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1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1987
team	Oklahoma Sooners
sport	football
image	Oklahoma Sooners Logo 1979-2000.png
conference	Big Eight Conference
short_conf	Big 8
CoachRank	3
APRank	3
record	11–1
conf_record	7–0
head_coach	Barry Switzer
hc_year	15th
off_coach	Jim Donnan
oc_year	3rd
off_scheme	Wishbone
def_coach	Gary Gibbs
dc_year	7th
def_scheme	[5–2](5-2-defense)
captain	Patrick Collins
captain2	Mark Hutson
captain3	Dante Jones
captain4	Darrell Reed
captain5	David Vickers
stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
champion	Big 8 champion
bowl	[Orange Bowl](1988-orange-bowl)
bowl_result	L 14–20 vs. [Miami (FL)](1987-miami-hurricanes-football-team)

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 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, where it has played its home games since 1923. 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. This was Switzer's twelfth conference title, fourth consecutive conference title and eighth undefeated conference record in fifteen seasons.

The team was led by All-Americans Rickey Dixon (who won the Jim Thorpe Award),

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. 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.

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

North Texas

North Carolina

Jamelle Holieway 25 Rush, 170 Yds

Tulsa

Iowa State

Texas

Kansas State

Colorado

Kansas

Oklahoma State

OKLA - Holieway 5 yard run (Lashar kick)
OSU - Blanchard 38 yard field goal
OKLA - Lashar 35 yard field goal
OKLA - Hall 3 yard run (kick failed)
OSU - Sanders 1 yard run (Blanchard kick)
OKLA - Johnson 10 yard interception return (run failed)
OKLA - Dixon 95 yard interception return (Lashar kick) ;Oklahoma St
Gundy 11/27, 115 Yds, 4 INT
Thomas 15 Rush, 173 Yds
Green 3 Rec, 47 Yds ;Oklahoma
Holieway 0/6, 0 Yds, INT
Anderson 30 Rush, 191 Yds
Holieway 18 Rush, 123 Yds, TD

Missouri

Nebraska

;Oklahoma

Charles Thompson 2/9, 25 Yds
Patrick Collins 13 Rush, 131 Yds, TD
Keith Jackson 1 Rec, 21 Yds ;Nebraska
Steve Taylorr 6/18, 58 Yds, 3 INT
Keith Jones 15 Rush, 94 Yds, TD
Richard Bell 2 Rec, 18 Yds

"Game of the Century II" The Bow - Patrick Collins

Orange Bowl

Main article: 1988 Orange Bowl

Personnel

Gary Gibbs (DC)
Merv Johnson (OL)
Charlie Sadler (DL)
Lucious Selmon (OLB & DE)

Awards and honors

All-American: Rickey Dixon, Mark Hutson, Keith Jackson, Danté Jones, and Darrell Reed
Jim Thorpe Award: Dixon

After the season

NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 1988 NFL draft following the season.

8	200	Patrick Collins	Running back	Green Bay Packers

References

"Memorial Stadium". [[CBS Interactive]].
"OU Football Tradition: 42 Conference Titles". [[CBS Interactive]].
"1987 Football Season". SoonerStats.com.
Moran, Malcolm. (January 2, 1988). "Orange Bowl; Hurricanes Overwhelm the Sooners to Claim No. 1". [[The New York Times]].
"2009 Football Record Book". Big12sports.com.
"2009 Football Record Book". Big12sports.com.
(September 6, 1987). "Oklahoma rolls to 'ragged' 69–14 win in season opener". The Salina Journal.
(September 13, 1987). "Sooners race by UNC". Bryan-College Station Eagle.
(September 27, 1987). "No. 1 Oklahoma demolishes Tulsa". The Salina Journal.
(October 4, 1987). "Sooners slug Iowa State, 56–3". The Salisbury Post.
(October 11, 1987). "Sooners turning great rivalry into annual laugher". The Daily Advertiser.
(October 18, 1987). "No. 1 Oklahoma slams K-State". The Kansas City Star.
(October 25, 1987). "Oklahoma turns out the lights on Colorado in Norman party". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(November 1, 1987). "Sooners boo-t Jayhawks, 71–10". Tulsa World.
(November 8, 1987). "Sooners win...and pay for it". Tulsa World.
(November 15, 1987). "Injury-riddles Oklahoma limps past Missouri 17–13". The State.
(November 22, 1987). "Defense leads second-half comeback as Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 17–7". Winston-Salem Journal.
(January 2, 1988). "Maimi claims crown". Detroit Free Press.
"1987 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 13.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 11.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Oct 18.
Gainesville Sun. October 25, 1987
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 08. Retrieved 2019-Apr-13.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 15. Retrieved 2019-Jan-06.
"All-American: Rickey Dixon". [[CBS Interactive]].
"All-American: Mark Hutson". [[CBS Interactive]].
"All-American: Keith Jackson". [[CBS Interactive]].
"All-American: Danté Jones". [[CBS Interactive]].
"All-American: Darrell Reed". [[CBS Interactive]].
"1988 NFL Draft Listing".
"Oklahoma Drafted Players/Alumni".

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