OU Hosts Tulsa Saturday Afternoon

NORMAN, Okla. -- Fresh off a convincing home victory over FCS Idaho State, Oklahoma is home for a second straight week as the Sooners host Tulsa Saturday at Owen Field.

Like OU, Tulsa is coming off a victory, a 44-10 thrashing of New Mexico at Albuquerque. This is the third straight road game for the Golden Hurricane, who walloped Tulane in the opener, 37-13.

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The Series
Oklahoma leads it, 15-7-1, including a 9-3-1 mark in Norman. The Sooners have won the last four games in the series.

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The Coaches
• Oklahoma: Bob Stoops (Iowa '83) is 110-25 in his 11th season. He is 72-14 vs. the Big 12, 39-10 vs. the Big 12 South, 33-4 vs. the Big 12 North, 6-1 in the Big 12 title game, 38-11 vs. non-conference opponents, 61-2 at home, 32-11 on the road, 17-12 on neutral fields, 33-13 vs. ranked opponents, 4-6 in bowls. He is 3-0 vs. Tulsa.
• Tulsa: Todd Graham is in his third year at Tulsa with a record of 23-5. He is 0-1 vs. Oklahoma.

The Program
• Oklahoma's all-time record stands at 792-297-53 in 115 seasons. Since WWII, OU leads the nation with 556 victories.
• The Sooners have captured seven national championships (1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000).
• OU has 42 bowl appearances (No. 7 nationally) with 24 bowl victories (No. 4 nationally).
• Oklahoma has 42 conference championships, including the last three Big 12 Conference crowns and six Big 12 titles overall (no other league member has more than two)
• OU has produced 148 All-Americans and five Heisman Trophy winners. Sooners have also won the Bednarik (1), Butkus (4), Walter Camp (4), Lombardi (3), Maxwell (2), Nagurski (2), O'Brien (3), (Outland (5), Tatupu (1), Thorpe (3) and Unitas (1) Awards.
• With 31, 10-win seasons, OU leads the nation in total number of years in which the team achieved double-digit victories.
• Oklahoma's best decade for of total victories came in the 1970's when the Sooners were 102-13-3 (.877). In the 2000's, OU is 103-20-0 (.837).
Oklahoma Football History & Tradition

This Week's Opponent: Tulsa
• Tulsa has won the last two West Division titles in Conference USA and also captured both of the last two GMAC Bowl titles. The only Big 12 foe for TU during that stretch was Oklahoma, which took a 62-21 decision at Tulsa in 2007.
• The Golden Hurricane led the nation in total offense in each of the last two seasons with 534.9 and 569.9 yards, respectively.
• Last year's team won a school record 11 games.
• This year's team returns seven starters on offense and eight on defense.
• TU quarterback G.J. Kinne sat out last season after transferring from Texas. He redshirted at UT in 2007 and never played against Oklahoma.

Ties With This Week's Opponent
• LB Mike Bryan, who leads Tulsa with 18 tackles, is the son of the late Rick Bryan, an All-America defensive end for Oklahoma in 1982 and 1983. Rick passed away on July 25, 2009.
• Oklahoma defensive ends coach Chris Wilson was an assistant coach at Illinois State (1998-99) at the time that TU cornerbacks coach Galen Scott played linebacker for the Redbirds. Tulsa grad Todd Berry, now the offensive coordinator at UNLV, was the head coach of that Illinois State team. When Wilson left ISU to join the Colorado staff after the 1999 season, he was replaced by Paul Randolph, who is now the senior associate head coach at TU.
• Sooner defensive backs Dominique Franks and Emmanuel Jones played high school football at Tulsa Union. They were coached there by Bill Blankenship, who is now the assistant head coach at Tulsa.

Home Streak Record Tied
Oklahoma has won 25 straight home games, the longest current streak in the nation, and a mark that equals the school record. The earlier record string ended in 1953 with a loss in the season opener to Notre Dame, 28-21.
• Bob Stoops' teams are 61-2 at home and the Sooners have won 45 of their last 46 on Owen Field.
• Other long OU home streaks and the years they ended include 21 (1975), 20 (1957).
• The other longest home winning streak under Stoops were 22, 19, 19.
• With its current home field winning streak, Oklahoma is still less than halfway to the NCAA record for consecutive wins at home. Miami (Fla.) holds that mark at 58 from 1985-94.
• Even if Oklahoma was to win each of its six home games this season and run the streak to 30 in a row, the Sooners would rank just 19th on the all-time home field streak list.
• Oklahoma's all-time record at its current facility, which opened in 1923, is 343-78-15. That's a winning percentage of .804.

Oklahoma's Most Recent Game | Oklahoma 64, Idaho State 0
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Highlights
Oklahoma blasted Idaho State, 64-0, last Saturday in its rain-soaked home opener. It was the 10th shutout posted by OU during Bob Stoops' 11 seasons as head coach.
• Making his first start, QB Landry Jones completed 18-of-32 passes for 286 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. The yardage figure was the fourth-best by a Sooner freshman.
• Oklahoma rushed for 278 yards, including 101 by DeMarco Murray. Murray carried 12 times and scored two touchdowns.
• The receiving star was Ryan Broyles, who had seven grabs for 155 yards and three touchdowns. The TD catches mark equaled the most ever by a Sooner wide receiver in a game. Broyles finished with 155 all-purpose yards, the fifth-best total ever by an OU WR.
• True freshman Jonathan Miller came off the bench to rush nine times for 88 yards, including a 36-yard touchdown scamper.
• The Sooner defense tied a school record with 17 tackles for loss. Those tackles went for -52 yards. The 1983 team also had 17 tackles for loss against Kansas State.
• The OU defense scored when Gerald McCoy forced a fumble that Frank Alexander recovered at the three and then ran to the end zone. It was the 33rd defensive touchdown of the Stoops era.
• For the second straight season, the Sooners pinned a safety on their opponent in the home opener.

Sooners vs. Sooner State
Oklahoma owns an all-time mark of record of 95-23-2 against the other two FBS teams located within the state's boarders.
• OU is 80-16-7 against Oklahoma State, 15-7-1 vs. Tulsa.
• The Sooners haven't played any other team from Oklahoma since 1931 when they dropped a 6-0 decision to Oklahoma City University, which no longer fields a football team.
• Oklahoma is 33-8-2 all-time against teams that currently hold membership in Conference USA, the league in which Tulsa competes. Tulsa has seven of those victories, SMU the other.

Non-Cons
Bob Stoops' teams are 38-11 against non-conference opponents, 33-5 in regular season non-league games.

Stoops' Mark Legendary
George Woodruff completed his first 10 years of coaching, all at Penn, in 1901 with 124 victories. That's the only 10-year start that exceeds the 109 games won by Bob Stoops, now in his 11th season at Oklahoma. ...
• All but two of Stoops' wins came against FBS programs.
• Thirty-two of Stoops' wins, nearly one-third, came against ranked opponents.
• Seventy-two of the victories came over Big 12 opponents, including 39 against the Big 12 South.
• Forty-nine Stoops wins occurred away from Norman.

Ambitious Scheduling | Future Schedules
Oklahoma has numerous marquee non-conference opponents coming up on future schedules ...
• Florida State (2010), at Florida State (2011)
• Notre Dame (2012), at Notre Dame (2013)
• Tennessee (2014), at Tennessee (2015)
• Ohio State (2016), at Ohio State (2017)
• LSU (2018), at LSU (2019).
• Under Bob Stoops, Oklahoma has already played Louisville, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Alabama (twice), UCLA (twice), Oregon (twice), Washington (twice), South Florida, Miami (Fla.) and Cincinnati in regular season contests.

Football Facilities Get Upgrade
The $15 million Phase IV of the Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium was completed this summer and included the following ...
• A 9,000 square-foot football locker room, including grooming areas, cold-plunge hydrotherapy, and lounge.
• A 10,000 square-foot athletic training space.
• A 6,500 square-foot equipment room.
• A 4,000 square-foot team meeting room equipped with the latest technology, sound and video equipment and seating for more than 200 added to the more than 8,000 square feet of existing team meeting rooms.
• Expansion of and upgrades to the SoonerVision studio and production facilities.

Stoops Era Yielding Record Attendance
Oklahoma has drawn 4,993,990 fans for Bob Stoops' 63 home games (started in 1999) and all have been sold out.
• The Sooners are 61-2 on Owen Field under Stoops and have won 25 straight, which ties the school record.
• The current string of sellouts is the second longest in school history, trailing a string of 69 from 1971-84.
• The average home attendance of 85,075 in 2008 was a school record. The top nine seasons for football attendance at Oklahoma came on Stoops' watch.
• The largest home crowd in school history was 85,646, on hand for the 2008 OU-Texas Tech game.
• Oklahoma has exceeded its listed seating capacity of 82,112 at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in 37 consecutive home games.
• Oklahoma has played before sellout crowds in 110 of the 135 games (home, away, neutral) since Stoops became the head coach. During that time, a total of 9,897,438 (average of 73,314) have watched the Sooners. The figure should move above 10 million some time in the 2009 campaign.
• Oklahoma Sets Attendance Records at Memorial Stadium

About the Sooner Offense

• Under Stoops, OU produced its career leader in passing and receiving, its No. 3 and No. 5 career rushers and school record holders for season rushing, passing and receiving yards.
• Of 82 offensive records at OU, 54 were set under Stoops.
• OU scored a TD in every game since Nov. 7, 1998.
• OU has rushed for 200 yards 42 times under Stoops, 36 in the last six years.
• Also under Stoops, OU has 141 touchdowns of 25+ yards and 288 scoring drives of 2:00 or less.
• OU is the highest scoring program in college football history. In 1,142 games, the Sooners have scored 30,512 points, or 26.7 per game. Michigan has 29,601 points in 1,205 games and Nebraska 29,528 in 1,202.
• Oklahoma returns its top seven rushers and two of its top three receivers from a year ago.

Keeping Up With Jones
With 44 passing attempts, Landry Jones already has more passing attempts than any other OU quarterback, other than Sam Bradford, had all of last season. Joey Halzle had 30 tries during the 2008 season.

Hardly a First
Oklahoma quarterbacks who were injured and those who replaced them in a starting role ...
Year: Starter (replaced by)
1954: Gene Calame (Jimmy Harris)
1963: Mike Ringer (Bobby Page)
1966: Bobby Warmack (Jim Burgar)
1976: Dean Blevins (Thomas Lott)
1977: Thomas Lott (Dean Blevins)
1978: Thomas Lott (J.C. Watts)
1984: Danny Bradley (Troy Aikman)
1985: Troy Aikman (Jamelle Holieway)
1986: Jamelle Holieway (Eric Mitchel)
1987: Jamelle Holieway (Charles Thompson)
1988: Jamelle Holieway (Charles Thompson)
1988: Charles Thompson (Jamelle Holieway)
1989: Steve Collins (Chris Melson)
1991: Cale Gundy (Steve Collins)
1994: Garrick McGee (Terence Brown)
1998: Brandon Daniels (Patrick Fletcher)
2001: Jason White (Nate Hybl)
2002: Jason White (Nate Hybl)
2009: Sam Bradford (Landry Jones)

Bradford Gets Passing Mark
Sam Bradford became Oklahoma's all-time leading passer with his 96 yards in the season opener, giving the junior a career total of 7,937 yards.
• Bradford eclipsed Jason White's mark of 7,922 yards, set from 1999-2004, with an 18-yarder to Brandon Caleb late in the first half. It was his last completion of the game.
• Bradford holds 14 school records at OU.
Position changes
Several players have either changed positions or worked in dual spots in pre-season drills ...
• Former linebacker Brandon Crow moved to fullback.
• RB Mossis Madu also took snaps at slot receiver.
• TE and H-back Brody Eldridge worked at center.
• Under Bob Stoops, OU's position changes have a history of working out well. Perhaps the most notable were Jammal Brown's move from defensive tackle to becoming the 2004 Outland winner at offensive tackle.

About the Offense in 2008
• OU scored a school record 99 TDs to clip the 80 in 2003.
• With 716 points, it was the highest scoring team in the modern era of college football. It also was the first in that span to score 60+ points in five consecutive games.
• It was the first team ever to feature a 4,000-yard passer (Bradford) and two 1,000-yard rushers (Chris Brown and DeMarco Murray).
• OU set a school record for first-half points with 55 at
• The Sooners went over 500 total yards 10 times, over 600 four times. The best total was 674 yards against Kansas, the most yardage by OU since piling up 829 against Kansas State in 1988.

Gresham Out for the Season
Oklahoma's Jermaine Gresham was on the threshold of becoming one of the most prolific tight ends in college football history before undergoing season-ending knee surgery. He did not play in a game this season.
• The senior entered the 2009 season with 26 touchdown receptions, which is just seven shy of the NCAA record of 33 set by Ibn Green of Louisville from 1996-99. Missouri's Chase Coffman holds the Big 12 mark at 30.
• Gresham already had more TD receptions and yards than any TE at Oklahoma. Gresham has 1,629 yards.

Trench Talk
OU is missing four starters from last year's o-line ...
• The four players who are not back started 148 games at OU. Three are in the NFL -- OT Phil Loadholt (Vikings), C Jon Cooper (Vikings) and OG Duke Robinson (Panthers).
• The returning OU offensive linemen entered the season 44 games played and 22 starts.
• OU returns two linemen with starting experience, tackle Trent Williams and guard Brian Simmons. Williams entered the season 20 career starts, 19 at right tackle and one at left tackle (2008 season opener).
• So far this season, eight different players have had starting assignments on the OU line and only left tackle Trent Smith started at the same position in the second game as he did in the first.

About the Sooner Defense

• OU forced at least one turnover in 119 of Bob Stoops' 135 games and has at least one interception in 88 of the last 117; multiple picks in 41 of the last 88 outings.
• Oklahoma has 10 shutouts under its current head coach. Opponents failed to score more than seven points 30 times and scored less than 15 in 57 games.

BTW TFL
The number is somewhat skewed by the record-tying total of 17 against Idaho State, but it's worth noting that Oklahoma is averaging 13.5 tackles for loss per game this season. Last year's team, averaged 7.6 per game.
• Seventeen Sooners have tackles for loss this season led by DT Gerald McCoy with 5.5.

Hush the Rush
Oklahoma ranks No. 2 nationally in rushing defense, giving up an average of 3.0 yards per game. That trails only Arizona State, which has played only one game this season (vs. Idaho State).
• Oklahoma limited Idaho State to -22 yards on 32 rushing attempts. That was the second-best rushing defense performance by the Sooners under Bob Stoops. The 2006 team limited Baylor to -48, mostly on five sacks. The Sooners had just two sacks vs. ISU.

Weak Freak
Travis Lewis enjoyed a banner redshirt freshman season at weak side linebacker. He led the team with 144 tackles, a figure that ranked No. 4 nationally.
• In this year's opener, Lewis enjoyed the seventh double-digit tackle game of his career with 13. He came back with nine more in limited action against Idaho State and leads OU with 22 stops.
• The sophomore still has his work cut out if he hopes to impact the career list at Oklahoma. Daryl Hunt owns that mark with 530 stops. To crack the top 10, Lewis would have to eclipse Lee Roy Selmon's total of 335.

The Real McCoy
A front runner for several national awards, defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, still just a junior, is the most experienced player on the defense with 25 career starting assignments, five more than Auston English.
• The Sooners intercepted Tim Tebow twice in last year's BCS title game and McCoy had one of those with a 12-yard return. Now, both of OU's starting defensive tackles have a career interception. Adrian Taylor picked off a Baylor pass in 2007 and ran it back 18 yards.
• McCoy leads this team with 5.5 tackles for loss. He now has 23 for his career or 41% of his 56 career stops.

Corner Conversation
Oklahoma introduced two new starting cornerbacks last season, but it was tough to tell. Brian Jackson finished as the team's No. 5 tackler (72) and had 10 pass deflections to go with three fumble recoveries and a pair of interceptions. Dominique Franks scored two touchdowns on returns and logged 42 tackles and 10 pass deflections, the latter of which tied with Jackson for the team lead.

The End(s)
Oklahoma's stable of defensive ends is truly an impressive group. Frank Alexander, Jeremy Beal and Auston English all have extensive starting experience ...
• The trio has combined for 58 career games played, 40 starts, 177 tackles, 49.5 tackles for 253 yards in losses and 27 sacks for 200 yards in losses.
• English is the only senior in the group. Alexander is a freshman and Beal a junior.

Turnovers=Points
Last season, Oklahoma converted 22 of 34 takeaways into touchdowns, including two that the defense returned to the end zone. That conversion rate is .647.
• The Sooners turned a turnover into a touchdown in nine of 14 games last season.
• In this year's season opener against BYU, 10 of Oklahoma's 13 points came after Cougar turnovers. Thus far through the 2009 season, OU has six takeaways. The team converted four of those into scores amounting to 24 points (conversion rate is .667).

Defensive Miscellany
• Eight different players accounted for Oklahoma's 19 interceptions last season. Six of those players return. That's also true of 17 of the squad's top 20 tacklers.
• OU surrendered 343 points last season, 28 of those were scored on special teams plays.

About the Sooner Special Teams

Oklahoma's special teams under Bob Stoops ...
• There have been 26 special teams touchdowns, including 20 in the last 70 regular season games. Those 20 came via five different kinds of plays -- 11 punt returns, two faked field goals, two blocked punts, four kickoff returns and a faked punt. Special teams also own one safety in that span.
• OU has returned eight kickoffs and 15 punts for TDs.
• The Sooners have blocked 22 kicks.

Many Happy Returns
Information on returns during the Stoops era ...
• Kickoff Returns --89 returns of 25 yards+ with eight touchdowns.
• Punt Returns -- 53 returns of 15+ with 15 touchdowns.
• Interception Returns -- 77 returns of 10+ yards with 21 touchdowns.
• Fumble Returns -- five returns of 15+ yards with seven touchdowns.

Broyles Dangerous Returner
At 9.9 yards per punt return in 2008, Ryan Broyles had the best average by a Sooner since Antonio Perkins, one of the most prolific punt returners in NCAA history, averaged 12.1 in 2003. Broyles' longest return was a 68-yarder for a touchdown at Kansas State. He is averaging 11.2 this season.

2009 Return Specialists
• Dominique Franks and Ryan Broyles handle kickoff return duties this season. The pair combined for 30 kickoff returns last season (Broyles 24 for a 9.9-yard average and Franks six for a 5.8-yard average).
• DeMarco Murray led Oklahoma in kickoff returns last season with 28. He was injured on the opening kickoff of last season's Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game against Missouri. He is fully recovered from that ailment, but is not on the depth chart for kickoff returns.

Getting His Way at Punter
Tress Way, a kicker and punter, redshirted last season and won the job during preseason competition. Thus far, he is averaging 43.8 yards on 11 punts with six downed inside the 20 (only two touchbacks) ...
• Way was called on to attempt a 54-yard field goal at the 1:28 mark of the fourth quarter in the BYU game, but the kick fell short. It was his first collegiate attempt.
• The second-team punter is transfer WR Cameron Kenney. At Garden City (Kan.) CC last season, Kenney had a 47-yard punting average. He also converted 11-of-13 extra point attempts and 8-of-9 field goal opportunities, including makes from 40, 41 and 52 yards. Kenney is listed as a back-up receiver on the depth chart.
• Oklahoma has not a position player in a kicking role since DB Darrol Ray punted in 1978.

Stevens Back at Kicker
Sophomore Jimmy Stevens returns at placekicker and is on the watch list for the Lou Groza Award ...
• Stevens made both of his field goal attempts in the opener, one from 35 yards and another from 22. He has made 9-of-10 PATs
• Stevens made 8-of-12 field goals last season with a long of 42 yards at Texas A&M. He set a school record with 94 point after touchdown conversions.
• Stevens ranked second on the team in points with 118. Chris Brown, with 21 touchdowns, scored 126 to lead the team. Brown became the first running back to lead the team in scoring since 2005 when Adrian Peterson did so with 14 touchdowns. Brown's TD total was the best by a Sooner since Billy Sims got 23 in 1979.
• The back-up for placements is punter Tress Way. Way is also the back-up for kickoffs.
• Matthew Moreland, who handled kickoffs last season, looks to be in that role again this season. Moreland had 121 kickoffs with 15 touchbacks and only two out of bounds last season. Way is Moreland's back-up.

Whitson Holding Steady
Wide receiver Carter Whitson is back for another year as the holder for place kicks. A quarterback for part of his high school career, Whitson is the first holder to serve in that role for back-to-back seasons.
• Whitson's back-up is quarterback John Nimmo, a steady golfing partner with Sam Bradford.

Snappy
Ben Hampton is in his second season of snapping for placements. He also is slated to handle the placements for punts this season.
• The back-up snapper is WR James Winchester, whose sister, Carolyn, wrapped up her eligibility with the OU women's basketball team last season. James and Carolyn's father, Mike, was a punter at OU and lettered from 1984-85.

Oklahoma Head Coach Bob Stoops

History is one tough customer at Oklahoma. The tradition, so rich and so long-standing, is as daunting as it is impressive. To be among the best at Oklahoma is to be among the best in college football.

Such dramatics are lost on Bob Stoops. The Sooner head coach befriended the would-be albatross of OU's successful past from his first day on campus and remains steadfastly focused on tomorrow and the championship it holds.

It falls then to long-time observers and experts of the game to define Stoops' impact. Rarely have the pundits had it so easy.

That was true again in 2008. Stoops became the first coach in Big 12 history to capture three straight conference titles (after last year becoming the first to win two in a row) and was one of several teams, in a year of parity, to contend for the national title.

It was the highest scoring team in the modern era of college football with more than 700 points and, despite the full or part-time loss of key starters on the defensive unit, still managed to rank among the top three in nearly every Big 12 category on that side of the ball. That potent offense yielded Stoops' fifth Heisman Trophy finalist and second winner, quarterback Sam Bradford.

Also during the `08 campaign, Stoops reached 100 wins for his career, and did so faster than any coach since before 1905.

In 10 seasons under Stoops, OU has won 109 games; the 2000 national championship; spent 140 weeks in the national rankings; played in 10 bowl games, seven of the BCS variety; taken part in four national championship games and captured six Big 12 crowns.

On a playing field leveled by scholarship limits and parity, this era stares down the Oklahoma standard and does not blink. The brilliance dulls the memory of what Stoops inherited. When he arrived in Norman, the proud Sooner program was five years removed from a winning record, four from a postseason appearance.

Those atypical days of angst are so forgotten now that they might as well be mentioned with the Land Rush and Dust Bowl. Stoops has been characterized as a grounded family man, big-game coach, relentless recruiter, strong leader and a person with uncommon perspective.

His success emanates from a disciplined style true to his roots in the Steel Valley of Ohio, but he is far from inflexible. The principles to which he holds are the tried and true axioms of the sport ... mixed with cutting-edge strategy and an appreciation for the calculated risk.

During his time, OU has produced record-setting passers and receivers, seven 1,000-yard rushers, suffocating defense and special teams units that rank among the most dynamic in the land. The Sooners have been nothing if not versatile.

The son of a coach, Stoops was a four-year starter at Iowa. He began his coaching career in 1983 as a volunteer in the Hawkeye program under Hayden Fry, working through the ranks until he became co-defensive coordinator at Kansas State (1991-95). There he played a key role in one of the most impressive turnarounds in college football history while serving on Bill Snyder's staff.

Eventually, he left for Florida and a three-year stint as Steve Spurrier's defensive coordinator. In 1996, he was part of a national championship team. It was with the Gators that the spotlight found Stoops and made him one of the hottest names in the profession. His hiring at Oklahoma was one for the ages.

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Quick Notes on the Sooners

FRANK ALEXANDER • DE • 84
Took a fumble back three yards for a TD vs. Idaho State.

JEREMY BEAL • DE • 44
No interceptions last season, but got his hands on the ball seven times with four PBU and three fumbles forced.

AUSTIN BOX • LB • 12
Tied a career high with nine tackles against Idaho State.

SAM BRADFORD • QB • 14
Broke OU career passing yards record (7,937) before leaving BYU game with shoulder injury.

CORY BRANDON • OT • 70
Earned first career start against BYU ... had not started prior to this season, but had seen action in 15 games.

CHRIS BROWN • RB • 29
Called “Every Down Brown,” by some in the program, a testament to his durability ... with 35 career touchdowns, cracked OU's all-time top 10.

RYAN BROYLEs • SL • 85
Earned career highs in receptions (7), yards (155) and TDs (3) against Idaho State.

BRANDON CALEB • WR • 8
Career highs in receptions (4) and yards (57) versus BYU.

QUINTON CARTER • FS • 20
Tied career high with 10 tackles in third career start vs. BYU.

MATT CLAPP • FB • 34
Reigning All-Big 12 fullback ... leading special teams tackler (3) against Idaho STate.

BRANDON CROW • FB • 48
Converted LB, who is in his first season at the new position.

BRODY ELDRIDGE • C/TE • 50/83
A fullback over the first three years of his career, started at center vs. BYU ... All-Big 12 FB in 2007 despite no carries.

AUSTON ENGLISH • DE • 33
Was the preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the year in 2008, but missed four games due to injury.

DOMINIQUE FRANKS • CB • 15
Averaged 18.2 yards and scored two touchdowns on the returns of four interceptions and one fumble last season.

STEPHEN GOOD • OG • 77
Played in seven '08 games last season as a true freshman ... earned first career start at LG vs. Idaho State.

JOSEPH IBILOYE • LB • 5
Originally a safety, he has moved to outside linebacker.

LANDRY JONES • QB • 12
Threw three TDs in first career start vs. Idaho State.

JARVIS JONES • OG • 76
Transfer from LSU, who sat out last season ... has worked at both guard and tackle, but is starting at right tackle.

CAMERON KENNEY • WR • 6
Junior college standout, who has practiced at receiver and punter ... also was a placekicker in junior college.

RONNELL LEWIS • LB • 56
Recorded a safety with a sack in the end zone vs. Idaho State.

TRAVIS LEWIS • LB • 28
With 13 tackles vs. BYU, registered seventh career double-digit tackle game.

MOSSIS MADU • SL • 17
Moved from running back to slot receiver during spring drills ... has 17 career receptions for 118 yards.

GERALD MCCOY • DT • 93
Tied with Sam Bradford for the longest streak of consecutive starts on the team with 29.

JONATHAN MILLER • RB • 26
Ran for first career TD and 88 yards against Idaho State.

DEMARCO MURRAY • RB • 7
Eclipsed century mark with 101 yards against Idaho State.

SAM PROCTOR • SS • 27
Only member of the defensive starting line-up that had not started prior to this season ... All-Big 12 Academic in '08.

RYAN REYNOLDS • LB • 4
Back from a season-ending knee injury that he incurred in last season's Texas game. ... switched from No. 8 to No. 4, his high school number, for this season ... third career double-digit tackle game with 10 against BYU.

BRIAN SIMMONS • OG • 74
Rates as OU's second-most experienced lineman behind Trent Williams ... has seen action in 37 games.

JIMMY STEVENS • K • 17
Handles placements only ... on the Lou Groza Watch List.

ADRIAN TAYLOR • DT • 86
Steady performer with 17 straight starts.

ADRON TENNELL • WR • 80
His 61-yard touchdown reception against Miami in 2007 is the third-longest scoring reception among active Sooners.

TRESS WAY • P/K • 36
Oklahoma's starting punter is also listed as the back-up for placements and kickoffs.

TRENT WILLIAMS • OT • 71
Oklahoma's most experienced o-lineman, moved from right tackle to left for this season.

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