1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1987 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl, L 20–14 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Big 8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
1987 record	11–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Barry Switzer (15th year)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Donnan (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator	Gary Gibbs (7th year)
Captain	5 Patrick Collins Mark Hutson Dante Jones Darrell Reed David Vickers
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,004)

1987 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#6 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#11 Oklahoma State	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Colorado	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kansas	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	9	–	1
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	1	0	–	10	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Oklahoma was a member of the Big Eight Conference played its home games in Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, where it has played its home games since 1923.^[1] The team posted an 11–1 overall record and a 7–0 conference record to the Conference title outright under head coach Barry Switzer who took the helm in 1973.^[2]^[3] This was Switzer's twelfth conference title, fourth consecutive conference title and eighth undefeated conference record in fifteen seasons.^[2]

The team was led by All-Americans Rickey Dixon (who won the Jim Thorpe Award),^[4] Mark Hutson,^[5] Keith Jackson,^[6] Danté Jones,^[7] and Darrell Reed^[8] After going undefeated in its eleven regular season games, it earned a trip to the Orange Bowl for an appearance against the Miami Hurricanes.^[3] During the season, it faced three ranked opponents (In order, #12 Oklahoma State, #1 Nebraska, and #2 Miami). Both of its last two games were #1 vs. #2 matches with the last being a national title game in which it endured its only loss to the resulting national champion Hurricanes.^[3] The game marked the third Miami victory over Oklahoma in three seasons to former Switzer assistant coach Jimmy Johnson.^[9]

Jamelle Holieway led the team in rushing for the second season with 807 yards and in passing for the third of four times with 548 yards, Jackson led the team in receiving for the third straight season with 403 yards, Placekicker R. D. Lashar led the team in scoring with 91 points, Reed posted 8 quarterback sacks, Jones led the team with 125 tackles and Dixon posted 9 interceptions.^[10] Dixon established the current school record total of 9 single-season interceptions. He set the school record for single-season interception return yards with 232 that season and the career record with 303, which was broken by Derrick Strait in 2003.^[11]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	1:30 PM	North Texas*	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma		W 69–14	75,004^[12]
September 12	1:30 PM	North Carolina*	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma		W 28–0	75,004^[12]
September 26	1:30 PM	at Tulsa*	No. 1	Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma		W 65–0	47,350^[12]
October 3	1:30 PM	at Iowa State	No. 1	Cyclone Stadium • Ames, Iowa	PPV	W 56–3	36,050^[12]
October 10	1:45 PM	vs. Texas*	No. 1	Cotton Bowl • Dallas (Red River Shootout)	CBS	W 44–9	75,587^[12]
October 17	1:10 PM	at Kansas State	No. 1	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas		W 59–10	27,200^[12]
October 24	6:30 PM	Colorado	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	ESPN	W 24–6	75,004^[12]
October 31	1:00 PM	at Kansas	No. 1	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas		W 71–10	23,500^[12]
November 7	1:00 PM	No. 12 Oklahoma State	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series)		W 29–10	75,004^[12]
November 14	1:30 PM	Missouri	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	PPV	W 17–13	75,004^[12]
November 21	2:30 PM	at No. 1 Nebraska	No. 2	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska (OU-Nebraska)	CBS	W 17–7	76,663^[12]
January 1	7:00 PM	vs. No. 2 Miami (FL)	No. 1	Orange Bowl • Miami (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 14–20	74,760^[12]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Game notes

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Carolina	0	0	0	0	0
• Oklahoma	0	21	7	0	28

Date: September 12
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 75,004

Scoring summary

Q2	OKLA	Holieway 3 yard run (Lashar kick)	OKLA 7–0

Q2	OKLA	Holieway 4 yard run (Lashar kick)	OKLA 14–0

Q2	OKLA	Holieway 1 yard run (Lashar kick)	OKLA 21–0

Q3	OKLA	Holieway 1 yard run (Lashar kick)	OKLA 28–0

Jamelle Holieway 25 Rush, 170 Yds

^[13]

Texas

#1 Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #1 Oklahoma	0	13	21	10	44
Texas	3	3	0	3	9

Date: October 10
Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Game attendance: 75,587
TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger

Scoring summary

1	TEX	Clements 52-yard field goal	TEX 3-0

2	OU	Carr 7-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 7-3

2	OU	Lashar 46-yard field goal	OU 10-3

2	OU	Lashar 22-yard field goal	OU 13-3

2	TEX	Clements 46-yard field goal	OU 13-6

3	OU	Cabbiness 44-yard pass from Holieway (Lashar kick)	OU 20-6

3	OU	Carr 32-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 27-6

3	OU	Collins 4-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 34-6

4	TEX	Clements 36-yard field goal	OU 34-9

4	OU	Lashar 29-yard field goal	OU 37-9

4	OU	Thompson 55-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 44-9

^[14]

Kansas State

#1 Oklahoma Sooners at Kansas State Wildcats

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #1 Oklahoma	14	17	14	14	59
Kansas State	3	7	0	0	10

Date: October 17
Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas
Game attendance: 27,200

Scoring summary

1	OKLA	Stafford 20-yard run (Lashar kick)	Oklahoma 7-0

1	OKLA	Cabbiness 28-yard pass from Holieway (Lashar kick)	Oklahoma 14-0

1	KSU	Porter 22-yard field goal	Oklahoma 14-3

2	OKLA	Holieway 1-yard run (Lashar kick)	Oklahoma 21-3

2	OKLA	Carr 2-yard run (Lashar kick)	Oklahoma 28-3

2	KSU	Williams 81-yard pass from Swim (Porter kick)	Oklahoma 28-10

2	OKLA	Lashar 31-yard field goal	Oklahoma 31-10

3	OKLA	Collins 20-yard run (Lashar kick)	Oklahoma 38-10

3	OKLA	Thompson 32-yard run (Lashar kick)	Oklahoma 45-10

4	OKLA	Mitchell 82-yard run (Lashar kick)	Oklahoma 52-10

4	OKLA	Anderson 1-yard run (Lashar kick)	Oklahoma 59-10

^[15]

Colorado

Colorado Buffaloes at #1 Oklahoma Sooners

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	0	6	0	0	6
• #1 Oklahoma	10	0	7	7	24

Date: October 24
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 75,004

Scoring summary

1	OU	Stafford 23-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 7-0

2	OU	Lashar 48-yard field goal	OU 10-0

2	COL	Hannah 20-yard field goal	OU 10-3

2	COL	Hannah 32-yard field goal	OU 10-6

3	OU	Carr 21-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 17-6

4	OU	Collins 1-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 24-6

^[16]

Oklahoma State

#12 Oklahoma State Cowboys at #1 Oklahoma Sooners

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Oklahoma State	3	0	0	7	10
• #1 Oklahoma	10	0	6	13	29

Date: November 7
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 75,004

Scoring summary

1	OU	Holieway 5-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 7-0

1	OSU	Blanchard 38-yard field goal	OU 7-3

1	OU	Lashar 35-yard field goal	OU 10-3

3	OU	Hall 3-yard run (kick failed)	OU 16-3

4	OSU	Sanders 1-yard run (Blanchard kick)	OU 16-10

4	OU	Johnson 10-yard interception return (run failed)	OU 22-10

4	OU	Dixon 95-yard interception return (Lashar kick)	OU 29-10

^[17]

Nebraska

#2 Oklahoma Sooners at #1 Nebraska Cornhuskers

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #2 Oklahoma	0	0	14	3	17
#1 Nebraska	7	0	0	0	7

Date: November 21
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,663

Scoring summary

1	NEB	K. Jones 25-yard run (Drennan kick)	NEB 7-0

3	OU	Stafford 11-yard run (Lashar kick)	Tied 7-7

3	OU	Collins 65-yard run (Lashar kick)	OU 14-7

4	OU	Lashar 27-yard field goal	OU 17-7

^[18]

Awards and honors

All-American: Rickey Dixon,^[4] Mark Hutson,^[5] Keith Jackson,^[6] Danté Jones,^[7] and Darrell Reed^[8]
Jim Thorpe Award: Dixon^[4]

References

↑ "Memorial Stadium". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 28, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
1 2 "OU Football Tradition: 42 Conference Titles". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
1 2 3 "1987 Football Season". SoonerStats.com. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
1 2 3 "All-American: Rickey Dixon". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
1 2 "All-American: Mark Hutson". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
1 2 "All-American: Keith Jackson". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
1 2 "All-American: Danté Jones". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
1 2 "All-American: Darrell Reed". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
↑ Moran, Malcolm (January 2, 1988). "Orange Bowl; Hurricanes Overwhelm the Sooners to Claim No. 1". The New York Times. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
↑ "2009 Football Record Book" (PDF). Big12sports.com. p. 175. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
↑ "2009 Football Record Book" (PDF). Big12sports.com. p. 177. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/schedule.cfm?seasonid=1987
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 13.
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 11.
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 18.
↑ Gainesville Sun. October 25, 1987
↑ Gainesville Sun. November 8, 1987
↑ Gainesville Sun. November 22, 1987

External links

1987 season at SoonerStats.com

Oklahoma Sooners football

Venues	Boyd Field (1905–23) Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923–present) Barry Switzer Center

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe) Nebraska Oklahoma State: Bedlam Series Texas: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat)

Culture & lore	Championships T formation Wishbone formation Oklahoma drill Sooner Schooner Boomer and Sooner "Boomer Sooner" Marching band The Kick The Oklahoma Heismen Play Like a Champion Today

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Big Eight Conference football champions

MVIAA	Nebraska & Iowa (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909) Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919) Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Nebraska & Drake (1922) Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927)

Big Six	Nebraska (1928) Nebraska (1929) Kansas (1930) Nebraska (1931) Nebraska (1932) Nebraska (1933) Kansas State (1934) Nebraska (1935) Nebraska (1936) Nebraska (1937) Oklahoma (1938) Missouri (1939) Nebraska (1940) Missouri (1941) Missouri (1942) Oklahoma (1943) Oklahoma (1944) Missouri (1945) Kansas & Oklahoma (1946) Kansas & Oklahoma (1947)

Big Seven	Oklahoma (1948) Oklahoma (1949) Oklahoma (1950) Oklahoma (1951) Oklahoma (1952) Oklahoma (1953) Oklahoma (1954) Oklahoma (1955) Oklahoma (1956) Oklahoma (1957) Oklahoma (1958) Oklahoma (1959)

Big Eight	Missouri (1960) Colorado (1961) Oklahoma (1962) Nebraska (1963) Nebraska (1964) Nebraska (1965) Nebraska (1966) Oklahoma (1967) Kansas & Oklahoma (1968) Missouri & Nebraska (1969) Nebraska (1970) Nebraska (1971) Nebraska (1972) Oklahoma (1973) Oklahoma (1974) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975) Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976) Oklahoma (1977) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978) Oklahoma (1979) Oklahoma (1980) Nebraska (1981) Nebraska (1982) Nebraska (1983) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984) Oklahoma (1985) Oklahoma (1986) Oklahoma (1987) Nebraska (1988) Colorado (1989) Colorado (1990) Colorado & Nebraska (1991) Nebraska (1992) Nebraska (1993) Nebraska (1994) Nebraska (1995)

National championships in bold

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