2001 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 2001 Oklahoma Sooners Football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season, the 107th season of Sooner football. The team was led by third-year head coach Bob Stoops. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They were a charter member of the Big 12 conference.

2001 Oklahoma Sooners football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 10–3 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
2001 record	11–2 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Bob Stoops (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Mangino (2nd; 3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Stoops (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Brent Venables (3rd season)
Captain	Rocky Calmus Josh Norman Frank Romero Roy Williams
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 72,765)

2001 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
No. 9 Colorado xy$		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 8 Nebraska x%		7	–	1					11	–	2
Iowa State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Kansas State		3	–	5					6	–	6
Missouri		3	–	5					4	–	7
Kansas		1	–	7					3	–	8
Southern Division
No. 5 Texas xy		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 6 Oklahoma		6	–	2					11	–	2
Texas Tech		4	–	4					7	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	4					8	–	4
Oklahoma State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Baylor		0	–	8					3	–	8
Championship: Colorado 39, Texas 37
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Conference play began with a win over the Kansas State Wildcats in Norman on September 29, and ended at home in an upset loss to the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the annual Bedlam Series. The Sooners finished the regular season 10–2 (6–2 in Big 12), finishing second in the Big 12 South. They were invited to the 2002 Cotton Bowl Classic, where they defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks, 10–3.

Following the season, Roy Williams was selected 8th overall in the 2002 NFL Draft, along with Rocky Calmus in the 3rd round.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 25	6:45 p.m.	North Carolina*	No. 3	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Hispanic College Fund Football Classic)	ESPN	W 41–27	75,423[1]
September 1	2:30 p.m.	at Air Force*	No. 3	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ABC	W 44–3	56,162[1]
September 8	6:30 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 3	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	FSN PPV	W 37–10	74,930[1]
September 29	11:00 a.m.	No. 11 Kansas State	No. 3	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (College GameDay)	ABC	W 38–37	75,862[1]
October 6	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 5 Texas	No. 3	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) (College GameDay)	ABC	W 14–3	75,587[1]
October 13	6:00 p.m.	at Kansas	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	W 38–10	48,700[1]
October 20	2:00 p.m.	Baylor	No. 2	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 33–17	75,499[1]
October 27	11:00 a.m.	at No. 3 Nebraska	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 10–20	78,031[1]
November 3	2:00 p.m.	Tulsa*	No. 3	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FSN PPV	W 58–0	74,911[1]
November 10	11:00 a.m.	Texas A&M	No. 3	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	W 31–10	75,525[1]
November 17	2:30 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 3	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX	ABC	W 30–13	52,008[1]
November 24	2:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 4	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)	FSN	L 13–16	75,537[1]
January 1, 2002	10:00 a.m.	vs. Arkansas*	No. 10	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W 10–3	72,955[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

North Carolina

North Carolina Tar Heels at #3 Oklahoma Sooners

1 2 3 4 Total North Carolina 7 7 0 13 27 • #3 Oklahoma 31 10 0 0 41 Date: August 25 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 75,423 TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin (Play–by–play), Mike Gottfried (Color) & Adrian Karsten (Sideline)

Air Force

#3 Oklahoma Sooners at Air Force Falcons

1 2 3 4 Total • #3 Oklahoma 7 13 0 24 44 Air Force 0 3 0 0 3 Date: September 1 Location: Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 OU Nate Hybl 2-yard run (Tim Duncan kick) OU 7-0 2 OU Tim Duncan 47-yard field goal OU 10-0 2 AFA B. Walters 35-yard field goal OU 10-3 2 OU T. Smith 13-yard pass from Hybl (Duncan kick) OU 17-3 2 OU T. Duncan 27-yard field goal OU 20-3 4 OU T. Duncan 26-yard field goal OU 23-3 4 OU Clayton 8-yard pass from Hybl (Duncan kick) OU 30-3 4 OU Griffin 3-yard run (Duncan kick) OU 37-3 4 OU Heinecke 69-yard fumble return (Duncan kick) OU 44-3

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North Texas

North Texas Mean Green at #3 Oklahoma Sooners

1 2 3 4 Total North Texas 3 7 0 0 10 • #3 Oklahoma 14 7 9 7 37 Date: September 8 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 74,930 TV announcers (FSN PPV): Bill Land (Play–by–play), Gary Reasons (Color) & Mick Cornett (Sideline)

Kansas State

#11 Kansas State Wildcats at #3 Oklahoma Sooners

1 2 3 4 Total #11 Kansas State 0 14 13 10 37 • #3 Oklahoma 14 14 7 3 38 Date: September 29 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 75,862 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Texas (Red River Shootout)

#3 Oklahoma Sooners vs. #5 Texas Longhorns

1 2 3 4 Total • #3 Oklahoma 0 7 0 7 14 #5 Texas 0 3 0 0 3 Date: October 6 Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas Game attendance: 75,587 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Kansas

#3 Oklahoma Sooners at Kansas Jayhawks

1 2 3 4 Total • #3 Oklahoma 3 14 7 14 38 Kansas 3 0 0 7 10 Date: October 13 Location: Memorial Stadium (University of Kansas), Lawrence, Kansas Game attendance: 48,700 TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers (Play–by–play), James Lofton (Color) & Eric Clemons (Sideline)

Baylor

Baylor Bears at #2 Oklahoma Sooners

1 2 3 4 Total Baylor 7 0 0 10 17 • #2 Oklahoma 14 13 0 6 33 Date: October 20 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 75,499

Nebraska

#2 Oklahoma Sooners at #3 Nebraska Cornhuskers

1 2 3 4 Total #2 Oklahoma 0 10 0 0 10 • #3 Nebraska 0 10 3 7 20 Date: October 27 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 78,031 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Tulsa

Tulsa Golden Hurricane at #3 Oklahoma Sooners

1 2 3 4 Total Tulsa 0 0 0 0 0 • #3 Oklahoma 3 17 21 17 58 Date: November 3 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 74,911 TV announcers (FSN PPV): Bill Jones (Play–by–play), Larry Lacewell (Color) & Zach Klein (Sideline)

Texas A&M

Texas A&M Aggies at #3 Oklahoma Sooners

1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 10 0 0 0 10 • #3 Oklahoma 0 10 7 14 31 Date: November 10 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 75,525 TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough (Play–by–play), Ed Cunningham (Color) & Leslie Gudel (Sideline)

Texas Tech

#3 Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Tech Red Raiders

1 2 3 4 Total • #3 Oklahoma 3 10 7 10 30 Texas Tech 3 7 0 3 13 Date: November 17 Location: Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas Game attendance: 52,008 TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough (Play–by–play), Ed Cunningham (Color) & Leslie Gudel (Sideline)

Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)

Oklahoma State Cowboys at #4 Oklahoma Sooners

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma State 0 6 0 10 16 #4 Oklahoma 0 10 0 3 13 Date: November 24 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game start: 2:30 p.m CST Elapsed time: 3:50 Game attendance: 75,537 Game weather: Mostly sunny; 64°F; wind 24 W Referee: Mike Weir TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers (Play–by–play), James Lofton (Color) & Eric Clemons (Sideline)

Scoring summary Q2 9:20 OU Griffin 8 yard run (Duncan kick) OU 7–0 Q2 4:40 OSU Phillips 26 yard field goal OU 7–3 Q2 0:53 OU Duncan 23 yard field goal OU 10–3 Q2 0:05 OSU Phillips 52 yard field goal OU 10–6 Q4 8:48 OU Duncan 22 yard field goal OU 13–6 Q4 7:31 OSU Phillips 52 yard field goal OU 13–9 Q4 1:36 OSU Woods 14 yard pass from Fields (Phillips kick) OSU 16–13

Arkansas (Cotton Bowl)

#10 Oklahoma Sooners vs. Arkansas Razorbacks

1 2 3 4 Total • #10 Oklahoma 7 0 3 0 10 Arkansas 0 0 0 3 3 Date: January 1 Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas Game attendance: 72,955 TV announcers (FOX): Thom Brennaman (Play–by–play), Tim Green (Color), Dave Lapham (Color) & Brian Baldinger (Sideline)

Roster

2001 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 9 Mark Clayton Fr TE 86 Lance Donley So OL 68 Howard Duncan Sr RB 22 Quentin Griffin Jr QB 8 Nate Hybl Jr WR 3 Josh Norman Sr WR 6 Antwone Savage Jr OL 60 Wes Sims Fr OL 75 Mike Skinner Jr TE 88 Trent Smith Jr QB 18 Jason White So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 11 Teddy Lehman So DL 55 Jammal Brown Fr LB 20 Rocky Calmus Sr DT 80 Dan Cody Fr DT 97 Tommie Harris Fr DT 93 Kory Klein So DE 45 Jimmy Wilkerson So FS 38 Roy Williams Jr DB 17 Andre Woolfolk Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 40 Tim Duncan Sr	Head coach Bob Stoops Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	11	11	10	6
Coaches Poll	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	11	11	10	6
BCS	Not released								1	2	3	3	3	9	11	11	Not released

2002 NFL Draft

The 2002 NFL Draft was held on April 20–21, 2002 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft. Roy Williams was the highest Sooner drafted since Cedric Jones went fifth overall in 1996.

Player	Position	Round	Overall Pick	NFL Team
Roy Williams	S	1st	8	Dallas Cowboys
Rocky Calmus	LB	3rd	77	Tennessee Titans
Tim Duncan	K	Undrafted		Arizona Cardinals
Brandon Moore	LB	Undrafted		San Francisco 49ers
Josh Norman	TE	Undrafted		San Diego Chargers

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References

1. "2001 OU Football Season". Sooner Stats. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
2. "NCAA Football – Oklahoma vs. Air Force". USA Today. September 1, 2001. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
3. "2002 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2014.