Barry Switzer's undefeated Sooners met the undefeated Cornhuskers for the second straight year in Lincoln. Oklahoma would win again in this rivalry, scoring 17 straight points in the 2nd half to win 17-7.
I was rooming with two guys at the time, one was a huge Nebraska fan and had been running his mouth all year about how OU wasn't that good, didn't deserve to be #1, blah blah blah and when Collins tore off that long TD run my jackass roommate got up and left the house as I laughed him out the door. Great times
When OSU came into the "Big 7" in 1957 it messed up the conference schedule, so this was part of the conference's plan on how to reconcile scheduling. OU also played at Iowa State in 86 and 87, and OSU came to Norman both years.
I miss the wishbone and option offenses. Everybody runs the spread today: empty backfield, QB in the shotgun...yawn. I also miss this rivalry. Nebraska should be in the Big 12
I wanted to hate Oklahoma SO much, but I just couldn't help but have respect for that wishbone and swagger. Good luck to the Land Thieves except when we roll into Norman this fall.
They asked Barry Switzer one time why they kept beating Nebraska. His answer? "I have better players." They were pretty evenly matched, so sometimes it is just that simple.
yeah. Switzer had issues, but his teams were damned good. Tip of the cap! It rang in your ears for days after NU would play them. His O and D lines were so strong.
I could watch the old wishbone footage all day.....great memories...ths game especially, after the freaking media pissed on OU and got us knocked down to # 2 because we "didnt deserve" to be #1 and then we go to Lincoln and beat down Nebraska.
@Mr420woo If your memory only goes back to the 90's then you don't know what you missed out on. I was at the Game of the Century on Thanksgiving Day 1971 (NU 35 OU 31)....I was there in 75 when OU whupped #2 NU 35-10 and I was there 2 years later in 77 when OU whupped NU 38-7. The 1971 game and the 1987 game are my two favorites.
Greatest rivalry in College Football.......the 70's were Dominated by the Sooners......the 80's an even split.....and the Huskers Dominated in the 90's. Will miss this rivalry between the 2 big Reds.
Arrow J Smith. 73 ? NOTRE DAME won it. they beat The Gumps 24 --23. 78 ? Should not have been given the NC. USC rolled the Gumps behind Charles White. only 79 U Teabagger.
ArrowJ Smith In 1973, the Tide lost the bowl game to Notre Dame. Before that, the UPI (the coach’s poll) awarded their national title before the bowl game. Alabama’s loss that year persuaded the UPI to begin awarding the National Titles after the bowl game. In the AP Poll, which was taken after the bowl games, Alabama was #4. Also, if you look back, 4 or 5 of Alabama’s National Titles were fake because they were awarded before the bowl games, and Alabama would lose the bowl games. You can’t lose the bowl game and call yourself National Champs. For instance, Alabama also claims a National Title in 1964, but they lost the bowl game. The fake 1964 National Title that the Tide claims was one of the reasons the AP switched to awarding the National Titles after bowl season beginning in 1968. So 2 Alabama fake National Titles was the reason the major polls switched the timing of their voting.
@@arrowjsmith153 I don't know about that. The Alabama-Auburn rivalry isn't that competitive is it? I mean, OU and Nebraska's rivalry has been dead for a long time anyway, but when it was rolling it seems better than Alabama-Auburn because Alabama usually wins big and most of the time, but I haven't paid that close attention.
Finally got past ou in late 80s only to run into an emerging Colorado team in 89, an 90! Then the conference was theirs in the 90s! 0-3 vs FSU in the 90s though if you count the 89-90 fiesta bowl played Jan 1st 1990! Go Noles baby!
@@CoreyT127 True, playing in the big 8 will get you that stat but when it came time to win a NC, or put themselves in a position to play for it, Osborne validated how sorry the conference was with a frequent FU.
He was. Nebraska won 103 games in the 1980s. LaVell Edwards of BYU was second, with 102 wins. Paterno and Schembechler each won 89, and Bobby Bowden won 87. None of the other guys you think of as top coaches in the '80s--Switzer, Pat Dye, Danny Ford, Jimmy Johnson or Vince Dooley--coached the entire decade.
lol, the 1st two you mention also hold the record for most bowl losses. Edwards, 7-14. Osborn, 12-13. who knew, Edwards won 255, Osborne won 257. So we can infer that playing in a sorry conference will you wins until you have to go outside sorry conference.
boneman222 really doesnt matter players all the same age bracket...so some dont go to class or took money for their poor family...better football players are just that
When OSU came into the conference, it caused a misalignment in scheduling. This was to make up for that (albeit several years later). OU had to play back-to-back years at Nebraska and at OSU. OU also played at Iowa State in 86 and 87, and OSU came to Norman both years.
Osborne still has nitemares about the 96 TX vs Neb game when Macovic tried to give him the game. Watch the 4th down call late in the game. No reason to go for it on the their own 29 yd line cept to try and give Neb the game and get better bowl money from Neb going there.
I was there for this game, was a good one, sooners shined!
I was rooming with two guys at the time, one was a huge Nebraska fan and had been running his mouth all year about how OU wasn't that good, didn't deserve to be #1, blah blah blah and when Collins tore off that long TD run my jackass roommate got up and left the house as I laughed him out the door. Great times
Switzer book talked about hearing Collins yell bye Nebraska running down the sideline when he hit corner
Holding the #1 team in the nation, in THEIR house, to only one score, is quite a feat!
it's amazing how OU had to travel to Lincoln 3 times in 4 years and beat them all 3 times..twice when Nebraska was ranked number 1..pretty impressive
When OSU came into the "Big 7" in 1957 it messed up the conference schedule, so this was part of the conference's plan on how to reconcile scheduling. OU also played at Iowa State in 86 and 87, and OSU came to Norman both years.
Switzer was a helluva coach anyone would play for! !!!!
Except Marcus Dupree and Troy Aikman
I miss the wishbone and option offenses. Everybody runs the spread today: empty backfield, QB in the shotgun...yawn.
I also miss this rivalry. Nebraska should be in the Big 12
I wanted to hate Oklahoma SO much, but I just couldn't help but have respect for that wishbone and swagger. Good luck to the Land Thieves except when we roll into Norman this fall.
They asked Barry Switzer one time why they kept beating Nebraska. His answer? "I have better players." They were pretty evenly matched, so sometimes it is just that simple.
This is when college football was golden. Miss the bone.
Collins looking for daylight, he'll go......Touchdown Oklahoma!!!!
yeah. Switzer had issues, but his teams were damned good. Tip of the cap! It rang in your ears for days after NU would play them. His O and D lines were so strong.
I could watch the old wishbone footage all day.....great memories...ths game especially, after the freaking media pissed on OU and got us knocked down to # 2 because we "didnt deserve" to be #1 and then we go to Lincoln and beat down Nebraska.
Collins had 4.3 speed - one of the fastest Sooners of all time.
Proud to say I was at the '86 and '87 (both in Lincoln. NE) BOOMER SOONER!
Nothing like those two teams playing in Lincoln. Loved it. Miss it.
@Mr420woo If your memory only goes back to the 90's then you don't know what you missed out on. I was at the Game of the Century on Thanksgiving Day 1971 (NU 35 OU 31)....I was there in 75 when OU whupped #2 NU 35-10 and I was there 2 years later in 77 when OU whupped NU 38-7. The 1971 game and the 1987 game are my two favorites.
Greatest rivalry in College Football.......the 70's were Dominated by the Sooners......the 80's an even split.....and the Huskers Dominated in the 90's. Will miss this rivalry between the 2 big Reds.
Alabama won 3 National Titles in the 70's Scooter. Only two for OU. Got it. 73-78-79
The Greatest Rivalry is Alabama vs Auburn. Not OU and NEB.
Arrow J Smith. 73 ? NOTRE DAME won it. they beat The Gumps 24 --23. 78 ? Should not have been given the NC. USC rolled the Gumps behind Charles White. only 79 U Teabagger.
ArrowJ Smith In 1973, the Tide lost the bowl game to Notre Dame. Before that, the UPI (the coach’s poll) awarded their national title before the bowl game. Alabama’s loss that year persuaded the UPI to begin awarding the National Titles after the bowl game. In the AP Poll, which was taken after the bowl games, Alabama was #4. Also, if you look back, 4 or 5 of Alabama’s National Titles were fake because they were awarded before the bowl games, and Alabama would lose the bowl games. You can’t lose the bowl game and call yourself National Champs. For instance, Alabama also claims a National Title in 1964, but they lost the bowl game. The fake 1964 National Title that the Tide claims was one of the reasons the AP switched to awarding the National Titles after bowl season beginning in 1968. So 2 Alabama fake National Titles was the reason the major polls switched the timing of their voting.
@@arrowjsmith153 I don't know about that. The Alabama-Auburn rivalry isn't that competitive is it? I mean, OU and Nebraska's rivalry has been dead for a long time anyway, but when it was rolling it seems better than Alabama-Auburn because Alabama usually wins big and most of the time, but I haven't paid that close attention.
Ricky Dixon Golden Sooner forever !!!
Hall of fame QB would Troy Aikman would have been a Senior that year had he not broke his leg in 1985 and transferred to UCLA.
So he lost a year of college bec he broke his leg? Who knew!
Jamelle/Charles were better for the team, because they could run the 'bone better. Troy's games were actually not all that great, offensively.
87 sooners were first to lead NCAA in offense yards per game, 500, and fewest yards allowed per game, 207. The only team to do that.
When you average 307 yards MORE than your opponent you're going to win a few games. :-)
That score was on point:
Oklahoma - 23
Nebraska minus 9
Crack sales & probation will end a championship run everytime.
@Mr420woo OU was not very good in the 90s they were coming off of probation and all kinds of things. rivalries are better when both teams are equal.
Finally got past ou in late 80s only to run into an emerging Colorado team in 89, an 90! Then the conference was theirs in the 90s! 0-3 vs FSU in the 90s though if you count the 89-90 fiesta bowl played Jan 1st 1990! Go Noles baby!
Go Bowden. A losing record to every Cane coach with a NC. Count em - 4.
Then 2000 ou won national championship beating fsu😂
@teesteven because Penn St. and Ohio St are easier to beat than Oklahoma and Oklahoma State...and i guess Texas.
I think ou was the winningest team of the 80s
Actually Nebraska was!
@@CoreyT127 True, playing in the big 8 will get you that stat but when it came time to win a NC, or put themselves in a position to play for it, Osborne validated how sorry the conference was with a frequent FU.
@@CoreyT127 At one point Switzer had beaten Osborne 12 of 16 games.
Still are winningest team since ww2
@boneman222 Enough to win Switzer 3 national titles.
He was. Nebraska won 103 games in the 1980s. LaVell Edwards of BYU was second, with 102 wins. Paterno and Schembechler each won 89, and Bobby Bowden won 87. None of the other guys you think of as top coaches in the '80s--Switzer, Pat Dye, Danny Ford, Jimmy Johnson or Vince Dooley--coached the entire decade.
lol, the 1st two you mention also hold the record for most bowl losses. Edwards, 7-14. Osborn, 12-13. who knew, Edwards won 255, Osborne won 257. So we can infer that playing in a sorry conference will you wins until you have to go outside sorry conference.
How many NCAA violations did it take to create "Sooner Magic?" --Just curious (Sorry Sooner fans, that was mean, I know) :)
boneman222 really doesnt matter players all the same age bracket...so some dont go to class or took money for their poor family...better football players are just that
none...if you dont get caught..coughs in Miami Hurricanes
About as many as it took Nebraska to create Cornhusker Magic
Sorry for what. Do you know how teams do same things and don't get the death penalty. Now look it's ok it's call nil money. Smart guy. Smh
bewnt RUBBED it IN THEY CAN'T play with us.We lost. But he KEPT rrubbing it in!
Loving it!!
I remember seeing this game. Didn't Keith Jackson run 88 yards on a tight end reverse??? If I'm correct, why was this amazing play not shown?
That was in ‘85 in Norman.
@teesteven You may have to retract that statement in the next couple years........
Yep, every program goes through hard times....ask Lawrence Phillips....
1st. He's dead.
@quincee33 yeah i know and even though texas is down they still owned nebraska
Bigger shoulder pad back then
And then came the Hurricanes and Oklahoma came back down to reality.
They had the best players money could buy!! Oh and by the way, love the way the program is looking today. Cheers!!!
I do too. Especially when Alabama took the dynasty down in the '93 Sugar Bowl.
@@12106445 Big deal 34-13. A year later, Arizona 29, Miami 0. Erickson was a losing bowl coach 6-9.
Why was this played in nebraska? they played in 86 in lincoln?
When OSU came into the conference, it caused a misalignment in scheduling. This was to make up for that (albeit several years later). OU had to play back-to-back years at Nebraska and at OSU. OU also played at Iowa State in 86 and 87, and OSU came to Norman both years.
@@mwduck OSU didn't join the Big 8 until the 1980's?
@@dadestarmysteries255 1957. Why the conference waited until the late 80s the reconcile the schedule, who knows?
@theroncon Indeed! :)
And ha ha haaa those old 80's polyester coaching shorts......dear god....
@teesteven big 10 is a joke....wisconsin is pretty good.
That one hurt,
Not really it's ok to do now. It's called nil money. 😂 Not to mention other teams that did it but didn't get death penalty.
hey nebraska why did yall let TEXAS run yall of to another conference?
That was my Sooners who scared Cornhuskers to the BIG 10
As a Nebraska fan I never wanted to join to the Big 10, but we didn't get a vote.
Osborne still has nitemares about the 96 TX vs Neb game when Macovic tried to give him the game. Watch the 4th down call late in the game. No reason to go for it on the their own 29 yd line cept to try and give Neb the game and get better bowl money from Neb going there.