It is that time of year again. The kids are hurrying back to school, and fall is right around the corner. In Oklahoma to many sports fans that means one thing: football. You don’t have to live here long to see the passion for football in the Sooner state and no program embodies that passion like the Oklahoma Sooners.
Simply put the Sooners are one of the most storied programs in college football history. OU won its first national football title in 1950 and has seven total, the most recent coming in 2000. In fact, since 1945 the Sooners have won more football games than any other college program. They have also claimed 44 conference titles.
In all honesty, we don’t have space here to list all of OU’s records and accomplishments. They’ve have the most 10+ win seasons, fewest losing seasons, been ranked No. 1 more than anyone else, etc., etc, … yada yada yada. We could do this all day. You get the point. OU has a pretty stinking good program. The OU Football Wikipedia page may rival many community phone books in the sheer number of words (if phone books were still a thing).
The Heisman Trophy is one of the most prestigious individual honors in all of sports. Each year it is awarded to the most outstanding college football player. OU players have taken the prize home five times (only Notre Dame, Ohio State and the University of Southern California have had more). Out of the five OU winners, four were born in the state of Oklahoma (just to give you a little more Oklahoma pride).
OU plays its home games at Gaylord Family- Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, which holds 82,112 fans. Even though it is the 15th largest college stadium, you probably need to make friends with a Sooner season ticket holder because tickets are in high demand every year. Learning the words to Boomer Sooner might help your cause.
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