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2006 Big 12 Championship Game

Field	Value
year_game_played	2006
title_sponsor	Dr Pepper
game_name	Big 12 Championship Game
subheader	Conference Championship
image	Big 12 Championship 2006 logo.svg
caption	2006 Big 12 Championship logo.
football_season	2006
visitor_name_short	Nebraska
visitor_nickname	Cornhuskers
visitor_school	University of Nebraska
home_name_short	Oklahoma
home_nickname	Sooners
home_school	University of Oklahoma
visitor_record	9–3
home_record	10–2
visitor_coach	Bill Callahan
home_coach	Bob Stoops
visitor_rank_AP	19
visitor_rank_coaches	18
visitor_rank_BCS	20
home_rank_AP	8
home_rank_coaches	10
home_rank_BCS	12
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	7
visitor_3q	0
visitor_4q	0
home_1q	14
home_2q	0
home_3q	7
home_4q	0
date_game_played	December 2
stadium	Arrowhead Stadium
city	Kansas City, Missouri
MVP	WR Malcolm Kelly
referee	Randy Christal
attendance	80,031
us_network	ABC
us_announcers_link	List of announcers of major college bowl games
us_announcers	Mike Patrick and Todd Blackledge

The 2006 Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was held on December 2, 2006, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, and pit the divisional winners from the Big 12 Conference: the Nebraska Cornhuskers, winner of the North division against the Oklahoma Sooners, winner of the South division. The Sooners defeated the Cornhuskers, 21-7. This was the first time the two teams had ever met in the Big 12 conference championship game.

Regular season

After the Championship game

The Sooners went on to play in the Fiesta Bowl and lose to Boise State Broncos in one of the most historic upsets in BCS and bowl game history, not only because of the winner, but the way in which Boise State used a trick play to win the game.

Nebraska went on to lose to the Auburn Tigers in the , 17 to 14.

References

"No. 10 Oklahoma wears Big 12 crown after defeat of Nebraska - USATODAY.com".
"ESPN.com - NCF - Tostitos FIESTA BOWL".
(2 January 2007). "Forde: Magical Broncos land mighty populist blow".
"2006 Auburn football".
"Stewart makes most of touches as No. 10 Auburn wins Cotton Bowl". [[USA Today]].

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