team has captured 45 conference titles, including 14 in a row between 1946–59, and seven claimed national championships: 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974,1975, 1985, 2000. In addition to the seven claimed national titles the NCAA also recognizes ten others: 1915, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1986, and 2003.^[1]

National championships (17)

The following list of national titles accounts for the seven that are officially claimed by the University of Oklahoma (in bold) and the additional titles awarded by other sources that are recognized by the NCAA:

Year	Selectors	Coach	Overall Record
1915	Billingsley Report	Bennie Owen	10–0
1949	Football Research	Bud Wilkinson	11–0
1950	AP, Coaches, Berryman, Helms, Litkenhous, UPI, William-son	Bud Wilkinson	10–1
1953	Berryman, Football Research	Bud Wilkinson	9–1–1
1955	AP, Coaches, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Foot-ball Research, FW, Helms, INS, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), UPI, Williamson	Bud Wilkinson	11–0
1956	AP, Coaches, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Foot-ball Research, FW, Helms, INS, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), UPI, Williamson	Bud Wilkinson	10–0
1957	Berryman	Bud Wilkinson	10–1
1967	Poling	Chuck Fairbanks	10–1
1973	DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Sagarin	Barry Switzer	10–0–1
1974	AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, Football Research, Helms*, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation*, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess)	Barry Switzer	11–0
1975	AP, Coaches, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT*, FB News, Football Research, FW, Helms*, National Championship Foundation*, NFF, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), UPI	Barry Switzer	11–1
1978	DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Helms, Litkenhous, Matthews, Poling, Sagarin	Barry Switzer	11–1
1980	Dunkel, Matthews	Barry Switzer	10–2
1985	AP, Coaches, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Sagarin*, Sporting News, UPI, USA/CNN	Barry Switzer	11–1
1986	Berryman, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, NY Times, Sagarin	Barry Switzer	11–1
2000	AP, Coaches, BCS, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FACT, FB News, FW, Massey, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), Seattle Times, Sporting News, USA/ESPN	Bob Stoops	13–0
2003	Berryman	Bob Stoops	12–2

Conference championships (46)

Conference	Years	Championships won (by number)
Independent	1895–1913	None
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference	1914–1919	None
Southwest Conference	1915–1919	2
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	1920–1927	1
Big Six Conference*	1928–1995	5
Big Seven Conference*		10
Big Eight Conference*		18[2]
Big 12 Conference	1996–present	10

*Before 1964 when the Big Eight legally assumed the name Big Eight Conference the conference was informally known as the Big Six and Big Seven.

#	Year	Conference	Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record
1	1915	Southwest	Bennie Owen	10–0	3–0
2	1918†	Southwest	Bennie Owen	6–0	2–0
3	1920	MVIAA	Bennie Owen	6–0–1	4–0–1
4	1938	Big 6	Tom Stidham	10–1	5–0
5	1943	Big 6	Dewey Luster	7–2	5–0
6	1944	Big 6	Dewey Luster	6–3–1	4–0–1
7	1946†	Big 6	Jim Tatum	8–3	4–1
8	1947†	Big 6	Bud Wilkinson	7–2–1	4–0–1
9	1948	Big 7	Bud Wilkinson	10–1	5–0
10	1949	Big 7	Bud Wilkinson	11–0	5–0
11	1950	Big 7	Bud Wilkinson	10–1	6–0
12	1951	Big 7	Bud Wilkinson	8–2	6–0
13	1952	Big 7	Bud Wilkinson	8–1–1	5–0
14	1953	Big 7	Bud Wilkinson	9–1–1	6–0
15	1954	Big 7	Bud Wilkinson	10–0	6–0
16	1955	Big 7	Bud Wilkinson	11–0	6–0
17	1956	Big 7	Bud Wilkinson	10–0	6–0
18	1957	Big 7	Bud Wilkinson	10–1	6–0
19	1958	Big 8	Bud Wilkinson	10–1	6–0
20	1959	Big 8	Bud Wilkinson	7–3	5–1
21	1962	Big 8	Bud Wilkinson	8–3	7–0
22	1967	Big 8	Chuck Fairbanks	10–1	7–0
23	1968†	Big 8	Chuck Fairbanks	7–4	6–1
24	1972	Big 8	Chuck Fairbanks	11-1	6-1
25	1973	Big 8	Barry Switzer	10–0–1	7–0
26	1974	Big 8	Barry Switzer	11–0	7–0
27	1975†	Big 8	Barry Switzer	11–1	6–1
28	1976†	Big 8	Barry Switzer	9–2–1	6–1
29	1977	Big 8	Barry Switzer	10–2	7–0
30	1978†	Big 8	Barry Switzer	11–1	6–0
31	1979	Big 8	Barry Switzer	11–1	7–0
32	1980	Big 8	Barry Switzer	10–2	7–0
33	1984†	Big 8	Barry Switzer	9–2–1	6–1
34	1985	Big 8	Barry Switzer	11–1	7–0
35	1986	Big 8	Barry Switzer	11–1	7–0
36	1987	Big 8	Barry Switzer	11–1	7–0
37	2000	Big 12	Bob Stoops	13–0	8–0
38	2002	Big 12	Bob Stoops	12–2	6–2
39	2004	Big 12	Bob Stoops	12–1	8–0
40	2006	Big 12	Bob Stoops	11–3	7–1
41	2007	Big 12	Bob Stoops	11–3	6–2
42	2008	Big 12	Bob Stoops	12–2	7–1
43	2010	Big 12	Bob Stoops	12–2	6–2
44	2012†	Big 12	Bob Stoops	10–3	8–1
45	2015	Big 12	Bob Stoops	11–2	8–1
46	2016	Big 12	Bob Stoops	10–2	9–0
† 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. They were members from 1996 until 2010, after which the Big 12 ceased divisional play.

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	12–2	6–2

† Denotes a shared title.

References

1. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/oklahoma/all_national_champs.php
2. http://bigeightsports.com/Sports/Football/FootballChampionships.htm

• "Oklahoma Composite Championship Listing".

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.