1987 #2 Oklahoma @ #1 Nebraska No Huddle

[@ceemill167]

my wedding day, November 21st 1987, I was in front of the TV during a break in the picture taking and other festivities. Loved OU football during those years. Barry is still the king in my eyes.

[@ronaldlamascus1944]

These were always great games between us and the Huskers! At least back then, we could hold teams to 7 points!!

[@anthony0358]

Oh wow ! Thank you for sharing this video! This was one of my favorite sports days! I had two TVs in my room. I played dueling doubleheader’s on each TV. ABC had Ohio State- Michigan, then USC-UCLA. CBS has Penn State-Notre Dame and then this game

[@clintking7377]

I miss this these game..Big 8..rivalry..winner most of the time went to the orange bowl..great times

[@soonerjane8966]

we OU fans have always respected Nebraska - we just hate tx.

[@MrDuds1984]

Believe winner all the time went to the Orange Bowl

[@leemontgomery7914]

Truth to power

[@jobu88]

Man I could watch the old wishbone days all day long. What a great time to be an OU fan.

[@seandobson6221]

I grew up in the 80s and have been a lifelong Sooner fan and I gotta tell ya guys I miss the Thanksgiving tradition of the Big Red Battle. It was a dad gum holiday in my household. We had thanksgiving and watched the Cowboys then the day after we watched OU/Nebraska and put up the Christmas tree. Now I hear Nebraska is trying to back out of OUr home and home?! Cowards!

[@dadestarmysteries255]

Sean Dobson: Not cowards, just the administration considering trying to add an extra home game to make up revenue lost for the local businesses. Remember, Nebraska wasn't allowed any fans at all last season. Not sure how everyone just forgot about the pandemic in this situation and somehow think this is on Nebraska as a whole when it was their administration. It was a dumb idea anyhow. Nebraska could have a watch party at the stadium for the OU game, make it a gameday event. They could make up a lot of money that way.

[@MrPapajon8]

I was stationed in Italy sitting out in the WSA with my little portable TV watching this game. Thanks Armed Forces Network!

[@WTX-Sooner]

This video takes me back to some great memories!

[@jmg999]

I love the CBS college football theme song! It's hard to believe that it's been around all these years, and I'm going to miss hearing it before SEC games in 2024. I really wish that they had maintained that contract. It'll be odd watching Big Ten games on CBS.

[@susanjimnelson1916]

It’s crazy looking at this.... I went to OU with these guys. I remember watching this game in our TV lounge I the Cate dorms...

[@sainttimothy2230]

I was @walker tower

[@jazzdad24]

Aw the good old days!!!!

[@notyourpuppet5975]

Nebraska and Oklahoma need to just make this a seasonal game on Thanksgiving weekend like Oklahoma and Texas did it before the creation of the Big 12.

[@edwinanglin4490]

#NotYourPuppet...Oklahoma and Texas never ever played on Thanksgiving day. But OU and Nebraska did when it was the Big 8.

[@LoydKline-uw4no]

❤wishbone offense

[@gynandroidhead]

Though painful as a Husker fan, nowhere near as painful as the game three years prior with the same final score. Thanks for posting.

[@sbrownfi]

How many times did Tricky Ricky pick off a tipped ball? Dude was ALWAYS around the ball. Rest in peace, 29.

[@soonerjane8966]

can you imagine a defense with Dixon & Striker??? WOW

[@jamiecrawford8133]

I had no idea Ricky D had passed away. What happened to him?

[@mikehedrick7223]

@@jamiecrawford8133 Dixon died on August 1, 2020 at the age of 53 in DeSoto, Texas due to complications from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS

[@mrose77]

Painful game, especially since a lot of Nebraska players talked trash before this one. If I recall Osborne was not thrilled about it. As a spectacle it was quite the letdown; it had been hyped as a possible sequel to 1971. This was four losses in a row to OU and a lot of us were wondering if it was the 70s all over again.

[@JamieFHarbert]

Tom Osborne was very proactive with the Student athletes in trying to steer them into focusing hard work in the "class room" as well as on football field. When ever a player got into some kind of trouble with the law he was there showing proper concern for all involved. Barry Switzer was way more dismissive of those kinds of events and more or less had a "Boys will be boys" attitude because winning games was the only concern he had as a coach. What really happened in the end, students who cared more about partying went Sooner and Students that cared more about education went Husker for the most part. For nearly 25 years those two team coaches indirectly butted heads on and off the field over their different approaches to coaching.

[@davidk6269]

NU Scoring drive - 8:32 Keith Jones on a 16-yard draw and 8:47 Keith Jones for 25-yard TD run.

[@tmarsh0307]

34:37 - Right there Nebraska should have sent on their FG unit. If good, the score would be 17-10 and Nebraska would at least have a chance for an onside kick. I've seen this too much in football, when a team down by 9-11 points with little time left, will run too much clock trying to score a TD. As soon as you are in a makeable range, you have to kick the FG to give your team a chance.

[@carsondyle6116]

I've often wondered the same thing myself. Yes there is a chance that the kick could be blocked, have a bad snap, or a missed kick; but the percentages are on your side. At least try to make it a one score game to give your team a chance.

[@pajamamar2011]

I never had faith we were going to win this. Nebraska players was doing too much fighting words all week leading to the game. I knew it was going to bite them in the end..

[@leemontgomery7914]

For whatever reason, this rivalry was more exciting when played in Lincoln.

[@DavidWilliams-tr1yx]

Thompson was so underrated

[@nautique1154]

This is just my opinion. If Switzer would have made Eric Mitchell stay at QB instead of back up running back Eric would have finally had the maturity with his athleticism & size to give us the best chance against Miami. A 6’1” 200 lb wishbone QB at 4.45 speed. Eric Mitchell could have been one of the best wishbone QB’s Switzer ever had. Holieway was just spectacular & will always be Switzers best wishbone QB. Mitchell just needed the experience & football IQ to catch up with his God given talent. I remember reading & hearing about Eric Mitchell from family in Oklahoma. Eric was one of the highest option Quarterbacks coming out of Pine Bluff Arkansas. Switzer was just an amazing recruiter to get the blue chip running backs to come share the carries in a wishbone offense. Keith Jackson another Arkansas recruit was just another of Switzers amazing recruiting talents. The #1 TE coming to a Oklahoma. I know he was sold on catching the ball with Troy Aikman but Barry never fully committed to the I Formation. I dont know the formula that could beat Miami but i know Eric Mitchell was the difference maker at QB that gave Oklahoma there best chance to break tackles & run away from there athleticism on defense.

[@brettwiley4064]

Why didn’t Nebraska just take the field goal while they still had time and try for the onside?

[@carsondyle6116]

I've often wondered the same thing myself. Yes there is a chance that the kick could be blocked, have a bad snap, or a missed kick; but the percentages are on your side. At least try to make it a one score game to give your team a chance.

[@travisr.9789]

"you can hear the pads". Brent M.

[@garywest8705]

There is no substitute for speed. Stafford and Collins were jets.

[@Mothball556]

The CBS intro predates the SEC haha.

[@CoreyT127]

I wonder why some Nebraska players have they're names on they're jerseys but others dont?

[@mrose77]

At that time it was only seniors on senior day who had them. I think they changed it the next year.

[@jeremymccage9213]

Nice. Hard hits every play both teams. Nobody could catch nor throw low penaltys . Low scores. Man times have changed.

[@MaxwellShap]

Game of the Century #2. OU was too much for Nebraska this day. We could not stop them. #GBR

[@notyourpuppet5975]

Come back to the Big 12

[@larrybauer7250]

They need to be able to win no matter who they play

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

Was Barry Switzer actually a GOOD college coach? Or did he just recruit well?

[@allengreene9954]

Both.

[@soonerjane8966]

@Steven Goodnight we went to the Orange Bowl the year OU beat Arkansas. that morning at a booster breakfast -my husband took my pic with Keith Jackson. He said he hadn't been feeling well - I asked are you playing? He said Coach wants this one bad. Those kids loved Coach Switzer

[@georgesouthwick7000]

Switzer was a much better college coach than an NFL coach.

[@DjSpeccs]

Both

[@jamiecrawford8133]

Decent not great. Like Osborne he fattened up his win record in the pathetic Big 8

[@BustedCherries]

Complete Game Available ? 1987 Oklahoma .... Charles Thompson ....

[@colegeorge2451]

Can someone explain to me why OU played 2 years in a row in Lincoln?

[@dimwit818]

Colorado had been playing both teams on the road every other season and wanted to split it up. Huskers played in Boulder back to back and Col was @ OU back to back. Makes sense. Accurate? Unknown.

[@theomegaman218]

Steve Taylor blows another game with his big mouth.

[@johnhegarty1761]

This was the day Big Mouth Broderick Thomas got shut up. "This is our house" the Sooners took the keys and charged them rent!

[@keaneofcomedy]

That music.

[@toddk8114]

Yeah both teams always played to see who would represent the big 8 in the Orange Bowl..But there was one problem..The winner had to play Miami and we all know how that turned out

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

Classic wishbone

[@keaneofcomedy]

Was jammin' Jamelle Holloway injured?

[@dimwit818]

Knee injury

[@6thmichcav262]

What a drop off from Keith Jackson announcing to Brent Musberger. Over the years, Musberger’s commentary has devolved to…”Quarterback! Middle! Incomplete.” Awful.

[@ralfigs]

Neil Smith should have been a d end

[@daltonmann4916]

Does anyone notice the difference between the blackshirts of 87 and the blackshirts of today?? this nebraska team brought the lumber on defense! if nebraska wants to be good again get back to playing defense!

[@allengreene9954]

0:01:

[@theexorcist2605]

Run run I'm asleep game over

[@MiamiSouthPaw]

LOL...These offenses were prehistoric.

[@mwright_boomer]

Hard to believe today but there was a time when Wishbone teams like Oklahoma were record-setters. OU still holds the record for rushing yards in a game with 768 running this offense. The game has changed so much

[@cityhawk]

Tell me about it. Both QBs looked as if they were throwing a football for the first time, especially Taylor for Nebraska.

[@LoydKline-uw4no]

❤️ wishbone offense

[@DanStrayer]

Guessing most of the Huskers are Brazilian #surnames

[@Claude-sq2fy]

Overrated Oklahoma spooners haven't won a national championship since 2000😂😂

[@mattwatters5702]

Let me guess, its a handoff, sweep, lateral etc. This was so boring to watch.