Sooner Magic is Born vs. Nebraska 1976

[@jobu88]

I could watch old 70's Sooner footage all day. Went to my first game in 1970, saw every home game from 70-79 and saw a handful in other Big 8 stadiums. Great times.

[@johnblackmore2067]

Pretty cool to be honest. Would love to have experienced those times

[@billturner4427]

The half back pass was genius. Dean Blevins was great. The Okla/Neb rivalry was the best ever.

[@stephensandoval4132]

Awe the days of the wish bone offense those were great days and great games!!!!

[@175epi]

As a Husker fan, I was devastated after that loss. They had some great teams back then, and even though we often came out on the short end in our games with OU, I truly miss that rivalry.

[@oklahomasoonersfootball]

Ok, but who asked

[@175epi]

@@oklahomasoonersfootball Your mother, I believe.

[@entobie]

I remember Elvis Peacock from Central High School in Miami, he had blazing speed.

[@mvlach77]

Though from Omaha, I was 9-years old watching this game on TV in Chicago at my grandma's house. I remember being crushed.

[@bfaulkner17]

I was at this game - in a band uniform. With typical Nebraska hospitality they put us in folding chairs behind the team on the sidelines rather than in the stands. We had to stand on our chairs to see the game. The end made it all worthwhile. The coldest I've ever been in my life.

[@gonfalon]

Boys, i'm getting old. But I gotta tell you. That was the play of the CENTURY! If you don't believe me, ask any Nebraska Fan. 3rd &20. Incomparable!!

[@thedivomeister6308]

3rd & 43 . Miami vs Notre Dame 1989 3rd quarter

[@franklinbolander1916]

GREAT MEMORIES OF THE SOONERS GROWING UP IN TULSA AREA. .STILL HARDCORE FAN,EVEN THOUGH I NOW LIVE IN NE MINNESOTA!

[@josephcameron537]

I also grew up in Tulsa , left for Houston in 73' Boomer always

[@dannyburba5241]

I grew up in Odessa Texas. Woody Shepard and Daryl Hunt were both from Odessa and both played a big role the win over Nebraska. It made the victory that much sweeter.

[@josephcameron537]

Hunt was an all-time favorite of mine

[@mwduck]

Back to back losses to OSU and Colorado in 76. I thought the world had come to an end!

[@misterb1080]

Chris Lincoln. Those are the days!

[@brad6420]

Thomas Lott, inventor of "swag" on the football field

[@mattdickey2717]

That halfback pass was one of the best passes I've seen a wishbone offense produce.

[@tomitstube]

they had a lot of success with that play.

[@PaulyWalnuts_]

He throws it like 45 yards off the laces with ease perfect dime spiral wtf

[@bfaulkner17]

Coldest I have ever been in my life. The Nebraska athletic department put the Pride of Oklahoma on folding chairs on the sidelines behind the team, and we had to stand on the chairs to see the game. The end result made the ride home a lot more fun.

[@bigjoe4110]

I loved Joe Washington. I remember the Monday Night Game when he, as a member of the Colts, almost beat the Patriots singlehanded.

[@davidg3524]

That wishbone is what made me a Sinners fan

[@ricksaunders8074]

I was 20 loved OU football. i never worried then and I still never worry today.

[@SuperSglenn]

rick saunders. I like these old uniforms of ou better than the ones they wear today.

[@robonini1]

I would like to see another team doing the wishbone offense

[@LarryRickenbacker]

NCAA rules change in '84 (Permitting o-line to "hold", or extend thier arms) all but rendered the Triple Option extinct. I miss the Triple Option; it STILL works just fine, but why fight an uphill battle when the rules favor passing?

[@bfaulkner17]

@jpm: QB was Thomas Lott.

[@donnybusenbark5670]

Nebraska did win 5 big 8 championship in the 70's

[@brad6420]

Only 2 were outright, split 3 with the Sooners.

[@DocSportello1970]

Elvis is in The House!!!!

[@Spitzerman]

Sorry pard...but Sooner Magic was alive and well when this game started. Sooner Magic was born in 1975 when Joe Washington went 75 yards in the closing moments and scored on a 2pt play to beat Missouri 28-27. Sooner Magic would have never been had it not been for Little Joe Washington. Joe Washington was Sooner Magic.

[@wildmercuryfilms]

Dave M Sorry to break this to you, big guy, but Sooner Magic was alive & kickin’ well before little Joe Washington & his Mizzou score. Back in 1907, Oklahoma was playing a grudge match against the Davenport Iowa Chiropractic School at The Old Ballfield and losing 3-Zip late in the contest when halfback Ebenezer Caniglio scampered over left end for the deciding score. Oh What A Match. The next day, in the Daily Oklahoman, the headline read: “Sooner Magic is born with The Coniglio Jump.” ( Evidently he hopped over a defender to score.)

[@soonerlegendspodcast]

Sooner magic can also be said in 1950 when Claude Arnold drove the team from Oklahomas 30 yard in the final 2 and a half minutes and the score was made by Leon Heath. But it was Claude Arnold's right arm that got them close for Leon to punch it in. Before that drive OU scored but Jim Weatherall missed the extra point that would've tied the game. We played that game against A&M and OU would be crowned their first national championship that year

[@soonerlegendspodcast]

Sooner magic can also be said was born in 1950 when Claude Arnold drove the team from Oklahomas 30 yard in the final 2 and a half minutes and the score was made by Leon Heath. But it was Claude Arnold's right arm that got them close for Leon to punch it in. Before that drive OU scored but Jim Weatherall missed the extra point that would've tied the game. We played that game against A&M and OU would be crowned their first national championship that year

[@quincee33]

@jpm4444 Was J.C. Watt the QB back then?

[@trainman42dude]

Lott, with Blevins as back up

[@PowidzMalwa]

Iconic play in an otherwise bad season for OU. No Orange Bowl but a bowl against Wyoming instead.

[@soonerlegendspodcast]

Sooner Magic was born in 1975 when OU played Missouri.

[@tomitstube]

sooners owned the big 8 in the 1970's. oklahoma had their fair share of great players, but switzer always raided texas of their best players.

[@donnybusenbark5670]

70, 71, 72, 75, 78 , Nebraska8 big 8 champs.

[@tomitstube]

@@donnybusenbark5670 uh yeah, sooners won the big 8, 9 years straight from 1972 - 1980, 3 of those corndog championships were co-champion with the sooners... but yeah, we used to go to nebraska for ski trips. www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&id=CFDD8C62E4B9E00773309541223D419FBD770376&thid=OIP.sidUw2ZoCFHVfT37B6CwrAHaHa&mediaurl=http%3A%2F%2Fimg1.etsystatic.com%2F000%2F0%2F6188886%2Fil_570xN.258036755.jpg&exph=570&expw=570&q=ski+nebraska+poster&selectedindex=0&ajaxhist=0&vt=0&ccid=sidUw2Zo&simid=608053002338829370&sim=11

[@mwduck]

@@donnybusenbark5670 A most bizarre statement.

[@donnybusenbark5670]

@mwduck That Nebraska won the big 8 title 5 times in the 70's?

[@leemontgomery7914]

That was the year we went to the OB at Miami and got the snot be out of us by Arkansas😖🤨🤬😢☹️😡

[@josephchism9906]

That OB was 1978. The 76 season was a 3-way tie for the Big 8 championship. OU went to the Fiesta Bowl.

[@justcorylee]

Its a shame that our play calling now is so predictable. We really on our talent speed and power which is excellent, but too much is put on the players and not enough on the coaches and play callers. We showed some of it at the end of the OSU game, but we could have blown them out if we had just played like that the entire game vice just 5 minutes of it. I heard Kevin Wilson may be going to Indiana. It will be interesting to see how they do. I'm optimistic about the possibilities for OU.

[@gonfalon]

Agreed. But that was the "probation era"

[@dameonfzanola]

76’ Boomer Sooner! I think the magic started a long time ago tho. Boomer!

[@mauricedavis8261]

Go OKLAHOMA SOONERS!!!🙏✊😎

[@stephensandoval4132]

Awe the days of the big eight and big twelfth!!! Would have been better without Texas!!!!!!

[@Jany1954]

Porn music? LOL anywho, thanks for the video :)

[@stephensandoval4132]

Texas really sucks and I wish OU was still in the Big Twelve all no with Nebraska!!!