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 Gaylord Family 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]

1987 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl, L 14–20 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceBig 8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
1987 record11–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coachBarry Switzer (15th season)
Offensive coordinatorJim Donnan (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorGary Gibbs (7th season)
Captain
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,004)
1987 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Oklahoma $ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 6 Nebraska 6 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 11 Oklahoma State 5 –2 –0  10 –2 –0
Colorado 4 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Missouri 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Iowa State 2 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Kansas 0 –6 –1  1 –9 –1
Kansas State 0 –6 –1  0 –10 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 51:30 p.m.North Texas*No. 1
W 69–1475,004[12]
September 121:30 p.m.North Carolina*No. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 28–075,004[12]
September 261:30 p.m.at Tulsa*No. 1
W 65–047,350[12]
October 31:30 p.m.at Iowa StateNo. 1
PPVW 56–336,050[12]
October 101:45 p.m.vs. Texas*No. 1
CBSW 44–975,587[12]
October 171:10 p.m.at Kansas StateNo. 1
W 59–1027,200[12]
October 246:30 p.m.ColoradoNo. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
ESPNW 24–675,004[12]
October 311:00 p.m.at KansasNo. 1
W 71–1023,500[12]
November 71:00 p.m.No. 12 Oklahoma StateNo. 1
W 29–1075,004[12]
November 141:30 p.m.MissouriNo. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
PPVW 17–1375,004[12]
November 212:30 p.m.at No. 1 NebraskaNo. 2
CBSW 17–776,663[12]
January 1, 19887:00 p.m.vs. No. 2 Miami (FL)No. 1
NBCL 14–2074,760[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster
1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 66 Brian Brauninger Fr
WR 83 Carl Cabbiness Jr
WR 16 Chris Cabbiness Fr
QB 4 Jamelle Holieway Jr
RB 45 Lydell Carr Sr
TE 88 Keith Jackson Sr
QB 6 Charles Thompson  Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 80 Troy Johnson Sr
LB 50 Dante Jones (C) Sr
DT 90 Darren Kilpatrick Sr
DE 40 Darrell Reed (C) Sr
DB 22 Thompson So
DB 10 David Vickers (C) Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 13 R.D. Lashar Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

North Texas

North Carolina
1 234Total
North Carolina 0 000 0
• Oklahoma 0 2170 28
  • Date: September 12
  • Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
  • Game attendance: 75,004

Jamelle Holieway 25 Rush, 170 Yds

[13]

Tulsa

Iowa State

Texas
#1 Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns
1 234Total
• #1 Oklahoma 0 132110 44
Texas 3 303 9

[14]

Kansas State
#1 Oklahoma Sooners at Kansas State Wildcats
1 234Total
• #1 Oklahoma 14 171414 59
Kansas State 3 700 10

[15]

Colorado
Colorado Buffaloes at #1 Oklahoma Sooners
1 234Total
Colorado 0 600 6
• #1 Oklahoma 10 077 24
  • Date: October 24
  • Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
  • Game attendance: 75,004

[16]

Kansas

Oklahoma State
See also: 1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
#12 Oklahoma State Cowboys at #1 Oklahoma Sooners
1 2 34Total
Oklahoma St 3 0 0710
Oklahoma 10 0 61329

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma

  • Date: November 7
  • Game attendance: 75,004
  • [17]

Missouri
1 2 3 4 Total
Missouri 0 3 7 3 13
Oklahoma 3 7 7 0 17

[18]

See also: 1987 Missouri Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
50–22–5 1986 W 77–0

Nebraska
See also: 1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
38–27–3 1986 W 20–17
#2 Oklahoma Sooners (10–0) at #1 Nebraska Cornhuskers (9–0)
1 2 34Total
Oklahoma 0 0 14317
Nebraska 7 0 007

at Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska

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

Orange Bowl
Main article: 1988 Orange Bowl
See also: 1987 Miami Hurricanes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 1986 L 16–28

Awards and honors

References
  1. "Memorial Stadium". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 28, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  2. "OU Football Tradition: 42 Conference Titles". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  3. "1987 Football Season". SoonerStats.com. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  4. "All-American: Rickey Dixon". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  5. "All-American: Mark Hutson". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  6. "All-American: Keith Jackson". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  7. "All-American: Danté Jones". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  8. "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. http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/schedule.cfm?seasonid=1987
  13. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 13.
  14. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 11.
  15. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 18.
  16. Gainesville Sun. October 25, 1987
  17. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 08. Retrieved 2019-Apr-13.
  18. Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 15. Retrieved 2019-Jan-06.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.