I was nine years old and got to go to this game with one of the graduate assistants sons. Sat in the coaches box for most of it. Seriously, one of the loudest games I've ever been to.
SteelBuck, you’re the man! God I miss this rivalry, teams running the triple option (other than the service academies), horse collars, late hits out of bounds, and NO official reviews!
Keith Jackson was a freaking beast and was instrumental in 2 victories over Nebraska during his time at OU. He is probably the greatest TE in OU history. Just think what he could have done with QB’s that could have actually passed the ball. He would be a superstar in today’s OU offense. OU should not have won this game. We were stuffed all day by a great NU defense. A lot of it was Jackson’s heroics, and a great defensive effort. I think Switzer was 12-4 vs Tom Osborne. Great rivalry that swung back and forth through the years. Once Nebraska left the Big12, they seemed to lose an edge in recruiting. It really set their program back. OU has owned the conference, and has consistently been a top 4-5 program for 20 yrs. I think if NU would’ve stayed in the Big 12, they would still be up there too.
just remember he was recruited to catch passes from troy aikman! go and watch the ou/miami game of 85. aikman throwing to jackson was going to be the norm and he broke his leg!
I would argue some of his success was that pass was made when no one expected it. OU would be pounding out of the wishbone and Jackson would just slip behind the D. Man, remember this game....what a heart breaker. So much shoulda coulda woulda. These were some hard hittin games man.
@@steelbuck6777 I am a B I G Oklahoma fan could you bring out 1974 Oklahoma vs Nebraska or 1980 Oklahoma vs Texas or 1980 Oklahoma vs Nebraska...... any of them would be much appreciated thanks
Can’t imagine Keith Jackson calling anything but football. The guy was born with the football voice. I wonder if his elementary teachers noticed haha. He and Pat Summerall were the perfect voices for the sport.
there are three games that stand out in this series for their kill or be killed mentality! now, this is just my opinion! the 78 game the blackshirts were bringing it that game. this game in 86 was a brawl on the field from start to finish and the 87 game was the same way, it was a fight from start to finish! there are few that measure up to these three games. i have to add as an ou fan the black shirts of today are not the black shirts of yesterday! even switzer admits that! these nebraska black shirts would flat out knock your head off! same on ou's side.
This was the time when Nebraska was the shit even when they lost. The state damn near stood still everytime they played their bitter,bitter rival Oklahoma. Because that game was the game back then,fact.🏈☝️😉
The OU center is an absolute monster. Credit to the Sooners for the comeback win, but Nebraska shot themselves in the foot SO many times in this game. Good luck to the Land Thieves this coming season, except when we go down to Norman...
I read somewhere that in Osborne's offense, the give to the fullback on an option play was never a "read" though it was designed, practiced and executed to look like it. He wasn't comfortable with the risk, so anytime the fullback got the ball it was a called play and not the QB reading a defender and making a decision to give or pull.
Mostly traps and belly. Guessing the times it wasn’t blocked that way they were running the veer with an automatic give call once they saw what defense ends were doing. Very good point though. I don’t think Nebraska ran the triple option even though it looked like it
We were very fortunate to win this game. Nebraska was a very good football team. Bigger, faster, stronger, quicker and had a better game plan. Thankfully Sooner Magic came through.
They could make it a non-conference rivalry and play the last game of the season. It wouldn't be much of a rivalry right now though since Nebraska isn't very good anymore. It would probably be about what the Ohio State- Michigan rivalry has turned into.
And regional rivalries are killed off because of super conferences and money. Now we get Rutgers vs. Nebraska and we'll have Mississippi State vs. OU. Yawn.
@@ziggie7676 There is a good reason for that as a Husker fan! Full credit to the Sooners for continuing to exploit the Husker's propensity to not finish those games.
I always enjoyed the Nebraska-Oklahoma games back in the 80's because I knew one of them was going to lose. Check out Jamelle Holieway's QB stats for the whole year at 2:20.
LOL! Holieway was recruited to run the wishbone (which he did with amazing aplomb) not to light up the air passing the ball. That's why he only average throwing the ball a little over 4 times a game! Back then, the wishbone was one of the most difficult offenses in college football to stop - especially if it was run by a QB magician like Holieway. 😊
Great times for both programs. Nebraska outplayed OU for 3 quarters. Keith Jackson killed Nebraska in 85 & 86. He was the difference in both games & also against Penn State in the Orange Bowl. O loved Nebraskas offense though. Dana Brinson should have been more in the game plan for Nebraska. Definitely the fastest player on the field. The hit between David Vickers & Keith Jones was one of the most vicious collisions in the game. Special times & memories for alot families in the mid & late 80’s.
This looked just like a Scott Frost Era loss. Just need a couple first downs on offense or a stop on defense and you win the game. NOPE. Can't do either.
Imagine if Michael Vick would have played for OU they would have been undefeated for years don't get wrong Holieway was a great wishbone QB but Vick was way much faster with a stronger arm WOW they would have had a whipstick
watching their old games. You're right. They fumbled a lot. They recovered a lot of their own fumbles most of the time. No other player had more face masks against him than Jamelle Holliway as well. Guys were always grabbing his face mask.
This game, probably more than any other, exemplifies why Osborne can never be considered great. Remember, when it mattered, most of the time, Osborn didn't. Less than 4 minutes to go, leading OU 17-10, Osborne: *** cant stop OU, and OU drives 94 yds for a score, and then *** can't get a 1st down that would have ensured at least a tie, and then *** can't stop OU, and OU drives another 55 yds to kick the game winner. Has to be the worst 4 mins (out of 3060) of Osborne's battles with Switzer. Switzer let Osborne believe that Neb was really in the game. What a joke of a coach, Osborne was.
@@mattloge4539 Visit other Neb threads where I shred the 60-3 run. One of example (of many, many), regards the 95 team. 4 Big 8 teams finished ranked in the top 10 that year, right. I took the 4 best teams from 71, 3 ranked, Iowa St, unranked, but good and compared their SOS to the 4 95 teams The results. The avg SOS for 95 was 33.5 The avg SOS for 71 was 9.5 (3, 7, 12, 16)/4 Neb 95 was considered the best ever after 95. Very few mentioned Neb 71 but as time went on we begin to understand more about how bad that teams competition and coaches were (over their career) and now Neb 95 is currently #4 and will be #5 when LSU 2019 is factored in. You'll be amazed at how overrated Osborne when you look at the stats that I calculated from hunches I had, that proved over and over to be spot on.
Rob Johnson ‘71 was the best. Final rankings Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado 1,2,3. Probably the one and only time the same conference finished like that.
Alan Sawatzky The Big 8 needs to get brought back. The rivalry was THE game of the year even though Michigan-Ohio State and Miami-FSU were also great games but Nebraska-Oklahoma was bigger than both of them and that’s saying something. Even Nebraska-Colorado had very fun games when Colorado finally got some talent.
Old rivalry that should never die to start with.
I was nine years old and got to go to this game with one of the graduate assistants sons. Sat in the coaches box for most of it. Seriously, one of the loudest games I've ever been to.
SteelBuck, you’re the man!
God I miss this rivalry, teams running the triple option (other than the service academies), horse collars, late hits out of bounds, and NO official reviews!
@Laurence Treston Lol, funny how you two always appear together.
Idk I'm fine with no horse collars and late hits outta bounds. The triple option football is dope though. It looks like a more organized rugby.
cool.
...And no female meddling on the field nor the team sidelines!
Nebraska fans are great always friendly we had a good time back in the 70s and 80s miss that !!!
Keith Jackson was a freaking beast and was instrumental in 2 victories over Nebraska during his time at OU. He is probably the greatest TE in OU history. Just think what he could have done with QB’s that could have actually passed the ball. He would be a superstar in today’s OU offense. OU should not have won this game. We were stuffed all day by a great NU defense. A lot of it was Jackson’s heroics, and a great defensive effort. I think Switzer was 12-4 vs Tom Osborne. Great rivalry that swung back and forth through the years. Once Nebraska left the Big12, they seemed to lose an edge in recruiting. It really set their program back. OU has owned the conference, and has consistently been a top 4-5 program for 20 yrs. I think if NU would’ve stayed in the Big 12, they would still be up there too.
just remember he was recruited to catch passes from troy aikman! go and watch the ou/miami game of 85. aikman throwing to jackson was going to be the norm and he broke his leg!
I would argue some of his success was that pass was made when no one expected it. OU would be pounding out of the wishbone and Jackson would just slip behind the D. Man, remember this game....what a heart breaker. So much shoulda coulda woulda. These were some hard hittin games man.
He pushed off a lot lol. Got away with push offs
@@ralfigs PUSH OFFS WERE SELDOM CALLED IN COLLEGE OR PRO AT THIS TIME!
@@frankbolander2239 they did call the ridiculous face guard. Lol
Thanks buck ! For showing these games ! Remember seeing these games when they were telecast back in the day ! 😎👍🏈 Great Games !
I was 15 years old.i remember me my mom and stepdad watching this game.the boz actually lived 3 streets over.He drove a corvette.
the Boz was something till he started his crybaby tour.
Oh this game still hurts.
As a 9 year old I threw probably one of the worst temper tantrums I've ever thrown over a football game. Not my best day.
That game made me very upset too. It felt like we won, but we didn't.
I cried as a 9 YO
I was there right by the area Jackson pushed off to catch that last pass. It was such a sick feeling that I still feel watching it on TH-cam
Just like 1984 (well, different, but) , no way Nebraska should have lost this game. I was 9 y.o. also😂
Back when football was football.
Football is about more than TBI. mental illness, brain shrinking resulting in violent tendencies, and a high suicide rate you turd.
I totally agree.. nothing is more satisfying than watching this on a Saturday afternoon
Yep. Before that, it was Hockey.
Some of our most awesome games were with Nebraska! Still should be!
You uploaded both of my requests. I really appreciate it.
very welcome
Born in 94 watching this game was amazing definitely some smash mouth football
Luv these SPEED GAMES keep them Coming Baby
Thanks for your comment. It is appreciated
@@steelbuck6777 I am a B I G Oklahoma fan could you bring out 1974 Oklahoma vs Nebraska or 1980 Oklahoma vs Texas or 1980 Oklahoma vs Nebraska...... any of them would be much appreciated thanks
If there is a copy of them on yt i'll put them in my queue folder
@@steelbuck6777 appreciate it
Can’t imagine Keith Jackson calling anything but football. The guy was born with the football voice. I wonder if his elementary teachers noticed haha. He and Pat Summerall were the perfect voices for the sport.
there are three games that stand out in this series for their kill or be killed mentality! now, this is just my opinion! the 78 game the blackshirts were bringing it that game. this game in 86 was a brawl on the field from start to finish and the 87 game was the same way, it was a fight from start to finish! there are few that measure up to these three games. i have to add as an ou fan the black shirts of today are not the black shirts of yesterday! even switzer admits that! these nebraska black shirts would flat out knock your head off! same on ou's side.
This was the time when Nebraska was the shit even when they lost. The state damn near stood still everytime they played their bitter,bitter rival Oklahoma. Because that game was the game back then,fact.🏈☝️😉
12-5 is not really a game for one side.
The OU center is an absolute monster. Credit to the Sooners for the comeback win, but Nebraska shot themselves in the foot SO many times in this game. Good luck to the Land Thieves this coming season, except when we go down to Norman...
"Land Thieves", I get it. I like it.
I'm just here for the Keith Jackson call on the long catch and touchdown run by Keith Jackson.
Back when Nebraska wasn't an embarrassment and actually knew what the line of scrimmage was.
two Keith Jacksons. two legends
I read somewhere that in Osborne's offense, the give to the fullback on an option play was never a "read" though it was designed, practiced and executed to look like it. He wasn't comfortable with the risk, so anytime the fullback got the ball it was a called play and not the QB reading a defender and making a decision to give or pull.
Mostly traps and belly. Guessing the times it wasn’t blocked that way they were running the veer with an automatic give call once they saw what defense ends were doing. Very good point though. I don’t think Nebraska ran the triple option even though it looked like it
Them boys were doing some real hitting out there!
We were very fortunate to win this game. Nebraska was a very good football team. Bigger, faster, stronger, quicker and had a better game plan. Thankfully Sooner Magic came through.
Way to crap on OU.
OU vs Nebraska was a great rivalry. Needs to revived
They could make it a non-conference rivalry and play the last game of the season. It wouldn't be much of a rivalry right now though since Nebraska isn't very good anymore. It would probably be about what the Ohio State- Michigan rivalry has turned into.
And regional rivalries are killed off because of super conferences and money. Now we get Rutgers vs. Nebraska and we'll have Mississippi State vs. OU. Yawn.
#6 running back for Nebraska was shaving points!
The game that cemented Sooner Magic into history. Those teams could hit and tackle. Physical punishment on every play.
Sooner Magic started against Nebraska but it started in the 76 game against Nebraska
Geez, there were some straight up kamikaze's back in the day
The red pants game
We never win with those stupid pants
I am a sooner fan and I love the red shoes/cleats that OU rocked in the game!! I have never seen them worn before ever again
@@ziggie7676 There is a good reason for that as a Husker fan! Full credit to the Sooners for continuing to exploit the Husker's propensity to not finish those games.
@ziggie7676 Big OU fan as well. I convinced myself it never happened since I only remembered seeing it once.
And the red shoes game. The red shoes won that day.
I always enjoyed the Nebraska-Oklahoma games back in the 80's because I knew one of them was going to lose. Check out Jamelle Holieway's QB stats for the whole year at 2:20.
LOL! Holieway was recruited to run the wishbone (which he did with amazing aplomb) not to light up the air passing the ball. That's why he only average throwing the ball a little over 4 times a game! Back then, the wishbone was one of the most difficult offenses in college football to stop - especially if it was run by a QB magician like Holieway. 😊
Miss. The. Rivalry. Games. The. Good. Old. Sooners. Foot ball days. Got lucky. To go. To. 80s. Ou. Neb games. Miss the. 80s
WOW! What a game
Dominated at the end...Boomer. Jeez I miss those days
Great times for both programs. Nebraska outplayed OU for 3 quarters. Keith Jackson killed Nebraska in 85 & 86. He was the difference in both games & also against Penn State in the Orange Bowl. O loved Nebraskas offense though. Dana Brinson should have been more in the game plan for Nebraska. Definitely the fastest player on the field. The hit between David Vickers & Keith Jones was one of the most vicious collisions in the game. Special times & memories for alot families in the mid & late 80’s.
Nebraska wants Osborne like numbers!! And they want them right now!!
The only consistent play both teams use is the "fumble". Must be a record setting turnover game.
13 fumbles and two interceptions, a turnover fest. But there were 32 passes, contrary to one post.
What a game. Typical Tom Osborn in the 80’s. The best team in the country except Oklahoma .
This looked just like a Scott Frost Era loss. Just need a couple first downs on offense or a stop on defense and you win the game. NOPE. Can't do either.
Had the Gooners dead to rights
"Oklahoma owned the fourth quarter." Keith Jackson
Key word being (had)
You guys still think gooner" is a clever word eh?
@@agoo7581 it is
OU was just too good for Nebraska. Husker fans have a hard time admitting that.
Do you have the 1987 match-up between the two teams
Yes, it will be upcoming.
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Imagine if Michael Vick would have played for OU they would have been undefeated for years don't get wrong Holieway was a great wishbone QB but Vick was way much faster with a stronger arm WOW they would have had a whipstick
Switzer said the entire end of the end zone where ou exits the field were flipping off the sooners......Boomer Sooner!!!
Was there ever a college football team that fumbled more than Oklahoma?
Nebraska.
cornfednebraskaneer lol
watching their old games. You're right. They fumbled a lot. They recovered a lot of their own fumbles most of the time. No other player had more face masks against him than Jamelle Holliway as well. Guys were always grabbing his face mask.
36:00
SPENCER TILLMAN WAS A BUST..AT OU!!!!!!
You wait 35 years to declare someone like Spencer Tillman a bust? You must be an okla state aggie fan
This game, probably more than any other, exemplifies why Osborne can never be considered great. Remember, when it mattered, most of the time, Osborn didn't.
Less than 4 minutes to go, leading OU 17-10, Osborne:
*** cant stop OU, and OU drives 94 yds for a score, and then
*** can't get a 1st down that would have ensured at least a tie, and then
*** can't stop OU, and OU drives another 55 yds to kick the game winner.
Has to be the worst 4 mins (out of 3060) of Osborne's battles with Switzer. Switzer let Osborne believe that Neb was really in the game. What a joke of a coach, Osborne was.
Rob I don't think you're thinking rationally here. LoL. I mean Tom Osborn only coached one of the winning-est stretches of all time.
@@mattloge4539 Visit other Neb threads where I shred the 60-3 run.
One of example (of many, many), regards the 95 team.
4 Big 8 teams finished ranked in the top 10 that year, right.
I took the 4 best teams from 71, 3 ranked, Iowa St, unranked, but good
and compared their SOS to the 4 95 teams
The results.
The avg SOS for 95 was 33.5
The avg SOS for 71 was 9.5 (3, 7, 12, 16)/4
Neb 95 was considered the best ever after 95. Very few mentioned Neb 71 but as time went on we begin to understand more about how bad that teams competition and coaches were (over their career) and now Neb 95 is currently #4 and will be #5 when LSU 2019 is factored in.
You'll be amazed at how overrated Osborne when you look at the stats that I calculated from hunches I had, that proved over and over to be spot on.
Rob Johnson ‘71 was the best. Final rankings Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado 1,2,3. Probably the one and only time the same conference finished like that.
Alan Sawatzky The Big 8 needs to get brought back. The rivalry was THE game of the year even though Michigan-Ohio State and Miami-FSU were also great games but Nebraska-Oklahoma was bigger than both of them and that’s saying something. Even Nebraska-Colorado had very fun games when Colorado finally got some talent.
Rob Johnson Nebraska fans would take winning 9 or 10 games a year instead of being in last place in the Big Ten West every year.
Handoff, draw, run, option....every play. No WR needed.