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2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2000
team	Oklahoma Sooners
sport	football
image	Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg
image_size	100
conference	Big 12 Conference
division	South Division
short_conf	Big 12
CoachRank	1
APRank	1
record	13–0
conf_record	8–0
head_coach	Bob Stoops
hc_year	2nd
off_coach	Mark Mangino
oc_year	1st
off_scheme	Spread
codef_coach1	Mike Stoops
codc1_year	2nd
codef_coach2	Brent Venables
codc2_year	2nd
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
captain	Stephen Burcham
captain2	Rocky Calmus
captain3	Chris Hammons
captain4	Josh Heupel
captain5	Seth Littrell
captain6	Torrance Marshall
stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
champion	Consensus national champion
Big 12 champion
Big 12 South Division champion
Orange Bowl champion
conf_champ	[Big 12 Championship Game](2000-big-12-championship-game)
conf_champ_result
W 27–24 vs. [Kansas State](2000-kansas-state-wildcats-football-team)
bowl	[Orange Bowl](2001-orange-bowl) (BCS NCG)
bowl_result
W 13–2 vs. [Florida State](2000-florida-state-seminoles-football-team)

Big 12 champion Big 12 South Division champion Orange Bowl champion W 27–24 vs. Kansas State W 13–2 vs. Florida State The 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season, the 106th season of Sooner football. The team was led by Bob Stoops in his second season as head coach. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. During this season, they competed in the Big 12 Conference.

The Sooners opened the season ranked #19, the first time they had made it into a pre-season poll in five years.

After four early-season victories against unranked foes, Oklahoma had risen to #10 in the country.

Beginning at the end of September, OU defeated #11 Texas (63–14), #2 Kansas State (41–31), and #1 Nebraska (31–14). By that point, the Sooners had risen to #1 in the polls, a position they retained through the rest of the season.

The 2000 team claimed OU’s first Big 12 title and its 37th conference title overall by beating Kansas State in the Big 12 conference championship game.

The Sooners were invited to the 2001 Orange Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game that year, where they beat the defending national champion Florida State Seminoles by a score of 13–2. The Sooners finished the season 13-0, claiming Oklahoma's seventh national championship in football and first since 1985.

Three OU players were named consensus All Americans after the 2000 season: linebacker Rocky Calmus, quarterback Josh Heupel, and free safety J. T. Thatcher.

Recruits

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Schedule

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Roster

2000 Oklahoma Sooners roster

C Captain † Starter at position

Game summaries

UTEP

Arkansas State

Rice

Kansas

Texas (Red River Shootout)

Kansas State

Nebraska

Baylor

Texas A&M

Texas Tech

Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)

Kansas State (Big 12 Championship Game)

Main article: 2000 Big 12 Championship Game

Florida State (Orange Bowl)

Main article: 2001 Orange Bowl

Rankings

Awards and honors

Awards and Big 12 honors

Rocky Calmus	Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Week	November 25

Josh Heupel	QB	Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year

J. T. Thatcher	DB	Mosi Tatupu Award

All-Americans

The NCAA recognizes a selection to all five of the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN and WCFF first teams for unanimous selections and three of five for consensus selections. HM = Honorable mention. Source:

HM = Honorable mention. Source:

Reese Travis	OL	Senior

2001 NFL draft

The 2001 NFL draft was held on April 21–22, 2001 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.

6	177	Josh Heupel	Quarterback		[Miami Dolphins](2001-miami-dolphins-season)

References

"2000 Football Season". Sooner Stats.
(February 3, 2000). "Oklahoma Recruit Profiles". [[The Oklahoman]].
(August 29, 2000). "Football Kicks Off 2000 Season Versus UTEP". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
"2000 Football Season". Sooner Stats.
(August 24, 2000). "FOX Sports Net Acquires Pay-Per-View Rights To Two OU Football Games". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
(September 12, 2000). "OU-Rice Football Game To Be Televised". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Hartsock, Andrew. (September 30, 2000). "KU Gunning for Heupel". [[Lawrence Journal-World]].
(October 2, 2000). "Football Team Gearing Up For Texas". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
(October 10, 2000). "Football Team Heads To K-State Saturday". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
(October 23, 2000). "Sooners Prep For Huskers". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Riggs, Randy. (November 4, 2000). "Randy Riggs Previews Today's Big 12 Conference Games". [[Austin American-Statesman]].
(November 6, 2000). "Undefeated Sooners Prep For Challenge At Texas A&M". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
(November 15, 2000). "Football Team Will Try For 10th Win Saturday". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
(November 20, 2000). "Football Team Concludes 11-Game Slate In Stillwater". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Blaudschun, Mark. (December 1, 2000). "Oregon State Feeling Squeeze". [[The Boston Globe]].
Potrykus, Jeff. (January 2, 2001). "Kicking Concerns Bowden". [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]].
(October 28, 2000). "NCAA Football – Nebraska vs. Oklahoma". [[USA Today]].
"2022 Big 12 Conference Football Record Book". Big 12 Conference.
"OU Football National Award Winners". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
"Oklahoma All-Americans". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
(November 22, 2000). "Thirteen Sooners Named To Academic All-Big 12 Football Team". University of Oklahoma athletics.
"2001 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC.

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