The Oklahoma Sooners have been known for great offensive football for much of the last 20 years. They’ve produced some of the best offensive seasons in football. From the National Championship team that was rolling teams until Josh Heupel’s elbow injury forced them to take a more defensive approach to the Lincoln Riley era that’s produced an incredible run of quarterback play, the Sooners have been an offensive explosion waiting to happen since the turn of the century.
As the Sooners get ready to (hopefully) put on an incredible offensive display in week 2 of the season against the Western Carolina Catamounts, Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report took a look back and ranked the top 10 offenses since the 2000 season, and the Oklahoma Sooners came in fourth.
The 2008 Oklahoma squad dropped two games, but ignoring this offense would be foolish considering it set a then-FBS record with 716 points for the season.
Led by Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford, the Sooners put up 60-plus points in five straight games. They steamrolled second-ranked Texas Tech 65-21, rolled No. 11 Oklahoma State 61-41 and crushed No. 19 Missouri 62-21 for the Big 12 championship.
Bradford posted 4,720 yards and 50 touchdowns, and OU averaged a nation-leading 51.1 points. Chris Brown and DeMarco Murray both ran for 1,000-plus yards, and five receivers tallied at least 500 yards with Juaquin Iglesias (1,150) leading the way. – Miller
The Sooners were incredible that season. They scored 50 or more points in nine of their 14 contests, including five straight games of 60 points to close Big 12 play, including the Big 12 championship game.
Not only did Sam Bradford throw for 50 touchdowns, but he also rushed for five, and the Sooners as a team rushed for 40 touchdowns on the season. Bradford led the way, but it was an incredibly well-balanced attack as Oklahoma gained 180 more yards per game than their opposition.