Oklahoma Unveils Steve Owens Statue

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma unveiled a statue of Steve Owens in Heisman Park prior to football's 2006 opener on Saturday.

View photos of the ceremony and get a closer look at the statue which honors OU's second Heisman Trophy winner.

The Owens statue joins a statue of Billy Vessels erected last season on the east side of Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Statues of Heisman winners Billy Sims and Jason White are planned for the 2007 season.

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Owens was a 6-2, 215-pound powerhouse from Miami, Okla., who ravaged defenses from 1967-69, setting four conference records of the day.

OU's workhorse carried the ball 358 times (a Sooner record) in 1969 for 1,523 yards while scoring 23 touchdowns (another school record).

Playing on a 1969 squad that had been hurt badly by graduation in 1968, Owens carried the load for the Sooner offense. Owens had two 200-yard plus games while leading the Sooners to a 6-4 season. Spurred by Owen's effort, OU averaged 28.5 points a game in 1969.

The great career of Steve Owens left its mark on the OU record book. Owens holds five Sooner records. He is the school's all-time leading scorer with 56 touchdowns during his career. Owens holds the record for the most carries in a game (55) and career (905).

He finished his career with 3,867 yards on the ground, the second most in school history.

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