American college football season
The 2022 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 128th season for the Oklahoma Sooners. They played their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. 2022 marked the first time the Sooners finished with a losing record since 1998. Despite this, the Sooners continued the streak of participating in a bowl game every season since 1999. They were led by first-year head coach Brent Venables.[1][2]
Offseason
Position key
Offseason departures
Outgoing transfers
The Sooners lost thirteen players via transfer portal for the 2022 season.
Additions
Incoming transfers
Recruiting class
*= 247Sports Composite rating; ratings are out of 1.00. (five stars= 1.00–.98, four stars= .97–.90, three stars= .80–.89, two stars= .79–.70, no stars= <70)
†= Despite being rated as a four and five star recruit by ESPN, On3.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com, TBD received a four star 247Sports Composite rating.
Δ= Left the Oklahoma program following signing but prior to the 2022 season.
Overall class rankings
Returning starters
Offense
† Indicates player was a starter in 2021 but missed all of 2022 due to injury.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Big 12 media poll
The preseason poll was released on July 7, 2022.[24]
Preseason Big-12 awards
2022 Preseason All-Big 12 teams
Source:[26]
Schedule
Oklahoma and the Big 12 announced the 2022 football schedule on December 1, 2021.[27][28] The 2022 schedule consists of 6 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Sooners will host 2 non-conference games against UTEP and Kent State and will travel to Nebraska. Oklahoma will host Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor and Oklahoma State, and travel to TCU, Iowa State, West Virginia, and Texas Tech in regular-season conference play. Oklahoma will play Texas in Dallas, Texas at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in the Red River Showdown, the 118th game played in the series.[29]
Personnel
Roster
Coaching staff
Depth chart
True Freshman
Game summaries
Vs. UTEP
Vs. Kent State
At Nebraska
vs Kansas State
At TCU
Vs. Texas
Texas Longhorns (3–2, 1–1) vs. Oklahoma Sooners (3–2, 0–2)
at Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX
- Date: Saturday, October 8, 2022
- Game time: 11:00 a.m. CDT
- Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 71 °F (22 °C) • Wind: SW 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)
- Game attendance: 92,100
- Referee: Derek Anderson
- TV announcers (ABC): Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst) & Katie George (sideline)
Vs. No. 19 Kansas
At Iowa State
Oklahoma Sooners (4–3, 1–3) vs. Iowa State Cyclones (3–4, 0–4)
at Jack Trice Stadium• Ames, IA
- Date: Saturday, October 29, 2022
- Game time: 11:00 a.m. CDT
- Game weather: • Sunny Temperature: 52
- Game attendance: 58,716
- Referee: Steve Baron
- TV announcers (FS1): Noah Eagle (play-by-play) & Mark Helfrich (analyst)
vs Baylor
Baylor Bears (5–3, 3–2) vs. Oklahoma Sooners (5–3, 2–3)
at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
- Date: Saturday, November 5, 2022
- Game time: 2:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: •Sunny Temperature: 57
- Game attendance: 83,546
- Referee: Kevin Boitmann
- TV announcers (ESPN+): Courtney Lyle (play-by-play), Ryan Leaf (analyst) & Tori Petry (sideline)
At West Virginia
Oklahoma Sooners (5–4, 2–4) v. West Virginia Mountaineers (3–6, 1–5)
at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
- Date: Saturday, November 12, 2022
- Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
- Game weather: • Cloudy Temperature: 51
- Game attendance: 50,281
- Referee: David Alvarez
- TV announcers (FS1): Adam Alexander (play-by-play), Devin Gardner (analysts)
vs No. 22 Oklahoma State
At Texas Tech
Oklahoma Sooners (6–5, 3–5) v. Texas Tech Red Raiders (6–5, 4–4)
at Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX
- Date: Saturday, November 26, 2022
- Game time: 6:30 p.m. CST
- Game weather: • Clear Temperature: 43
- Game attendance: 51,126
- Referee: Derek Anderson
- TV announcers (FS1): Eric Collins (play-by-play), Devin Gardner (analyst)
Vs. No.13 Florida State (2022 Cheez-It Bowl)
Statistics
Team
Individual Leaders
Defense
Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown
Special teams
Scoring
Oklahoma vs Non-Conference Opponents
Oklahoma vs Big 12 Opponents
Oklahoma vs All Opponents
Rankings
NFL draft
The NFL draft was held at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO on April 27–29, 2023.
Sooners who were picked in the 2023 NFL Draft:
References
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- ^ "University Of Oklahoma Pulls Out All The Stops In Venables Introduction". KOTV-DT. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "Oklahoma 2022 Recruiting Class". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Oklahoma 2022 Recruiting Class". On3.com.
- ^ "Oklahoma 2022 Recruiting Class". Rivals.com.
- ^ "Oklahoma 2022 Recruiting Class". 247sports.com.
- ^ "LOTT IMPACT® TROPHY ANNOUNCES 2022 WATCH LIST". May 19, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
- ^ "2022 PRESEASON WATCH LISTST". July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Doak Walker Award Candidates". July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ "Preseason watch list for 2022 Davey O'Brien Award released". July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
- ^ "Mackey Award Watch List" (PDF). July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ "Fred Biletnikoff Award Watch List" (PDF). 21 July 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ "The Butkus Award" (PDF). July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Outland Trophy Watch List unveiled". July 26, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ "Ray Guy Award". July 27, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils Watch List For 2022". Retrieved July 30, 2022.
- ^ "Louisville Sports Commission – Louisville Knows Sports » 52 Players from 10 Conferences, plus 3 Independents, Named to 2022 Paul Hornung Award Watch List". 52 PLAYERS FROM 10 CONFERENCES, PLUS 3 INDEPENDENTS, NAMED TO 2022 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
- ^ "Walter Camp 2022 Player of Year Preseason Watch List". Retrieved July 30, 2022.
- ^ "Rotary Lombardi Award" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ "THE PATRICK MANNELLY AWARD 2022 WATCHLIST". Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List". August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Watch List for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award". Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ "The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Unveils 2022 Watch List". August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- ^ "Baylor Makes First Appearance Atop Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll". July 7, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ "Gabriel, Turk Receive Big 12 Preseason Honors". Sooner Sports. July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Big 12 Announces Media Preseason Football Team" (PDF). Big 12 Sports. July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ Eric Bailey (December 1, 2021). "Sooners release 2022 football schedule (which could be last journey through Big 12 play)". Tulsa World. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Jesse Crittenden (December 1, 2021). "OU football: Sooners announce full 2022 schedule". The Norman Transcript. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "2022 Oklahoma Sooners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
