The Oklahoma–Texas football rivalry is a college football rivalry game between border rivals Texas and Oklahoma. The two teams first played each other in 1900,and the rivalry has been renewed annually since 1929 for a total of 119 games as of 2023. The rivalry is commonly referred to as the Red River Shootout,the Red River Rivalry,or the Red River Showdown. The name refers to the Red River,which forms part of the border between Oklahoma and Texas.
The wishbone formation,also known simply as the bone,is an offensive formation in American football. The style of attack to which it gives rise is known as the wishbone offense. Like the spread offense in the 2000s to the present,the wishbone was considered to be the most productive and innovative offensive scheme in college football during the 1970s and 1980s.
Jerry Pettibone is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois University from 1985 to 1990 and Oregon State University from 1991 to 1996. compiling a career college football record of 46–84–2 (.356).
Demosthenes Konstandies Andrecopoulos was an American college football player,coach,and athletics administrator. He was the head coach at the University of Idaho from 1962 to 1964 and Oregon State University from 1965 to 1975,compiling a career record of 62–80–2 (.438). A native of Oklahoma and a World War II veteran,Andros played college football as a guard at the University of Oklahoma. After retiring from coaching,he was the athletic director at Oregon State from 1976 to 1985.
The Oklahoma Sooners football team represents the University of Oklahoma (OU) in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The program began in 1895 and is one of the most successful in history,having won 948 games and possessing a .725 winning percentage,both sixth all-time. Oklahoma has appeared in the AP poll 905 times,including 101 No. 1 rankings,both third all-time. The program claims seven national championships,50 conference championships,167 first-team All-Americans,and seven Heisman Trophy winners. The school has had 29 former players and coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and holds the record for the longest winning streak in Division I history with 47 straight victories. Oklahoma is also the only program with which four coaches have won more than 100 games each.
Roosevelt Leaks Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns. A consensus All-American in 1973,he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005. Leaks was the first black All-American player in University of Texas at Austin history and went on to play in the NFL for the Baltimore Colts and Buffalo Bills.
The Oil Bowl is a high school football all-star game in Wichita Falls,Texas. The game began in 1938,originally between East and West Texas high school football all-stars. In 1945,the game began pitting teams from Oklahoma and Texas,and continued in that format until 2012. In 2013,a dispute concerning the disposition of Oklahoma's share of the game's charitable proceeds led the Oklahoma Coaches Association to withdraw from the game,and the 2013 game matched two Texas teams. For the years in which Texas and Oklahoma teams played,the overall record was 46–19–1 in favor of Texas.
The 1985 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. This year was Barry Switzer's 13th season as head coach. The Sooners ended this season with 11 wins and a sole loss coming to the Miami Hurricanes in Norman,in a game in which the Sooners lost starting quarterback Troy Aikman for the season. The Sooners were forced to place their trust in lightning-quick true freshman quarterback Jamelle Holieway and a physical defense featuring three All-Americans,who led them to a Big 8 Conference title and a national championship. This was Oklahoma's sixth national championship and 34th conference championship in school history.
The 1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The team was helmed by Barry Switzer in his third season as head coach. After sailing through their first eight games,Oklahoma suffered a surprising home loss to Kansas,which snapped a 28-game winning streak. With only two regular season games and a bowl trip left,any hopes for a repeat national championship looked slim.
The 1974 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. This was the first of three national championship squads for head coach Barry Switzer. Only one opponent played the Sooners within 14 points and four failed to score a touchdown. At the same time,OU led the nation in scoring offense with an average of 43 points per game to finish the season as the only undefeated team in the country at 11–0.
Jeffrey Bruce Kinney is an American former professional football player who was a running back for five seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills in the National Football League (NFL). At 6'2" and 215 lb.,Kinney was selected by the Chiefs in the first round of the 1972 NFL draft with the 23rd overall pick. He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
The 1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Oklahoma was a member of the Big Eight Conference and played its home games in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium where it has played its home games since 1923. The team posted an 11–1 and 6–1 conference record under head coach Chuck Fairbanks. The Sooners finished the season ranked #2,losing only once,35–31 to eventual national champion Nebraska in the 1971 Nebraska vs. Oklahoma football game,which has become known as Game of the Century.
The 1971 Nebraska vs. Oklahoma football game was the 51st edition of the rivalry,one of several labeled as a "Game of the Century." The Big Eight Conference matchup was held on Thursday,November 25,1971,in Norman,Oklahoma.
The 1972 Sugar Bowl (December) was the 39th edition of the college football bowl game,played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans,Louisiana,on Sunday,December 31. Part of the 1972–73 bowl game season,it featured the second-ranked Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference and the independent #5 Penn State Nittany Lions. It was played for the first time on New Year's Eve,at night,and Oklahoma shut out Penn State,14–0.
The 1983 Fiesta Bowl was the twelfth edition of the college football bowl game,played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe,Arizona on Saturday,January 1. Part of the 1982–83 bowl game season,it matched the eleventh-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils of the Pacific-10 Conference and the #12 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference. A slight underdog,Arizona State rallied in the fourth quarter to win on its home field,32–21.
The 1970 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season,the 76th season of Sooner football. The team was led by head coach Chuck Fairbanks in his fourth season as the OU head coach. They played their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman,Oklahoma. They were a member of the Big Eight Conference.
The 1972 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. Oklahoma was a member of the Big Eight Conference and played its home games in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium,where it has played its home games since 1923. The team posted an 11–1 overall record and were 6–1 in conference,later changed to 8–4 and 3–4. This was Chuck Fairbanks' last season as Sooner head coach;he left for the New England Patriots of the NFL.
Steve Taylor is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Taylor had signed a four-year contract with the Edmonton Eskimos just one month after finishing his senior season of college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The dual-threat quarterback was selected in the 12th round of the 1989 NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts in April,but Taylor was already committed to playing in the CFL.
The 1989 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Big Eight Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Colorado finished with the most wins in school history,surpassing the 1971 team,and their first conference championship in thirteen years. The Buffaloes went undefeated in the regular season at 11–0 and played for the national title,but lost to fourth-ranked Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.
The 1972 Sugar Bowl (January) was the 38th edition of the college football bowl game,played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans,Louisiana,on Saturday,January 1. It featured the third-ranked Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference and the #5 Auburn Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The favored Sooners won 40–22.
