Sooner Highlights - 1987 Season Video (JDB)

A tribute to one of Barry Switzer's finest teams. The 1987 Sooners went 11-1, rolling through the Big 8 conference on their way to playing Miami in the Orange Bowl for the National Championship.

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Sports

Tags:

• oklahoma
• football
• sooner
• boomer
• highlight
• barry
• switzer
• 1987
• jamelle
• holieway
• keith
• jackson
• dante
• jones
• ricky
• dixon

[BrandonGDOG]

Yea baby Canes are the 1 in that 11-1, it's all about the U lol, we're the reason only 3 or 4 teams use this offense nowadays

[blakecardin]

Just think if Stoops would of had De'mond Parker his senior year.....

[callitintheair]

I lived down the hall from one of Staffords high school teammates during my freshman year of college.

Two great running backs came out of St. Louis that year. Stafford from Sumner and Tony Van Zant from Hazelwood Central.

Stafford went to OU, had a pretty good career and played on some great teams.

Van Zant went to Mizzou, blew out his knee in a HS all-star game and never became the back he was supposed to be.

[ad287]

You chicken shit mother fuckers. Get that song back on here. Don't take it off just to be dicks. It went well with this video.

[brothacoffee]

Calm down holmes. Breath, stretch, shake it, and let it go...Breath, stretch, shake it, and let it go. I feel your frustration.

[brothacoffee]

Deep threat receiver? Hmmmmm, perhaps you're right. They need an "X-factor"...someone who can change the course of the game (both offense & defense). Kinda like Torrance Marshall, Rocky Calmus, and or Roy Williams from Coach Stoops early years. They really needed DeMarco Murray for the past two bowl games. Only if he was healthy towards the end of those seasons...

[ad287]

Stoops is a lost soul without his brother. And let's be honest. Kevin Wilson couldn't shine Mark Manginos shoes in a million years. And neither could Chuck Long. Don't be fooled by how many points we score in alot of our games. It's nothing more than great players making plays. Mangino never had as many weapons as Wilson, but he still knew how to call plays that would work in BIG games against GOOD opponents. Wilson has no imagination, and it shows in the bowl games. We'll go 12-2 again

[okla1982]

Yes it was. He was stronger, quicker and smarter than Charles Thompson and he was missed big time in the 88 Orange Bowl!!! That is why OU lost. Thompson was a 165 pound redshirt freshamn, Holieway was 185 and solid muscle! He had 3 years of experience playying and had a national title under his belt; also, Holieway had the experience of playing the Canes in 86. That experience would of served him well in a rematch!!

[okla1982]

Yes they did miss a beat!! When Jamelle Holieway got hurt..they kost the title. Charles Thompson was faster than Holieway, but nowhere as strong as Holieway. That is what OU was missing against the Canes in the 88 Orange Bowl. Holieway was also a better thrower and more experienced in the big game.

[okla1982]

I agree with you 100%!!! That is when OU lost its swagger!!! Also, OU needs a deep therat at receiver as well, a person who can beat press coverage!!