3 Jan 2001: Head Coach Bob Stoops, J.T. Thatcher #15 and Ontei Jones #11 of the Oklahoma Sooners celebrate after defeating the Florida State Seminoles 13-2 to win the Orange Bowl at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida. DIGITAL IMAGE Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr/ALLSPORT
Oklahoma football has won seven national championships, but it has been almost 21 years since it won its last one.
That is the longest time between national titles since the Sooners captured their very first national title in 1950, in Bud Wilkinson’s fourth season as head coach. The current OU national championship draught exceeds the previous longest (1956 to 1974) by three years.