Michael Winchester, OU's punter in this game was shot and killed a few years ago by a gunman in OKC. His son James was playing for the KC Chiefs. He was a very good man. Thank you for showing his plays too, even if they were just punts. Mike was a four year Letterman at OU.

I was sitting in the stands for this game. Very nice Penn State fan sitting in front of me and said (after Jamelle Hollieway threw the long TD to Keith Jackson) "I don't mind losing to OU, but not on pass plays!!"

Amazing how much harder the hitting was during this era compared to today. Fun game to watch even though PSU lost.

I can remember watching this game like it was yesterday, both defenses played extremely well, with a lot of hard hitting tackles. I still have my OU Orange Bowl Championship T-shirt hanging in the closet that I bought after the game. I sure do miss those unrelenting strong hard hitting defenses that OU used to have during Barry Switzer's era, you've gotta have a good defense to win a championship.

Thanks for posting this! Some hard hitting defense on both sides. I was in college at UCLA at this time. “The regular starting qb that broke his leg,” that Criqui is referring to is none other Troy Ailkman, who transferred to UCLA the following year!

Loved New Years Day back then. Great bowl games all day.

Thanks Steelbuck. I forget that Shaffer threw all those picks. Penn State was actually in this game. The next year in the Fiesta Bowl, Vinny Testaverde said, “ I’ll see your 4 picks, and raise you one.”

That OU defense was one of their all-time best. Cassias was a beast defensive lineman. Bosworth and Donte Jones made plays all over the field. There were a bunch of future NFL players on both teams in this game.

Thanks for posting all these great games from the past in condensed form...well done! As a 73 year old college football fanatic these games really make you miss the way football was played in the past. Wishbone vs RPO as a fan/viewer there is no comparison. The tackling is better, OU's speed and precision running the bone is spectacular and despite being a perv and child molester,Sandusky could really scheme the he'll out of stopping it. I was surprised OU was so good at kicking field goals since they never had to to it during the regular season. Lots of terrific future NFL players on both sides. Was the Boz overrated or what?

35:47 the iconic 61-yard TD run by Lydell Carr to seal the victory.

great great editing here. Thank you! Such a treasure to relive these glorious Switzer years.

Man thanks for all these!!! A lot of people on here have games but they are not condensed. Thanks for condensing these gems for us!!

The thing is, being a die hard Nittany Lions fan, we had a 23 game regular season winning streak counting the next year, when we won the national title!!! Nittany nation, our history is amazing 👏 and we don't take a back seat to any program!!!! I did not like to lose this game, another national title, slipped away!!!

1986 ORANGE BOWL 🍊, @28:46 National Championship Game. College Football in the 80’s was fun and crazy

Kicker Tim Lashar was OU's offensive MVP in this game but it probably should have been Lydell Carr. We ran more fullback option in this game than any game I can remember.

Shane Conlan had an incredible first half. He was the closest thing the 80s had to an AJ Hawk ..... two very athletic guys slightly overshadowed by other players, but who both made any team they were on a lot better.

This is back when Oklahoma had a defense

13:46-13:59-35:50-35:58: When the 🍊🍲 used to be special. Bring back the Big 8 Conference👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Dang i missed the spectacular half time show they were talking about the entire first half 😂

Just think there are high school teams today with offensive linemen the size of the ones in this game. One thing though is they seemed to play faster then and be more physical. Also a number of Oklahoma's players were home grown like Carr, Casillas, Pope, Tillman,Stell, Bryan, Morris, Thompson, Rayburn, Collins, and Winchester .

I was at this game.Dad bought scalper tickets at face value. Both defenses were awesome especially Oklahoma's.

Thanks for posting. Great memories! 👍

These no Huddles videos are the best thing since coffee and cream*! Thank you big homie keep putting out this good 🔥fire......💯💯💯💯👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

I love 🏈🏟at ole orange bowl games on 60 70 & 80s ole 🚸 school /rose 🌹 bowl fiesta 🎊🎉 bowl games 🏈

I’ve been watching your vids for the past 2 weeks. Read Brian Bosworth’s bio The Boz a few weeks ago and been watching his old games. These vids are a blessing when you need a blast from the past. Ive seen others do these edits but not like yours. You capture the color guy more. There’s some videos where it’s just the play-by-play guy, but you try to squeeze in the color when you can, in the bigger moments. Too bad you can’t program espn classic. I bet their viewership would rise if you took over the schedule and used you’re edits. I write fiction and understand how difficult editing can be.

Holloway got ruffed up in the 1st half. Props to the true freshman for keeping his cool. This was a hard hitting game. Both defenses played tough.

OU smoked their ass. PSU's coach Paterno had bad mouthed Barry Switzer a few years before the game and Switzer was eagerly looking for payback :D

Both defenses are nasty

Oklahoma has the defense back. I forgot how great their defenses were. Penn state had great players back then wow. 14 reminds me of Johnny Unitas.

Don Crique called some of the best games of the 80's, & then just disappeared. Never understood that......

Marcus Dupre should have been on this team

I remember watching this hame as a Sooner fan and I was never really that concerned.

3 back sets. WOW how the game has changed since these days especially at OU.

I was at that game, sitting in the end zone with the Penn state band. After the final whistle. I was surrounded by grown men

In 1984, Paterno had predicted his team would be #1 in two years ..... still sucks we let this one get away. Oh well. Thanks for uploading!

That PSU defensive line was nasty! Sooner magic got it done tho. Boomer Sooner!

Those hits were brutal

I was 7 years old watching the my Vols beating up on Miami in the Sugar Bowl when this game was played.

Fantastic memories...as an OU fan I can say .Conlan was a beast..he just punished Jamelle all evening..but Jamelle was a brilliant tactical general got the big Play when needed

I wish all games were played at this speed.. Great editing...

The regular starter fractured a leg...didn't even use his name...that guy ended up as a pretty good QB 😏

I cannot wait for OU to get back to dominant defense.

Schaefer belonged at Slippery Rock, DJ Dozier a 4.6 40-guy.

Lydell Carr and Lassiter should have been co mvps.

Speed in the QB position and short shifty backs historically gave Penn State trouble.

The Penn State kicker was Massimo Manca. He is infamously known for being sent to “The Asthma Field”.

The Oklahoma Sooners were 33 and 3 in a 3-year stretch in the mid 80s. The three losses were to the Miami hurricanes.

Ohhhhhh Lemme tell ya about Keith Jackson! For all of us Chris Berman fans

A great hard hitting game...OU made the big plays State Penn did not

Great game! Didn’t remember Penn State defending the Wishbone that well but hats off to them. Days of hard hitting, good tackling and good sportsmanship. If you’re opponent’s player gets knocked out on your side, help him up. None of the “in your face” nonsense like today.

Every time I see no one on the line on the receiver, I want the QB to make a quick throw. Seems like that could have given much more 2nd & 5s than the runs did. Very tough game. The only real difference is that PSU turned it over five times - and gave up two big plays. Hard to believe OU has only won one more since then.

Damn, I don’t think Penn State had an offensive lineman over 270 pounds

I just want to know where Sandusky was during the game?

Hey, as a request can you do the 2017 Arizona Bowl between Utah State and New Mexico State?

Boomer Sooner!

PSU D shut down that OU wishbone offense, but OU D was also lights out shutting down PSU offense and forcing 5 turnovers

Oklahoma defense was so dominant. And they won even after Troy Aikman went down early in the season with a broken leg against Miami . Imagine if Aikman was not injured what the Oklahoma team would have done in that 2-3 year stretch .

I remember OU fans had one eye on this game and one eye on the Sugar Bowl because Miami was claiming if they won they should be National Champions.

Whatever happened to Rick Uhles?

Did Sandusky score any water boys at this game?

Where is the " BOZ"? Was Bosworth injured?

John Shaffer had to be the most frustrating Penn State QB ever to watch. It's amazing he got a D-1 scholarship at all. Slow, unathletic, can't run, and a very inaccurate passer. A prototypical "game manager" QB rather than one who could win a game for his team. Most of his passes sailed over the receivers' heads. If the other team was as good or better and got a lead, it was pretty much over because he couldn't lead a comeback. He had a gaudy win-loss record, mostly because he had a very talented supporting cast. The title team the next year beat Miami in spite of him, not because of him. He was to blame the most for this Orange Bowl loss. A blown opportunity for back-to-back national championships.

Tough loss! Had many chances!

Pennsylvania State had to wait one more year and was that championship sweet.

Were is Jerry Sandusky?

Sooners were actually ranked #3. Miami who had beat Oklahoma early in the year was ranked #2. The National Championship was Penn St.'s to win or lose. In the Sugar Bowl that night, #8 Tennessee, the Sugar Vols, blew out Vinny Testaverde and Miami in a rout 35-7. The Sooners took care of the overrated Nittany Lions and took home the title, which in those days was a coronation by the nations sportswriters!! The next year this Penn St team upset the overrated Hurricanes in the Fiesta Bowl 14-10 which led to the BCS era of pairing the top two teams in a title game. Looking forward to a playoff which will enrich all of college football and give the players a chance to win it on the field rather than in the minds of sportswriters.

Penn state qb John Shaffer was 66-1 only lose was to Oklahoma.

PSU had an awesome defense but they got beat on the big play pass to TE Jackson. PSU had a pee wee caliber QB. When they got behind by more then one score it was over.

It’s always fun to watch Joe lose

Just think somewhere on the sideline is Jerry Sandusky who can't focus on the football game cuz all they can think about is little boys

I remember exactly where I was during this game... working at McDonald's as a 16yr old... Tennessee blowing Miami out was a big shocker.... Holieway was the best option qb ever and the reason Troy Aikman is hard on black qbs during the games he cover lol imo

In very early description of Jamelle Holloway being named starting quarterback for Oklahoma, Don Criqui said Holloway replaced the starter who suffered a fractured leg. Gosh, the starter was Troy Aikman. NFL Hall of Fame and 3 Super Bowl rings. It’s fascinating to not hear Aikman name at all. Another indication of inability of great coaches like Switzer to really grasp talent level of players sometimes. Switzer however, did tell Aikman to transfer because Oklahoma was not going to passing game. Next stop for Aikman was UCLA....All-American...drafted No 1....rest is history.

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Woke free sports. I miss it

I left Oklahoma in 1964 what into the Air Force Reserves was out of school for a year in Eastern Oklahoma City University in 66, Penn State's defense was awesome way better than Oklahoma, Oklahoma was lucky to be in that game they were killing the quarterback the whole game

Sometimes having the ability too watch football is just like having freedom for a Army veteran having access too healthcare at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Spokane, Washington for my younger brother with the first name of Juan. Let's hope the individuals watching this game aren't black like my sibling Juan who was almost body slammed by security officials while a member of the United States Congress watched with a smile on his face.

Boomer!

Compare that game with very little passing to win Baker Mayfield played, wow what a difference the speed of the passing etc currently is much better those old games for boring, because all they did was run the ball. Penn States defense in '86 pretty much shut down Oklahoma, but they were able to win because of interceptions etc. I think Oklahoma is kind of Lucky to win that game and I went to school there but that's the truth. I liked the school I finished at better Oklahoma City University and I took graduate courses and all the professors in the business school and phds from Harvard and Wharton School, they're still currently ranked one of the best faculties in the business school in the country. I was glad I left Oklahoma, their business school was not a comparison to Oklahoma City universities Business School. Much higher class education in Oklahoma City University. But I majored in chemistry the first two years in college at Oklahoma Central now known as Central State University.

That QB for Penn St. was not good.

Bosworth🤡

Boomer

“When the regular starter broke his leg.” Lol. Troy Aikman wasn’t even worthy of having his name mentioned.

First of all I HATED PEE S U and it's practice uniforms. Secondly pee s u was super slow (like mud)ha ha save #5. Thirdly OU's D was super fast and quick. Pee s u couldn't handle OU's bruh speed!!!

No a UT fan but Tennessee was a far better team then either of these two. How many total turnovers in a Championship game????? Pathetic

OU played with three ineligible players. When Joe was told he said no matter they beat us fair and square

Wesly snipe

Penn State QB SUCKS!

Oklahoma used two illegal players and PSU should have been named National Champions.

How many of the Penn State players were molested by Sandusky?

The players today are candyasses.