2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team The 2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2008 college football season , the 114th season of Sooner football . The team was led by two - time Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award winner , Bob Stoops , in his 10th season as the OU head coach , and played their homes games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman , Oklahoma . They were a charter member of the Big 12 Conference Conference play began with a win over Baylor in Waco , Texas on October 4th , and ended with a win over Missouri in the Big 12 Championship Game on December 9th . The Sooners finished the season 12 - 2 ( 7 - 1 in Big 12 ) while winning their 6th Big 12 title and their 42nd conference title overall . They were invited to the BCS Championship Game , where they lost to Florida , 14 - 24 . Following the season , Phil Loadholt was selected in the 2nd round of the 2009 NFL Draft , Juaquin Iglesias was drafted in the 3rd , Nic Harris and Duke Robinson were chosen in the 5th , and Manuel Johnson in the 7th . Preseason . Recruiting . On March 6 , 2008 , 4 - star wide receiver Joshua Jarboe , who was deemed to be one of the recruits who could start playing immediately in the fall , was arrested for receiving stolen property and possessing a weapon at his DeKalb County high school . Jarboe could have faced expulsion under school policy for these felony charges , but did not . Already on thin ice for the weapons possession , he was kicked off the team in June for making a violent rap video on YouTube that described him carrying and using a gun . Coaching staff . Prior to the season , several changes were made to the Oklahoma coaching staff . Co - offensive coordinator Kevin Sumlin took the head coaching position at the University of Houston . Before accepting this job , he also interviewed for the opening at Washington State University . Defensive coordinator Brent Venables was mentioned as a candidate for the opening at the University of Arkansas before it ultimately went to Bobby Petrino . Offensive Coordinator Kevin Wilson interviewed and was considered a finalist for the opening at the University of Southern Mississippi . That opening ended up going to Wilson ' s couterpart at Oklahoma State University , Larry Fedora . The coaching staff for the 2008 season were as follows : Game notes . Chattanooga . Oklahoma came into the 2008 season ranked # 4 nationally in the Coaches and AP Poll . Sam Bradford threw for 183 yards and two touchdowns , and Chris Brown ran for three scores . Only an hour long rainstorm could slow down the Sooners in a 57 – 2 victory against Chattanooga . The Sooners converted their first seven possessions into touchdowns and led 50 - 0 before a thunderstorm caused a lightning delay that extended halftime by 1 hour and 12 minutes . UTC , which would go on to earn only one win in the entire season , scored only 2 points on a safety from an errant hike on a punt play . Chattanooga was held to an astonishing two first downs the entire game , a rarity no matter how big the talent gap . Cincinnati . Oklahoma came into the game ranked 4th in the country . Redshirt freshman Ryan Broyles , playing his first game as a Sooner , had the most productive receiver debut in school history , with seven catches for 141 yards and a touchdown . OU gave up a kick return in the 3rd quarter for a touchdown that closed the gap and made the game 28 - 20 OU , but Oklahoma eventually pulled away from Cincinnati , winning 52 – 26 . Washington . The game against the Huskies in Seattle was the third meeting between the two storied programs . The series was tied 1 – 1 . Oklahoma came into the game ranked # 3 . On Oklahoma ' s first drive , QB Sam Bradford threw a touchdown pass to Juaquin Iglesias . Oklahoma dominated from then on . Continuing to roll , OU , inside their own 35 , used Sam Bradford to throw a touchdown pass to WR Ryan Broyles . Washington scored only twice in the game , losing 55 – 14 . Sam Bradford was 19 of 21 on his passing . Oklahoma never turned the ball over and Washington fumbled it 3 times , Oklahoma recovering it all 3 times . TCU . Oklahoma met TCU for the 1st time since 2005 . TCU had beaten Oklahoma the last two times they had met , the most recent being in 2005 , where had Oklahoma come into the season opener ranked in the top ten in the polls , and lost to TCU 17 - 10 . This game was a totally different story . The game started with Sam Bradford throwing two touchdown passes in the 1st quarter . Manuel Johnson scored three touchdowns , all which were 20 + yard receptions . Baylor . Baylor had never beaten Oklahoma going into 2008 . It wasn ' t about to change . # 1 Oklahoma got off to a quick start . A touchdown pass to Manuel Johnson got Oklahoma a 7 - 0 lead . Oklahoma didn ' t stop there . 3 more rushing TD ' s by Oklahoma made it 28 – 0 at the end of the 1st quarter . Only 2 TDs and a field goal for Baylor made the final score 49 - 17 . Texas . The game marked the 103rd meeting of the Red River Rivalry , which has been called one of the greatest sports rivalries . It is the second longest running rivalry for the Longhorns , behind the one with Texas A & M . Since 1929 the game has been held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas , Texas typically in mid - October with the State Fair of Texas occurring adjacent to the stadium . Prior to the 2008 game , Texas led the series 58 – 39 – 5 . In the week prior to facing the Oklahoma Sooners , UT fans conduct their traditional Torchlight Parade and Rally . The rally first took place in 1916 prior to a game versus Texas A & M , but since 1986 it has been an annual event held exclusively during the week prior to the Texas – OU game . Another annual tradition is the running of game balls by the schools ' Reserve Officer Training Corps ( ROTC ) programs . Each school ' s ROTC program uses a relay running system to run one game ball all the way from their respective campus to Dallas . Once there , they participate against each other in a football scrimmage , with the winner taking home a rivalry trophy and bragging rights . Texas won the game , 45 - 35 . Colt McCoy performed brilliantly in the fourth quarter leading his team to 15 unanswered points . It was the highest scoring event in the history of rivalry , and it was seen by the most fans – a record 92 , 182 . < ref name = " TX / ou recap " > < / ref > Kansas . Sam Bradford had 400 plus yards passing in an offensive matchup . 24 – 17 at halftime , Oklahoma came out into the 3rd quarter and began to pull away . DeMarco Murray showed better talent in the game . Once OU led 31 – 24 , it was all Oklahoma , pulling away to win 45 – 31 in Norman . Kansas State . Oklahoma traveled to Manhattan , KS , to take on a struggling Kansas State team just coming off a tough road loss to Colorado . The Sooners and Wildcats played a wild first half that saw the two teams combine to score 83 points , the Sooners blow a 21 - point first quarter lead , then charge back and score 27 more points in the final eight minutes before halftime . The Sooners ’ 55 first half points set a school record for most points ever scored before halftime . Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford played what proved to be statistically the worst game of his career up to that point , completing only 40 percent of his passes ( 13 - 32 ) for 255 yards and 3 TDs . Kansas State QB Josh Freeman had a career - best 478 yards passing , but was sacked twice and had three interceptions against the Sooner ' s defense . Nebraska . When Nebraska walked out under the lights at Memorial Stadium , the Cornhuskers were still in the race for the Big 12 North title , but after the Oklahoma Sooners completed its first drive for touchdown , intercepted Husker quarterback Joe Ganz ' s first pass for an 18 - yard touchdown return , then tacked on three more scores , Nebraska ' s expectations for its bowl season had been lowered considerably . The second quarter went better for the Cornhuskers , backup tailback Roy Helu getting a touchdown and racking up 157 yards on the day , but the Sooner lead proved insurmountable . The Sooners ' Sam Bradford stayed in Heisman race form , throwing for 311 yards and five touchdown passes . DeMarco Murray caught a 25 - yard scoring pass from Bradford , and ran twice for touchdowns , finishing with 57 rushing yards . Despite the impressive win , the Sooners slipped from 4th to 6th in the BCS rankings . Texas A & M . The Sooners scored three touchdowns in the first ten minutes , then never looked back as Sam Bradford passed for four scores to four different receivers and punched one across himself ; Chris Brown added three more touchdowns . Aside from the impressive 261 kickoff return yards amassed by Texas A & M running back Cyrus Gray , including a 98 - yard return for touchdown , the hometown Aggie fans had little to cheer about as the Sooners outrushed the Aggies 328 – 26 , and outpassed them 325 – 252 . The Sooner defense frustrated the A & M quarterback Jerrod Johnson , sacking him four times , intercepting two passes , stealing two of six Aggie team fumbles . The win set up a Big 12 showdown against undefeated Texas Tech on November 22 , after a bye week . Texas Tech . Texas Tech and Oklahoma first played in 1992 . Coming into the game , the Sooners led the series 11 - 4 though the Red Raiders had won 2 of the last 3 with the last loss coming in Norman in 2006 . The only road game Tech had won in the series was during the inaugural season of the Big 12 in 1996 . Under head coach Bob Stoops , the Sooners had lost only two games at home . The Sooners were 7 - point favorites . The Red Raiders opened the game with a kickoff return to their 32 - yard line . The Sooners forced a punt , and fielded their offense at their 27 . The Sooners scored a touchdown with 8 : 59 left in the first . DeMarco Murray contributed 48 rushing yards in the drive . Tech returned the ensuing kickoff to their 22 , and a Sooner personal foul after the return gave the Red Raiders 15 yards . Texas Tech lost 10 of those yards due to a delay of game and a false start . Starting at their 27 , the Red Raiders were stopped at the Oklahoma 48 , where they punted again . The Sooners got the ball on their 20 . On the second play of the drive , Oklahoma was punished again with a 15 – yard penalty . After three failed attempts to pass the ball for a first down , the Sooners elected to make their first punt . On the next Tech possession , Graham Harrell was sacked on two consecutive plays , once by Adrian Taylor and the other by Gerald McCoy . Coming into the game , the Red Raiders ranked second in the nation in sacks allowed , with only 5 . The Sooners ended the first quarter with a 42 - yard reception by tight end Jermaine Gresham and two rushes by Chris Brown for a combined 12 yards . Once the second quarter commenced , both Brown and Gresham moved the ball for a touchdown on three different plays . Tech started their next drive at their own 38 and advanced the ball through the air to eventually get to the Oklahoma 15 . Two incompletions caused the Red Raiders to face a 4th and 3 . Tech decided to go for it . Woods was unable to catch a pass by Harrell to convert and Tech turned the ball over on downs . Murray rushed the ball for 23 yards on Oklahoma ' s first play of the drive . Murray followed with a 31 – yard reception , which put the ball on the Tech 30 . After two rushes by Brown , Gresham scored a touchdown on a 19 - yard catch , and the subsequent extra point extended the Sooners lead to 21 – 0 . Oklahoma ' s defense forced Tech to four plays on the next drive , with the fourth play being a 4th - and - 4 , Tech ' s second 4th down conversion attempt . With 9 : 31 remaining , Oklahoma completed a 1 : 44 scoring drive , which was capped by Juaquin Iglesias ' 28 – yard scoring reception . On the following possession , the Red Raiders reached the end zone , thanks to Harrell ' s 25 – yard throw to Tramain Swindall . Matt Williams ' extra point brought the score to 28 – 7 . With 6 : 28 left in the half , Oklahoma began to drain the clock using their running game . The Sooners eventually scored on the 12th play of the drive . Once Tech got the ball , about a minute was left on the clock . On the second play , Harrell threw an interception to Travis Lewis , who returned the ball 47 yards . Tech offensive guard Brandon Carter , who stopped Lewis at the Tech 1 , received a personal foul . Murray scored on a 1 – yard rush to increase the Sooners ' lead to 42 – 7 . Tech got the ball again after the Sooner touchdown with 18 seconds remaining in the half . Harrell threw a shovel pass to Baron Batch , who ran 21 yards to the Tech 28 . The half ended with Tech receiving a 15 – yard personal foul . The Red Raiders left the field facing their biggest deficit of the season ( 35 points ) . Tech attempted an onside kick to start off the second half , though the Sooners grabbed the ball at the Tech 34 . OU ended the drive on a 33 – yard field goal . Tech fumbled on their next possession , Oklahoma ' s Keenan Clayton recovered the fumble and return it 53 yards to the Tech 3 . The Sooners added another 7 points to extend their lead to 52 – 7 . Tech cranked up its passing game on its next possession , eventually scoring a touchdown and extra point with 5 : 39 remaining in the third quarter . On the subsequent drive , the Red Raider defense forced their first sack on Bradford , and also forced the Sooners to punt . The Sooner defense countered in the next drive by forcing a three - and - out . The Sooner offense then added another score on a 66 - yard reception by Manuel Johnson . The Tech defense blocked the extra point , and the score remained at 58 – 14 . In the fourth quarter , Tech failed to convert another fourth down , producing another turnover . Oklahoma scored immediately afterwards , improving their lead to 65 – 14 . On the next possession , Tech was able to make three pass completions of at least 12 yards , though on the final play of the drive , Harrell lost the ball to the Sooners on a sack . With 10 : 50 left in the game , the Sooners started to run out the clock . The Red Raiders stopped them from scoring on a 4th down from the 1 . Tech got the ball back with 4 : 48 on the clock . After a few plays , Tech faced another 4th down , and this time was able to convert it with a 13 – yard throw to Crabtree . Tech later score their third touchdown with 11 seconds left , and Williams tacked on the extra point to change the score to 65 – 21 . Tech attempted an onside kick and recovered the ball . The final play was a short - yard catch by Woods . Since the Sooners won , Tech , Texas , and OU all tied for first in the division at 6 – 1 . If all three teams win their regular season finales to tie again at 7 – 1 , the highest ranked team in the BCS standings will earn a spot in the Big 12 Championship game . Sports columnists have also stated that the quarterback of the winning team would be the front runner for the Heisman Trophy . 2009 NFL Draft . The 2009 NFL Draft was held on April 25 – 26 , 2009 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City . The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft .