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1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Oklahoma was a member of the Big Eight Conference played its home games in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, where it has played its home games since 1923.[1] The team posted an 11–1 overall record and a 7–0 conference record to the Conference title outright under head coach Barry Switzer who took the helm in 1973.[2][3] This was Switzer's twelfth conference title, fourth consecutive conference title and eighth undefeated conference record in fifteen seasons.[2]

The team was led by All-Americans Rickey Dixon (who won the Jim Thorpe Award),[4] Mark Hutson,[5] Keith Jackson,[6] Danté Jones,[7] and Darrell Reed[8] After going undefeated in its eleven regular season games, it earned a trip to the Orange Bowl for an appearance against the Miami Hurricanes.[3] During the season, it faced three ranked opponents (In order, #12 Oklahoma State, #1 Nebraska, and #2 Miami). Both of its last two games were #1 vs. #2 matches with the last being a national title game in which it endured its only loss to the resulting national champion Hurricanes.[3] The game marked the third Miami victory over Oklahoma in three seasons to former Switzer assistant coach Jimmy Johnson.[9]

Jamelle Holieway led the team in rushing for the second season with 807 yards and in passing for the third of four times with 548 yards, Jackson led the team in receiving for the third straight season with 403 yards, Placekicker R. D. Lashar led the team in scoring with 91 points, Reed posted 8 quarterback sacks, Jones led the team with 125 tackles and Dixon posted 9 interceptions.[10] Dixon established the current school record total of 9 single-season interceptions. He set the school record for single-season interception return yards with 232 that season and the career record with 303, which was broken by Derrick Strait in 2003.[11]

Schedule

[13]

Rankings

Game summaries

North Texas

North Carolina

Jamelle Holieway 25 Rush, 170 Yds

[14]

Tulsa

Iowa State

Texas

[15]

Kansas State

[16]

Colorado

[17]

Kansas

Oklahoma State

#12 Oklahoma State Cowboys at #1 Oklahoma Sooners

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma

  • Date: November 7
  • Game attendance: 75,004
  • [18]

Missouri

[19]

Nebraska

#2 Oklahoma Sooners (10–0) at #1 Nebraska Cornhuskers (9–0)

at Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska

  • Date: November 21
  • Game weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 76,663
  • Referee: John McClintock
  • TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger and Pat Haden
  • HuskerMax

"Game of the Century II"
The Bow - Patrick Collins

Orange Bowl

Personnel

Awards and honors

After the season

NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1988 NFL draft following the season.[20][21]

References

  1. ^ "Memorial Stadium". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 28, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "OU Football Tradition: 42 Conference Titles". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "1987 Football Season". SoonerStats.com. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c "All-American: Rickey Dixon". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "All-American: Mark Hutson". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  6. ^ a b "All-American: Keith Jackson". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  7. ^ a b "All-American: Danté Jones". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  8. ^ a b "All-American: Darrell Reed". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  9. ^ Moran, Malcolm (January 2, 1988). "Orange Bowl; Hurricanes Overwhelm the Sooners to Claim No. 1". The New York Times. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  10. ^ "2009 Football Record Book" (PDF). Big12sports.com. p. 175. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  11. ^ "2009 Football Record Book" (PDF). Big12sports.com. p. 177. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  12. ^ "Sooners race by UNC". Bryan-College Station Eagle. September 13, 1987. Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1987 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
  14. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 13.
  15. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 11.
  16. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 18.
  17. ^ Gainesville Sun. October 25, 1987
  18. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 08. Retrieved 2019-Apr-13.
  19. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 15. Retrieved 2019-Jan-06.
  20. ^ "1988 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  21. ^ "Oklahoma Drafted Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.

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