The 2016 season's largest margin: Oklahoma 56, Kansas 3. A 53-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Top-10 Year
Oklahoma finished 2016 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Baker MayfieldQB3,965 passing yards
- Joe MixonRB1,274 rushing yards
- Samaje PerineRB1,060 rushing yards
- Abdul AdamsRB283 rushing yards
- Dede WestbrookWR1,524 receiving yards
- Mark AndrewsTE489 receiving yards
- Geno LewisWR388 receiving yards
- Jordan EvansLB98 tackles
- Emmanuel BealLB81 tackles
- Ogbonnia OkoronkwoDE71 tackles
- Jordan WadeDT2.5 sacks
- Matt RomarDT2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Oklahoma 24, Ohio State 45. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Oklahoma beat Auburn 35-19 in the postseason.
"Boomer. Sooner."
2016 is a middle chapter for Oklahoma — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.