Bo Jackson hits SUPERSTARDOM in the 1983 Iron Bowl

Auburn RB Bo Jackson has 256 yards rushing and two touchdowns in Auburn's 23-20 win over Alabama in the 1983 Iron Bowl. #RBRespectMonth
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[@boxingjerapah]

Bo Jackson and Lawrence Taylor are the only two players I have ever seen who look like they are playing as men against boys.

[@patrickshanahan7505]

The other players appear to be strolling whenever he takes off.

[@paulheaphy4228]

Earl and Czonka

[@geoffhart]

@@paulheaphy4228 Earl in his prime, another shooting star. And another one, Christian Okoye earned his nickname. Albert Haynes before he lost his appetite (for football ;). But Barry made many defenses look like children - more with grace than power, which helped him last until he got bored.

[@vernonhowell4485]

There will never be another voice like Keith Jackson! He was perfect for college football!

[@jamesholland1727]

Just wish the other announcer would shut up as hard to watch with his non stop blather

[@jonhenson5450]

Agreed, but what about ole Jack a Root ?

[@DudeEggs]

Absolutely

[@DudeEggs]

​@@jonhenson5450 I hear that he and Dick Trickle were great friends.

[@thedailygreatness]

So true. Him and John Madden. Jackson was perfect for college, Madden/Summerall perfect for the NFL.

[@Matt-xv2cp]

"Bo would have been the greatest running back in NFL history, had he stayed healthy" -Jim Brown

[@imuruncle27]

I concur

[@rdavideagan2311]

Barry Sanders was the best and there's no close second.

[@dg8994]

No doubt Bo would have been the all time best. Coming from Jim Brown that is one massive compliment.

[@dg8994]

@@rdavideagan2311😂

[@jimtruscott5670]

I just wish Bo could have played 10 or more years in the NFL so I could watch the videos over and over again.

[@miked8227]

Or anywhere baseball field, hoops …..for that matter, he was the epitome of a true athlete. There was another one like him at Florida state but the name escapes me. Halogen Harry or something of that nature.😁

[@cr2802]

Amen...

[@haroldhausman1672]

He would have been the goat. No doubt in my mind. Though i do love me some barry sanders 😂

[@cr2802]

@@haroldhausman1672 Samer here!

[@Jas_Flash92]

for sure.. if he didnt have that hip injury, it would just be a matter of how many records he would of broken. he basically outplayed future hof with ease on the field. He’d probably be the goat rn. Arguably the best two sport athlete. never got a chance to see him at his full potential. running 4.13 40 at 220- 230lbs thats unimaginably impressive. the strength, conditioning and speed he was blessed with you cant compare that lol

[@thedailygreatness]

25 carries for 255 yards out of the wishbone against Paul Bear Bryant's Bama defense. INSANE. Man I miss Keith Jackson, truly the Voice of College Football.

[@jodybradshaw3988]

The voice of Kieth Jackson on a fall afternoon the sound of my youth. How did the years slip away

[@CoconutDreams123]

Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, and Bo Jackson ... As a college football fan, you can't ask for much more than that!

[@user-rn6hr1qw3l]

Not even close , penix , odunze, McMillan and the Washington Huskies 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adriengadson3544]

Bo and Walker probably the best backs at the same time ever in the SEC. Watched those games and both were speed demons with incredible size and strength...Those were great days.

[@phillipcotton833]

My 2 cents....BO& Walker the SEC's best PERIOD. Hands down!

[@algernon5776]

Absolutely 💯. Too bad Walker suffers from CTE; he really has lost his mind.

[@user-qj9cd3yr1z]

Sad about bo getting hurt ...again. ..with his current hip he has driving miss daisy speed

[@CubsWin2012]

100% natural too, no steroids.

[@BlazingShackles]

Walker never hit a major league home run or ran up an outfield wall. 😝😝😝

[@garce7039]

So good to hear Keith Jackson's voice. Takes me back to a much simpler time for me. For my money, Bo Jackson was the greatest athlete that ever lived.

[@brown55061]

Without the injury, he would have shattered records and been called the GOAT. Nobody was as good, and in multiple sports! Bo knows!

[@complexblackness]

No he wouldn't have. He wasn't dedicated to the pro game.

[@richardstephens5570]

He wouldn't have broke NFL records because he only played part time. His first love was baseball.

[@complexblackness]

@richardstephens5570 His legend is greater than his actual professional accomplishments.

[@rdavideagan2311]

Quick: how many NCAA, NFL, and MLB records does Bo hold? I'll wait.

[@ronskayakingandfishing414]

I"m a Bama fan first and foremost. But loved watching Bo Jackson.

[@mattbradford8227]

Me too. You had to pull for Bo. He's an exceptional person, even to this day.

[@RollTideLBC]

Miss Keith Jackson calling games!!!!

[@Zhukov-3]

Bo Jackson was a beast and he proved it!

[@cedthetruth1311]

Bo Jackson and Hershel Walker were two Studs!! Big guys that could run over ya or out run ya take your pick..😁

[@purleybaker]

"Big, strong and very, very fast". That sums it up well.

[@j_atkinson]

Perfect blend of speed, power, and size!

[@quasar6235]

I think he should be in the hall of fame and not because lack of numbers but what he brought to the game of football!

[@user-mj3vd1zt4d]

I agree with the. His athletic prowess was so legendary that fame was so attached to him for generations. Hall of fame, yeah.

[@tcolgan12]

Was at this game and Bo walked by me in the hotel. Waht a specimen.

[@alexandersmith9385]

Still getting goosebumps watching Bo!

[@jamesjohnson1522]

I watched Bo as a kid growing up. He is the reason i graduated from Auburn.

[@boydcochran4692]

Ran into Bo at Auburn in early 2000s and i rounded the corner at j&m I believe and there he was and my 22 yr old self turned into a kid again. I went to get my dad so he could see him, Bo walked by and I said “you the man” and he said….”no you the man” it was like the Beatles and Elvis all at once to someone who’s spent his whole 43 years bleeding burnt orange and navy blue

[@odellgrimes1375]

Bo Jackson's the greatest all-around athlete there ever was

[@rickiefn1]

Arguably, however there was a man around the turn of the century (1900s) that was a pretty good athlete for his day . I believe his name was Jim Thorpe.

[@derek5499]

I agree 100%. I never saw Jim Thorpe but I did see Bo Jackson

[@nathandodge665]

There's no such thing

[@paulheaphy4228]

Have many times tried to disagree. Can't.

[@uscgbmcmretired2490]

Rare for a running back to have both the power to run over and lightning speed to outrun the fastest defensive players! Bo had both! Legitimate shot at the Best NFL Running Back ever even with the early career-ending injury!

[@napoearth]

True, he and Earl Cambell are the only ones that come to mind. Both had sadly short careers.

[@Mikael.formermilitary]

He is the greatest athlete I have ever seen.

[@grandduke2145]

Me Too

[@drbonesshow1]

Now he's fat and bald.

[@groupersti]

Human athlete...

[@lavellhall7650]

And if I'm not mistaken he was officially voted the greatest athlete of all time.

[@KALICOE]

Natural talent

[@mattbradford8227]

I was 9 during this game. This was the first Iron Bowl after Bear Bryant died. The first half was sunny and breezy. The rain came in the second half. And Keith Jacksons first words of the start of the fourth quarter, was "we have a tornado warning". And Bo kept running. He could have run touchdowns in a hurricane on that day. Bama's defense got tired and got run over by #34.

[@leebrunk4390]

Whew, I was relieved to see him in an Auburn uniform after reading the video title. I instantly thought of that MNF game in 1987…

[@socermomuva]

Thank you so so much for posting. This was such a great time in my life and a great time in college football. The game was more innocent and the players had so much fire and toughness. None more tougher than Vincent Bo Jackson. I saw him play in the 1985 iron bowl, in my opinion, he was the best of all time! What made him special. He was as good in the fourth quarter as he was in the first. great athlete.

[@Biggdoom344]

I watched this game as a jr in high school. It was a wild one but Bo was on another level.

[@LetitGolazziter-uk9xi]

Bo was a perfect RB!

[@928CS]

Dawg fan here... Bo knows football! 😁

[@LetitGolazziter-uk9xi]

The way Bo switched the ball towards the opposite sideline is something back’s don’t do these days. It was a fundamental drill when I played PAL football back in the day.

[@ceasetheday87]

Robinson, 21 for Alabama, definitely remembers this game.

[@SP-vt2fl]

Keith Jackson was the bomb 💣 Nobody will be like that again in college football 🏈 Bo was a whole different level.. Having been lucky enough to watch him as a Los Angeles Raider What an awesome experience.. Like Keith Jackson.. 💣

[@coachk7674]

Bo knows!! the finest athlete in generations

[@dg8994]

To set the record straight Alabama was NEVER the visiting team in Bham. I’m an old man born in the 50s and Bham has always been a Bama city no matter what anyone says. I lived there for over 40 years. Even if the tickets were split Bama fans would end up with at least 60% of the tickets. Auburn understood this and that’s why they fought so hard to get home games on campus. Even by the late 80s it was obvious Bham as a city was in decline and Legion field would never get the upgrades she needed to stay a gem in the south. By the 90s it was just unsafe to travel down there to see a game. Breaks my heart in the good ole days we would park at Birmingham Southern and tailgate then walk over to the game. Auburn used to play their home Tennessee games there as well. First game I ever saw was AU v Tn in Legion field.

[@Nickecho7979]

I watched Bo growing up and still collect his cards. What an absolute BEAST! You could take his # of of his jersey and STILL know who he was.

[@jjmadoublen7375]

Every game made him a superstar

[@davideaster5956]

I remember those days being a Alabama fan .You had a feeling that he was going to break a long run for a touch down. Best athlete of all times and my favorite athlete. Even when he was playing for my favorite NFL team the Raiders. I remember when he trucked Brian Bosworth priceless.

[@willharper7888]

😂 "and once Bo Jackson with 9.5 speed gets outside it's see you later"- Keith Jackson woooo War Eagle Everybody 👏☝️

[@TheSeanMichael]

I attended this game. What people don't remember is the dangerous weather. A TORNADO WARNING was issued for Jefferson County during the second half of the game -- and fans (including me) stayed in their seats!

[@user-wy8uw7sq5r]

EL MEJOR CORREDOR UNIVERCITARIO DE LA HITORIA.SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO.

[@bbkyjohnson]

Kind of makes you wonder how good Texas was to hold them to 3 points I think it was? He was so good. Most explosive player I think I’ve ever seen in college was OJ but Bo would have to be in the conversation.

[@glennlanham6309]

anybody else miss some Keith Jackson??

[@henrymorgan3982]

There were and are many talented players out there, but there is only one Legend.

[@Calabrin1]

The game that made Bo Jackson a superstar is TecmoBowl.

[@tomburns41]

Thanks for the post.

[@ecc5119]

Bo was the best athlete to ever play football and Herschel Walker was the best football player to run the football.

[@DLJ1985]

I was at that game, an Alabama student at the time. Jackson was incredible, right after his last TD a strong storm rolled in, tornado alarms blaring, it was raining sideways ( I was sitting under the upper deck and still got drenched). Jackson/ 8 carries, 256 yards. His speed, just wow.

[@billycox475]

My girlfriend's mom talked us out of going to that game. We were Auburn students and had tickets but she kept nagging about possible tornadoes.

[@Capt_OscarMike]

Same...Never forget it...THE GOOD OLD DAYS...WOW I MISS THEM...Not just watching Football, listening to games on a transistor radio (sp?) and not having the over the top stupid announcers take away from the game...but life in general...I was a young Freshman at AU having just turned 18 about 1 week earlier...life was so much better back then...or was IMO

[@JJJ-mh8tg]

Bo Jackson does what most running backs don’t do today. He runs forward with speed and quick cuts. Not a lot of messing around with juking and wasting time trying to make plays happen.

[@moreme40]

I hated Bo in 1983 as I’m a life long Tide fan. But I came to like him later. He was a one in a million athlete. Probably 230 lbs and could outrun defensive backs. I saw him play baseball against University Of South Alabama(which I later graduated from)when I was probably a senior in high school. He looked different(bigger)in his baseball uniform than the other players. He hit a line drive to the shortstop which would’ve been a routine throw out to first. He almost beat that throw to first. He quieted the opposing crowd down after watching his astonishing speed running to first.

[@tweezerjam]

I’m the biggest Bo fan ever. Damn we were cheated. Love the dude. 👍🏼

[@miked8227]

Bo f’n Jackson broke a bunch of wolverines hearts too 😁

[@sloaiza81]

Bo had the Best TD celebrations.

[@hookiebatiste5557]

he was a superstar long before he got to Auburn

[@johndrake3472]

Best burst and long speed, elite power and balance too.

[@lancel7998]

Those ginormous shoulder pads

[@sclawman]

Bo is the most unstoppable video game running back of all time. I rushed for 1,200 yards in one game with him playing Bill Walsh College Football '93 on Sega Genesis. He was also unstoppable in Tecmo Bowl (NES) playing for the Raiders.

[@melvinh007]

Walter Payton on Tecmo Bowl (NES) was Superman. lol

[@sclawman]

@melvinh007 He was a beast on that game no doubt. And Jerry Rice too.

[@binkyxz3]

Enough of this silliness !!

[@nathandodge665]

Video games are for kids

[@jimtruscott5670]

You rushed for 1200 yards in one game. Right.

[@drewholley6314]

I am 58 and I remeber these times. We will never ever see running backs get 150 to 250 yards a game ever.

[@kevinh.2244]

Bo knows football

[@hmu958]

They quote him as having 9.5 speed. I believe it. Great stride and speed.

[@mhayes22167]

Bo Jackson, and Keith Jackson, best combination, even better than the Jackson 5!😎

[@user-qi3iq7td2l]

Wow and Great blocking

[@johncowhig7196]

I do remember Bo Jackson. He was hurt and couldn't play professional football anymore. He played I think for the Oakland raiders and I remember seeing him run next to the sideline and a defender tackled him. He got hurt pretty bad. Like I said, he couldn't play anymore. It was sad.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

The tackle severed an artery feeding blood to his hip. With the medical technology of the time this was not discovered until too late.

[@Frip36]

Knew he was fast. Forgot about that beautiful stride.

[@KALICOE]

83' probably the greatest year of rb's in college

[@otisgreer8429]

Those other guys in that backfield wasn’t bad either.

[@patrickkealy4387]

The only other RB that IMO could rival Bo was Chuck Muncie from Cal. At ^6'3" and 230 pounds he had incredible speed and power. Take a lot at some of the videos of him and you will agree he was something special. Unfortunately Chuck had a serious substance abuse problem and never reached his full potential in the NFL.

[@pickledcottoncandy]

As a lufelong Bama fan, im also a big Bo Jackson fan.

[@ScottCole-sb8fy]

Could Bo Jackson be the greatest athlete of all time ? I think so. Incredible ability !!

[@dl30wpb]

Could you imagine Cam Newton and Bo Jackson running the option? Lol.

[@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl]

Easily the most exiciting back in the history of college football

[@jamesschmidtke3510]

That run at 4:30 is insane. How do you outrun elite d-backs that have the angle on you?!!!?!

[@dg1019]

Legion Field, the wishbone and Alabama actually playing a good OOC schedule. Things that made college football what it is and things we will never see again.

[@michaelavery4427]

Tecmo Bowl was actually pretty accurate lol

[@dangreene3895]

Alabama has produced a lot of great athletes, Hank Aaron , Willie Mays , Willie McCovey , Charles Barkley , Bart Starr , but none were a better athlete than Bo , none had the combination of power and speed as Bo .

[@AU88]

I was there. Probably 6 inches of rain fell in the 2nd half. Tornadoes all around the stadium.

[@vesubioromo9425]

Wow. The triple option. I thought the wishbone was gone by the 80s.

[@mikemelanio9108]

There has not been another with that 5th gear acceleration EVER- Ask Dionne

[@deeohen8344]

Bo. Deion. Darrell Green. Skeets Nehemiah. Ron Brown. Willie Gault. Rod Woodson. Joey Galloway. Tim Brown. Herschel Walker. James Jett. Alexander Wright. Young bucks don't want to hear this but for my money, the mid 80s to the mid 90s was the greatest era for top end speed in NFL history.

[@Ynkno]

Skeets?

[@robertmckeon297]

Those old Astro turf fields were the worst.

[@johnrains8409]

A tad faster than Earl Campbell, but it is difficult to tell who was harder to bring down. Did not see his pro games, so have no basis for comparison there. Both were awesome to watch.

[@LeRoyBoxley434]

Earl Campbell's speed is not even comparable to Bo's. Most of Earl Campbell's "tough" runs he was using tear-a-way jerseys. He shouldn't even be in the top 30 running backs of all time.

[@johnrains8409]

@@LeRoyBoxley434 Well, opinions are like assholes; everybody has one.

[@LeRoyBoxley434]

@johnrains8409 Your opinion stating "A tad faster than Earl Campbell?" Is an ignorant one. They're not comparable for running backs, and that is NOT an opinion!

[@dougmiyamoto3109]

I had been a huge Tony Dorsett fan. When I first saw Bo, I saw the same running style as TD, but he was a bit faster (Tony was fast) and way bigger! It blew my mind.

[@sylvayngauthier7182]

Bo JBoss😜🤘👏👏

[@matthewgandy9774]

MY FAVORITE 4 RUNNING BACK WHO WORE THE #34 EARL CAMPBELL WALTER PAYTON BO JACKSON AND HERSHEL WALKER

[@WillMuny]

Love how the beginning shows how far the SEC has fallen into Cowardice. Alabama 1983 OOC Georgia Tech Memphis State Penn State Boston College

[@user-er8kz2jg6o]

GOAT.

[@markmenotti203]

Lionel “Little Train” James at HB was also awesome! Who was the FB again (#30)?

[@l.d.jackson6755]

Thats Tommie Agee, the Pride of Maplesville, Alabama.

[@TheBatugan77]

Whoa nelly!

[@prisonersforprofit]

first time seeing this, then the bucs selected him and he's like, "nah, i'm playing baseball", and people were like wha?

[@jaytv2572]

That run at 4:29 my Goodness the speed!!

[@montanastranger]

Bo was the closest thing to a living "cheat code" in pro sports.

[@crimdell]

Oh, what could have been! Probably the best all around athlete of all time, and if you don't believe me, ask him. He will tell you it's true.

[@tarahaas7511]

Great down field blocking

[@jimwright2795]

It is approaching 2 a.m. where I am ATM. Let's put a period on this evening...I was 22 in 1983, having sat in the north endzone bleachers in '69 and heard my father "boo" the Tide in B'ham against Southern Cal. "I'm Keeeith JACKsnnn..."

[@shakx3795]

On some handoffs He would run out the camera frame before the camerama could even catch up with him lol

[@majorkade]

I was there!

[@B-MO_]

BO KNOWS..........

[@ProJock]

Alabama is the only “visiting team” with a statue of their coach out front of the stadium.

[@kranmaster]

I miss when football was like this. Players now a days act like they've won the championship for routine tackles & plays on every play. It's just ridiculous.

[@plainsman]

About the same time Jackson first hurt his hip, there happened to be an article in the British Medical Journal that linked degenerative hip issues (not unlike Jackson's) with steroid use.

[@dennismoore1116]

He didn't use any steroids. He was huge, fast, and strong even in high shcool. And too poor to buy steroids then. He had brothers that weren't his full athletic equal, but they were also exceptionally fast.

[@2ndservace]

BO don't know roids .