1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1986 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Eight champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 42–8 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
1986 record	11–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Barry Switzer (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Donnan (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Gary Gibbs (6th season)
Captains	Brian Bosworth Sonny Brown Spencer Tillman
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,004)
Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

1986 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Colorado	6	–	1	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
No. 5 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. The team recorded 5 shutouts and led the nation in all four major defensive categories (total, rushing, passing, and scoring).^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	2:30 p.m.	No. 4 UCLA*	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	W 38–3	75,684[2]
September 20	1:30 p.m.	Minnesota*	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 63–0	75,463[2]
September 27	2:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Miami (FL)*	No. 1	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	CBS	L 16–28	71,451[2]
October 4	1:30 p.m.	Kansas State	No. 6	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 56–10	74,284[2]
October 11	2:30 p.m.	vs. Texas*	No. 6	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	ABC	W 47–12	75,587[2]
October 18	1:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 5	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)		W 19–0	76,022[2]
October 25	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State	No. 5	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 38–0	43,190[2]
November 1	2:30 p.m.	at Kansas	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	ABC	W 64–3	38,500[2]
November 8	1:00 p.m.	Missouri	No. 4	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)		W 77–0	75,480[2]
November 15	12:00 p.m.	Colorado	No. 4	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	Raycom	W 28–0	52,702[2]
November 22	2:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Nebraska	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	W 20–17	76,198[2]
January 1, 1987	7:30 p.m.	vs. No. 9 Arkansas	No. 3	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	W 42–8	52,717[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster[]

1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 28 Rotnei Anderson So WR 83 Carl Cabbiness So FB 45 Lydell Carr Jr RB 33 Patrick Collins Jr QB 4 Jamelle Holieway So T 79 Mark Hutson Jr TE 88 Keith Jackson Jr QB 1 Eric Mitchel So WR 84 Lee Morris  Jr G 68 Anthony Phillips  So T 77 Caesar Rentie  Jr WR 3 Derrick Shepard Sr RB 25 Anthony Stafford So C 53 Travis Simpson  Sr QB 11 Glenn Sullivan  Jr QB 16 Charles Thompson Fr RB 20 Spencer Tillman (C) Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 44 Brian Bosworth (C)  Jr DB 8 Sonny Brown (C)  Sr LB 36 Adrian Cooper Fr DB 15 Derrick Crudup Jr DB 29 Rickey Dixon Jr LB 50 Dante Jones  Jr LB 42 Paul Migliazzo  Sr DE 40 Darrell Reed  Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 31 Tim Lashar  Sr K 91 Todd Thomsen So	Head coach Barry Switzer Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Donnan (OC) Gary Gibbs (DC) Merv Johnson (OL) Charlie Sadler (DL) Lucious Selmon (OLB & DE) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries[]

UCLA[]

1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 0 3 0 0 3 • Oklahoma 3 14 14 7 38 Date: September 6 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

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Minnesota[]

1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 • Oklahoma 14 21 14 14 63 Date: September 20 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

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Miami (FL)[]

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 0 3 7 6 16 • Miami (FL) 0 7 21 0 28 Date: September 27 Location: Orange Bowl

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Kansas State[]

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP KSU OKLA 1 Oklahoma Lydell Carr 1-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 0 7 1 Oklahoma Eric Mitchel 56-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 0 14 1 Oklahoma Spencer Tillman 5-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 0 21 2 Oklahoma Eric Mitchel 3-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 0 28 2 Kansas State Blocked punt returned 19 yards for touchdown by Grady Newton, Mark Porter kick good 7 28 2 Kansas State 32-yard field goal by Mark Porter 10 28 3 Oklahoma Carl Cabbiness 58-yard touchdown reception from Eric Mitchel, Tim Lashar kick good 10 35 4 Oklahoma Glenn Sullivan 1-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 10 42 4 Oklahoma Glenn Sullivan 12-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 10 49 4 Oklahoma Rotnei Anderson 6-yard touchdown run, Tim Lashar kick good 10 56 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 10 56

Texas[]

Texas Longhorns vs. #6 Oklahoma Sooners

1 2 3 4 Total Texas 0 0 6 6 12 • #6 Oklahoma 17 14 7 9 47 Date: October 11 Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas Game attendance: 75,587

Scoring summary 1 OU Collins 9-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 7-0 1 OU Collins 14-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 14-0 1 OU Lashar 28-yard field goal OU 17-0 2 OU Holieway 21-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 24-0 2 OU Jackson 56-yard pass from Mitchel (Lashar kick) OU 31-0 3 OU Tillman 6-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 38-0 3 TEX Gay 33-yard pass from Stafford (pass failed) OU 38-6 4 OU Collins 23-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 45-6 4 TEX Metcalf 29-yard pass from Stafford (pass failed) OU 45-12 4 OU Safety, Metcalf tackled by Ledett in end zone OU 47-12

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Oklahoma State[]

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma St 0 0 0 0 0 • Oklahoma 3 3 3 10 19 Date: October 18 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

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Iowa State[]

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma 7 10 7 14 38 Iowa St 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 25 Location: Cyclone Stadium

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Kansas[]

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma 17 3 37 7 64 Kansas 0 0 0 3 3 Date: November 1 Location: Memorial Stadium

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Missouri[]

1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 0 0 0 0 0 • Oklahoma 21 28 7 21 77 Date: November 8 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

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Colorado[]

#4 Oklahoma Sooners at Colorado Buffaloes

1 2 3 4 Total • #4 Oklahoma 7 7 0 14 28 Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 15 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 52,702

Scoring summary 1 OU Collins 17-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 7-0 2 OU Carr 2-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 14-0 4 OU Jackson recovered fumble in end zone (Lashar kick) OU 21-0 4 OU Collins 8-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 28-0

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Nebraska[]

1 2 3 4 Total • #3 Oklahoma 7 0 0 13 20 #5 Nebraska 7 3 7 0 17 Date: November 22 Location: Memorial Stadium

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vs. Arkansas (Orange Bowl)[]

#9 Arkansas vs. #3 Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total Arkansas 0 0 0 8 8 • Oklahoma 0 14 14 14 42 Date: January 1 Location: Orange Bowl Game attendance: 52,717 Television network: NBC

Scoring summary 2 OU Tillman 77-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 7-0 2 OU Tillman 21-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 14-0 3 OU Holieway 2-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 21-0 3 OU Holieway 4-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 28-0 4 OU Stafford 13-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 35-0 4 OU Parham 49-yard run (Lashar kick) OU 42-0 4 ARK D. Thomas 1-yard run (Bland to Shibest pass) OU 42-8

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Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
AP	1 (44)	1 (55)	1 (55)	1 (55)	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3 (3)
Coaches Poll	1 (36)	1 (44)	1 (43)	1 (44)	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

Postseason[]

NFL draft[]

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.^[16]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Steve Bryan	Defensive end	5	120	Chicago Bears
Spencer Tillman	Running back	5	133	Houston Oilers
Paul Migliazzo	Linebacker	8	221	Chicago Bears

Awards and honors[]

• Brian Bosworth, Butkus Award^[17]

References[]