1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1986 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 8 champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 42–8 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
Record	11–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Barry Switzer (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Donnan (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Gary Gibbs (6th season)
Base defense	5–2
Captains	Brian Bosworth Sonny Brown Spencer Tillman
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons ←  1985 1987  →

1986 Big Eight Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Colorado	6	–	1	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
No. 5 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. The team recorded five shutouts and led the nation in all four major defensive categories (total, rushing, passing, and scoring). ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	2:30 p.m.	No. 4 UCLA *	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	W 38–3	75,684	[2]
September 20	1:30 p.m.	Minnesota *	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 63–0	75,463	[3]
September 27	2:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Miami (FL) *	No. 1	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	CBS	L 16–28	71,451	[4]
October 4	1:30 p.m.	Kansas State	No. 6	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 56–10	74,284	[5]
October 11	2:30 p.m.	vs. Texas *	No. 6	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	ABC	W 47–12	75,587	[6]
October 18	1:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 5	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)		W 19–0	76,022	[7]
October 25	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State	No. 5	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 38–0	43,190	[8]
November 1	2:30 p.m.	at Kansas	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	ABC	W 64–3	38,500	[9]
November 8	1:00 p.m.	Missouri	No. 4	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)		W 77–0	75,480	[10]
November 15	12:00 p.m.	Colorado	No. 4	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	Raycom	W 28–0	52,707	[11]
November 22	2:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Nebraska	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	W 20–17	76,198	[12]
January 1, 1987	7:30 p.m.	vs. No. 9 Arkansas *	No. 3	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	W 42–8	52,717	[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 57 Kevin Adkins Sr FB 28 Rotnei Anderson  So C 74 W. Bennett  So G 95 Jodie Britt  Jr DE 38 Johnny Judkins  Sr SE 36 Eric Bross  Fr SE 83 Carl Cabbiness So RB 45 Lydell Carr Jr OT 63 Nigel Clay Fr RB 33 Patrick Collins Jr HB 32 Phillips Collins Fr OT 73 Robert Conner Fr HB 32 Ron Counter Jr OL Jerry Crafts Fr OT 72 Dungan Forrest  So OT 58 Mickey Greene  So SE 26 Artie Guess Fr HB 37 Fred Gunter Fr QB 6 Bernard Hall Fr QB 4 Jamelle Holieway So OT 79 Mark Hutson Jr TE 88 Keith Jackson  (C) Jr LS 73 Chuck Johnson  So FB 5 Earl Johnson  Sr OT 75 Greg Johnson  Jr OT 92 Harold Jones Fr TE 87 Aubrey King  So C 56 Bob Latham  So G 62 Al Laurita  Jr HB 23 Don Maloney  So OT 64 Terron Manning Fr OT 70 Richard Marks  Jr OL 67 Larry Medice Fr QB 1 Eric Mitchel So WR 84 Lee Morris  Jr RB 34 Jarrod Oliver Fr TE 82 Duncan Parham So FB 2 Leon Perry So G 68 Anthony Phillips  So OT 66 Jon Phillips  Jr TE 97 Lance Price So TE 89 Terry Pritchard  Fr OT 77 Caesar Rentie  Jr RB 3 Derrick Shepard Sr C 53 Travis Simpson  Sr HB 24 Don Smitherman So HB 25 Anthony Stafford So HB 27 Damon Stell Jr QB 11 Glenn Sullivan  Jr SE 13 Leonard Thomas  Fr QB 16 Charles Thompson  Fr RB 20 Spencer Tillman  (C)  Sr OL 76 Mark Van Keirsblick  Fr HB 13 Dion Wharry  Fr OL Andre Williams  Fr C 59 Greg Williams  Fr C 65 Mike Wise  Fr FB 30 Chris Yourman  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 61 Mike Aljoe  Sr LB 85 Tom Backes Fr LB 44 Brian Bosworth  (C)  Jr DB 8 Sonny Brown  Sr DT 86 Steve Bryan  Sr LB 36 Adrian Cooper Fr DB 15 Derrick Crudup Jr NG 51 Richard Davis  So LB 38 Wayne Dickson Fr LB 41 Richard Dillon  So DE 69 Greg Dixon  Fr DB 29 Rickey Dixon Jr LB 36 Robert Eck So LB 55 Scott Evans DB 9 Lonnie Finch So DB 49 Scott Garl  So LB 54 Evan Gatewood  Sr DB 7 Ledell Glenn Sr DE 39 James Goode  Fr LB 52 Tracy Gordon Fr DE 47 Jeff Hake  Sr DB 6 Andre Johnson  Sr DE 80 Troy Johnson  Jr LB 50 Dante Jones  Jr DE 38 John Judkins Sr DE 46 Kert Kaspar  So DT 90 Darren Kilpatrick  Jr DL 78 Darrell Kirby Fr DE 60 Mike Mantle  Sr LB 48 Brad McBride  Jr DB 17 Ken McMichel  Fr LB 42 Paul Migliazzo  Sr DE 94 Zarak Peters Fr DB 35 Tony Rayburn  Sr DE 40 Darrell Reed  Jr DT 96 Richard Reed  Sr DB 21 Carlos Scott Fr DT 81 David Shoemaker  Fr DB 22 Kevin Thompson  Fr DB 19 Scott Thompson  Fr DB 10 David Vickers  Jr DB 14 Derrick White Jr NG 93 Curtice Williams  So DL 98 Dante Williams  Fr DT 99 Tony Woods  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 26 Darren Atyia  Jr K 31 Tim Lashar  Sr K 91 Todd Thomsen So K Roy White Fr P 12 Mike Winchester Sr	Head coach Barry Switzer Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Donnan (OC) Gary Gibbs (DC) Merv Johnson (OL) Charlie Sadler (DL) Lucious Selmon (OLB & DE) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

UCLA

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	0	3	0	0	3
•Oklahoma	3	14	14	7	38

• Date: September 6
• Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

See also: 1986 UCLA Bruins football team

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Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0
•Oklahoma	14	21	14	14	63

• Date: September 20
• Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

See also: 1986 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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Miami (FL)

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	3	7	6	16
•Miami (FL)	0	7	21	0	28

• Date: September 27
• Location: Orange Bowl

See also: 1986 Miami Hurricanes football team

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Kansas State

See also: 1986 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Kansas State Wildcats (1–3) at Oklahoma Sooners (2–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	0	10	0	0	10
Oklahoma	21	7	7	21	56

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma

• Date: October 4
• Game attendance: 74,284
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Game information
Kansas State Randy Williams 13/21, 97 Yds, INT Todd Moody 19 Rush, 57 Yds Todd Elder 6 Rec, 60 Yds Oklahoma Eric Mitchel 1/6, 58 Yds, TD 12 Rush, 126 Yds, 2 TD Carl Cabbiness 1 Rec, 58 Yds, TD

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP KSU OKLA 1 Oklahoma Lydell Carr 1-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 0 7 1 Oklahoma Eric Mitchel 56-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 0 14 1 Oklahoma Spencer Tillman 5-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 0 21 2 Oklahoma Eric Mitchel 3-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 0 28 2 Kansas State Blocked punt returned 19 yards for touchdown by Grady Newton, Mark Porter kick good 7 28 2 Kansas State 32-yard field goal by Mark Porter 10 28 3 Oklahoma Carl Cabbiness 58-yard touchdown reception from Eric Mitchel, Tim Lashar kick good 10 35 4 Oklahoma Glenn Sullivan 1-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 10 42 4 Oklahoma Glenn Sullivan 12-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 10 49 4 Oklahoma Rotnei Anderson 6-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 10 56 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 10 56

Texas

See also: Red River Rivalry

Texas Longhorns vs. #6 Oklahoma Sooners

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	0	6	6	12
•#6 Oklahoma	17	14	7	9	47

• Date: October 11
• Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas
• Game attendance: 75,587

Scoring summary

1		OU	Collins 9-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 7-0
1		OU	Collins 14-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 14-0
1		OU	Lashar 28-yard field goal	OU 17-0
2		OU	Holieway 21-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 24-0
2		OU	Jackson 56-yard pass from Mitchel (Lashar kick)	OU 31-0
3		OU	Tillman 6-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 38-0
3		TEX	Gay 33-yard pass from Stafford (pass failed)	OU 38-6
4		OU	Collins 23-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 45-6
4		TEX	Metcalf 29-yard pass from Stafford (pass failed)	OU 45-12
4		OU	Safety, Metcalf tackled by Ledett in end zone	OU 47-12

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Oklahoma State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma St	0	0	0	0	0
• Oklahoma	3	3	3	10	19

• Date: October 18
• Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

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Iowa State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Oklahoma	7	10	7	14	38
Iowa St	0	0	0	0	0

• Date: October 25
• Location: Cyclone Stadium

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Kansas

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Oklahoma	17	3	37	7	64
Kansas	0	0	0	3	3

• Date: November 1
• Location: Memorial Stadium

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Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	0	0	0	0	0
• Oklahoma	21	28	7	21	77

• Date: November 8
• Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

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Colorado

#4 Oklahoma Sooners at Colorado Buffaloes

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
•#4 Oklahoma	7	7	0	14	28
Colorado	0	0	0	0	0

• Date: November 15
• Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
• Game attendance: 52,702

Scoring summary

1		OU	Collins 17-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 7-0
2		OU	Carr 2-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 14-0
4		OU	Jackson recovered fumble in end zone (Lashar kick)	OU 21-0
4		OU	Collins 8-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 28-0

See also: 1986 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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Nebraska

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
•#3 Oklahoma	7	0	0	13	20
#5 Nebraska	7	3	7	0	17

• Date: November 22
• Location: Memorial Stadium

See also: 1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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Vs. Arkansas (Orange Bowl)

#9 Arkansas vs. #3 Oklahoma

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Arkansas	0	0	0	8	8
• Oklahoma	0	14	14	14	42

• Date: January 1
• Location: Orange Bowl
• Game attendance: 52,717
• Television network: NBC

Scoring summary

2		OU	Tillman 77-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 7-0
2		OU	Tillman 21-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 14-0
3		OU	Holieway 2-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 21-0
3		OU	Holieway 4-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 28-0
4		OU	Stafford 13-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 35-0
4		OU	Parham 49-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 42-0
4		ARK	D. Thomas 1-yard run (Bland to Shibest pass)	OU 42-8

Main article: 1987 Orange Bowl

See also: 1986 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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Rankings

See also: 1986 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
AP	1 (44)	1 (55)	1 (55)	1 (55)	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3 (3)
Coaches Poll	1 (36)	1 (44)	1 (43)	1 (44)	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

Postseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1987 NFL draft

The following players were selected in the National Football League draft following the season. ^{[27] [28]}

Sooners who were picked in the 1987 NFL Draft:

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
5	120	Steve Bryan	Defensive end	Chicago Bears
5	133	Spencer Tillman	Running back	Houston Oilers
8	221	Paul Migliazzo	Linebacker	Chicago Bears

Awards and honors

• Brian Bosworth, Butkus Award ^[29]

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