Last Year of Decade Finishes

[SteelClip49]

1909: (6-4)

1919: (5-2-3)
Annihilated Kingfisher College, 179-0

1929: (3-3-2)
Scored 81 points and gave up 81 points

1939: (6-2-1)

1949: (11-0)
Big Eight Champions
Bud Wilkinson- AFCA National COY
AP #2 Finish; Sugar Bowl Champions

1959: (7-3)
Big Eight Champions

1969: (6-4)
Lost 21-59 to then no-namer K-State....YIKES!

1979: (11-1)
Scored 38 points in four consecutive wins
Big Eight Champions; Orange Bowl Champions
AP/UPI #3 final ranking

1989: (7-4)

1999: (7-5) "The Eve of the Rebirth"
Lost to a last second FG to Ole Miss in Shreveport
Annihilated a top 10 TAMU in Norman by 45

2009: (8-5)
4 of 5 losses by 12 total points
Three shutouts
End season with wins over ranked opponents
More adversity than any season before under Stoops
Final Ranking: TBD (could be first 5 Loss team since FSU-2005)
Sun Bowl Champions over Stanford led by Heisman R-UP Toby Gerhart
....(not that I am justifying anything, lol).


1949 and 1999 results were a pre-cursor to national championships the following year. Bring on 2010 and #8!!!

[Jacie]

Using Bama rules, we get to claim that 1949 season as a National Championship.

[King Crimson]

Using Bama rules, we get to claim that 1949 season as a National Championship.

i think anytime you win more than 8 games, it's a NC at Bama.