1986 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 8 champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 42–8 vs. Arkansas
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record11–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Donnan (2nd season)
Offensive schemeWishbone
Defensive coordinatorGary Gibbs (6th season)
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1985
1987 →
1986 Big Eight Conference football standings
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 five shutouts and led the nation in all four major defensive categories (total, rushing, passing, and scoring).[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 62:30 p.m.No. 4 UCLA*No. 1
ABCW 38–375,684[2]
September 201:30 p.m.Minnesota*No. 1
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 63–075,463[2]
September 272:30 p.m.at No. 2 Miami (FL)*No. 1
CBSL 16–2871,451[2]
October 41:30 p.m.Kansas StateNo. 6
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 56–1074,284[2]
October 112:30 p.m.vs. Texas*No. 6
ABCW 47–1275,587[2]
October 181:30 p.m.Oklahoma StateNo. 5
W 19–076,022[2]
October 251:00 p.m.at Iowa StateNo. 5
W 38–043,190[2]
November 12:30 p.m.at KansasNo. 4
ABCW 64–338,500[2]
November 81:00 p.m.MissouriNo. 4
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
W 77–075,480[2]
November 1512:00 p.m.ColoradoNo. 4
RaycomW 28–052,702[2]
November 222:30 p.m.at No. 5 NebraskaNo. 3
ABCW 20–1776,198[2]
January 1, 19877:30 p.m.vs. No. 9 Arkansas*No. 3
NBCW 42–852,717[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[3]

Roster

1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
C 57 Kevin Adkins Sr
FB 28 Rotnei Anderson  So
C 74 W. Bennett  So
G 95 Jodie Britt  Jr
DE 38 Johnny Judkins  Sr
SE 36 Eric Bross  Fr
SE 83 Carl Cabbiness So
RB 45 Lydell Carr Jr
OT 63 Nigel Clay Fr
RB 33 Patrick Collins Jr
HB 32 Phillips Collins Fr
OT 73 Robert Conner Fr
HB 32 Ron Counter Jr
OL Jerry Crafts Fr
OT 72 Dungan Forrest  So
OT 58 Mickey Greene  So
SE 26 Artie Guess Fr
HB 37 Fred Gunter Fr
QB 6 Bernard Hall Fr
QB 4 Jamelle Holieway So
OT 79 Mark Hutson Jr
TE 88 Keith Jackson (C) Jr
LS 73 Chuck Johnson  So
FB 5 Earl Johnson  Sr
OT 75 Greg Johnson  Jr
OT 92 Harold Jones Fr
TE 87 Aubrey King  So
C 56 Bob Latham  So
G 62 Al Laurita  Jr
HB 23 Don Maloney  So
OT 64 Terron Manning Fr
OT 70 Richard Marks  Jr
OL 67 Larry Medice Fr
QB 1 Eric Mitchel So
WR 84 Lee Morris  Jr
RB 34 Jarrod Oliver Fr
TE 82 Duncan Parham So
FB 2 Leon Perry So
G 68 Anthony Phillips  So
OT 66 Jon Phillips  Jr
TE 97 Lance Price So
TE 89 Terry Pritchard  Fr
OT 77 Caesar Rentie  Jr
RB 3 Derrick Shepard Sr
C 53 Travis Simpson  Sr
HB 24 Don Smitherman So
HB 25 Anthony Stafford So
HB 27 Damon Stell Jr
QB 11 Glenn Sullivan  Jr
SE 13 Leonard Thomas  Fr
QB 16 Charles Thompson  Fr
RB 20 Spencer Tillman (C)  Sr
OL 76 Mark Van Keirsblick  Fr
HB 13 Dion Wharry  Fr
OL Andre Williams  Fr
C 59 Greg Williams  Fr
C 65 Mike Wise  Fr
FB 30 Chris Yourman  Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 61 Mike Aljoe  Sr
LB 85 Tom Backes Fr
LB 44 Brian Bosworth (C)  Jr
DB 8 Sonny Brown  Sr
DT 86 Steve Bryan  Sr
LB 36 Adrian Cooper Fr
DB 15 Derrick Crudup Jr
NG 51 Richard Davis  So
LB 38 Wayne Dickson Fr
LB 41 Richard Dillon  So
DE 69 Greg Dixon  Fr
DB 29 Rickey Dixon Jr
LB 36 Robert Eck So
LB 55 Scott Evans
DB 9 Lonnie Finch So
DB 49 Scott Garl  So
LB 54 Evan Gatewood  Sr
DB 7 Ledell Glenn Sr
DE 39 James Goode  Fr
LB 52 Tracy Gordon Fr
DE 47 Jeff Hake  Sr
DB 6 Andre Johnson  Sr
DE 80 Troy Johnson  Jr
LB 50 Dante Jones  Jr
DE 38 John Judkins Sr
DE 46 Kert Kaspar  So
DT 90 Darren Kilpatrick  Jr
DL 78 Darrell Kirby Fr
DE 60 Mike Mantle  Sr
LB 48 Brad McBride  Jr
DB 17 Ken McMichel  Fr
LB 42 Paul Migliazzo  Sr
DE 94 Zarak Peters Fr
DB 35 Tony Rayburn  Sr
DE 40 Darrell Reed  Jr
DT 96 Richard Reed  Sr
DB 21 Carlos Scott Fr
DT 81 David Shoemaker  Fr
DB 22 Kevin Thompson  Fr
DB 19 Scott Thompson  Fr
DB 10 David Vickers  Jr
DB 14 Derrick White Jr
NG 93 Curtice Williams  So
DL 98 Dante Williams  Fr
DT 99 Tony Woods  So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 26 Darren Atyia  Jr
K 31 Tim Lashar  Sr
K 91 Todd Thomsen So
K Roy White Fr
P 12 Mike Winchester Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

UCLA

1 234Total
UCLA 0 300 3
• Oklahoma 3 14147 38

See also: 1986 UCLA Bruins football team

[4]

Minnesota

1 234Total
Minnesota 0 000 0
• Oklahoma 14 211414 63
  • Date: September 20
  • Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

See also: 1986 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

[5]

Miami (FL)

1 234Total
Oklahoma 0 376 16
• Miami (FL) 0 7210 28

See also: 1986 Miami Hurricanes football team

[6]

Kansas State

See also: 1986 Kansas State Wildcats football team
Kansas State Wildcats (1–3) at Oklahoma Sooners (2–1)
Period 1 2 34Total
Kansas State 0 10 0010
Oklahoma 21 7 72156

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma

  • Date: October 4
  • Game attendance: 74,284
  • [7]
Game information

Texas

See also: Red River Rivalry
Texas Longhorns vs. #6 Oklahoma Sooners
1 234Total
Texas 0 066 12
• #6 Oklahoma 17 1479 47
Scoring summary
1OUCollins 9-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 7-0
1OUCollins 14-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 14-0
1OULashar 28-yard field goalOU 17-0
2OUHolieway 21-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 24-0
2OUJackson 56-yard pass from Mitchel (Lashar kick)OU 31-0
3OUTillman 6-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 38-0
3TEXGay 33-yard pass from Stafford (pass failed)OU 38-6
4OUCollins 23-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 45-6
4TEXMetcalf 29-yard pass from Stafford (pass failed)OU 45-12
4OUSafety, Metcalf tackled by Ledett in end zoneOU 47-12

[8]

Oklahoma State

1 234Total
Oklahoma St 0 000 0
• Oklahoma 3 3310 19
  • Date: October 18
  • Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

[9]

Iowa State

1 234Total
• Oklahoma 7 10714 38
Iowa St 0 000 0

[10]

Kansas

1 234Total
• Oklahoma 17 3377 64
Kansas 0 003 3

[11]

Missouri

1 234Total
Missouri 0 000 0
• Oklahoma 21 28721 77
  • Date: November 8
  • Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

[12]

Colorado

#4 Oklahoma Sooners at Colorado Buffaloes
1 234Total
• #4 Oklahoma 7 7014 28
Colorado 0 000 0
Scoring summary
1OUCollins 17-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 7-0
2OUCarr 2-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 14-0
4OUJackson recovered fumble in end zone (Lashar kick)OU 21-0
4OUCollins 8-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 28-0

See also: 1986 Colorado Buffaloes football team

[13]

Nebraska

1 234Total
• #3 Oklahoma 7 0013 20
#5 Nebraska 7 370 17

See also: 1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

[14]

Vs. Arkansas (Orange Bowl)

#9 Arkansas vs. #3 Oklahoma
1 234Total
Arkansas 0 008 8
• Oklahoma 0 141414 42
  • Date: January 1
  • Location: Orange Bowl
  • Game attendance: 52,717
  • Television network: NBC
Scoring summary
2OUTillman 77-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 7-0
2OUTillman 21-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 14-0
3OUHolieway 2-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 21-0
3OUHolieway 4-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 28-0
4OUStafford 13-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 35-0
4OUParham 49-yard run (Lashar kick)OU 42-0
4ARKD. Thomas 1-yard run (Bland to Shibest pass)OU 42-8

Main article: 1987 Orange Bowl

See also: 1986 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

[15]

Rankings

See also: 1986 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
AP1 (44)1 (55)1 (55)1 (55)66554443333 (3)
Coaches Poll1 (36)1 (44)1 (43)1 (44)66664443333

Postseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1987 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[16][17]

Sooners who were picked in the 1987 NFL Draft:

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

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Stewart Mandel: LSU, Alabama prep for rematch amid widening national divide". Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "1986 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
  3. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  4. ^ SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  5. ^ SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  6. ^ SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  7. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1986 Oct 05. Retrieved 2019-Jan-27.
  8. ^ Gainesville Sun. 12 Oct 1986.
  9. ^ SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  10. ^ SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  11. ^ SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  12. ^ SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  13. ^ Gainesville Sun. November 16, 1986
  14. ^ SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  15. ^ Gainesville Sun. January 2, 1987
  16. ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  17. ^ "Oklahoma Drafted Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  18. ^ "Past Winners".
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