Temple has performed its house video games at Lincoln Monetary Discipline, house of the Philadelphia Eagles, since 2003, when the stadium opened.
Taking part in in an NFL stadium, which the Sooners will do at 11 a.m. Saturday once they tackle the Owls, is nothing new for OU.
This can be OU’s tenth recreation inside a present NFL stadium.
Right here’s the checklist:
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
The Sooners have been regulars at Jerry World, most lately taking part in there twice in an 11-day span in 2020 — within the Huge 12 Championship towards Iowa State and within the Cotton Bowl towards Florida.
OU and BYU performed the first-ever faculty soccer recreation at AT&T Stadium on Sept. 5, 2009. The Cougars beat the Sooners 14-13.
OU is 6-2 at Jerry World, together with 5-0 in Huge 12 Championship Video games. OU’s different loss within the Arlington venue was to Texas A&M within the 2012 season.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
Mercedes-Benz Stadium opened in 2017, changing the Georgia Dome.
OU performed a nationwide semifinal recreation there in 2019, shedding to LSU 63-28.
Soldier Discipline, Chicago
OU opened the 1997 season towards Northwestern within the “Pigskin Basic” at Soldier Discipline.
The Sooners had been shut out 24-0.
OU performed at Cincinnati in 2010 in a recreation the Bearcats hosted off campus at what was once Paul Brown Stadium, house of the Bengals. The Sooners gained 31-29.
State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
OU performed three Fiesta Bowls right here.
A 43-42 loss to Boise State within the 2006 season, a 48-28 loss to West Virginia in 2007 and a 48-20 win towards UConn in 2010.
Opened in 2006, it was referred to as College of Phoenix Stadium till 2018.
NRG Stadium, Houston
The location of OU’s final regular-season recreation inside an NFL stadium.
Houston beat OU 33-13 within the 2016 season opener.
OU beat Colorado within the Huge 12 Championship Sport inside what was then Reliant Stadium in 2002 — the primary yr the venue opened.
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas Metropolis
OU hasn’t performed at Arrowhead since 2008, when it beat Missouri 62-21 within the Huge 12 Championship Sport.
The Sooners additionally performed Huge 12 title video games in Kansas Metropolis in 2006, 2004, 2003 and 2000.
Laborious Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Laborious Rock Stadium, which has had many names, has hosted the Orange Bowl since 1996.
OU most lately performed there in 2018, when the Sooners misplaced 45-34 to Alabama within the Orange Bowl — a semifinal recreation in that season’s Faculty Soccer Playoff.
OU, in one other CFP semifinal recreation in Miami, misplaced to Clemson within the 2015 Orange Bowl.
The Sooners additionally misplaced a pair of nationwide championships contained in the venue — to Florida in 2008 and USC in 2004.
OU misplaced a regular-season recreation there to Miami in 2009.
After all the Sooners’ finest second contained in the stadium got here on Jan. 3, 2001, when OU beat Florida State 13-2 to win this system’s seventh nationwide title. The stadium was then referred to as Professional Participant Stadium.
OU additionally performed a number of Orange Bowls within the previous Orange Bowl — the Dolphins’ house from 1966-86 — which was demolished in 2008.
Caesars Superdome, New Orleans
OU’s final two video games within the Superdome had been Sugar Bowl wins towards Auburn in 2016 and towards Alabama in 2013.
The Sooners misplaced the 2003 nationwide championship to LSU in New Orleans.
The Saints initially performed at Tulane Stadium, which hosted the Sugar Bowl from 1935-74. OU final performed there in 1972.
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