What was your first game in person?

[Collier11]

Its bye week, I figured we could do one more "looking back" thread


Mine was 1995, I was 14 and it was against San Diego st, the Sooners won 38-22 that day. Keep in mind I dont have any really big sports fans in my family so I didnt get to go to any games til a little later.

[meoveryouxinfinity]

I don't remember?? North Texas or someone really bad. And same here. They actually tried to make me into an Okie State fan.

[badger]

2001 against North Carolina. Rain approcheth, as doth the game's end.

What ist thou art calling? Thy final timeout of thy half? Thou art's been warned and here cometh the rain, both from the sky and from the stands!

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

And we all left drenched. :(

[Dio]

1982 vs. Mizzou.

We won 41-14, Marcus Dupree went off, and the first Don Key award was given to...Don Key.

[OUAlumni1990]

Right here:

http://www.soonerstats.com/football/games/boxscore.cfm?GameID=748

Dean Blevins was the QB. I was 9 years old. The electricity in the stadium was amazing. I remember it vividly to this day.

[deweydw]

2008 TCU, north EZ. Offense had a hard time getting the run game going. Had a drunk next to us. He almost fell down the steps on his way out. That would have made the game epic.

[OUmillenium]

1988 v NC, sat in the north endzone

Cabbiness had a sweet horse collar tackle after an interception

[Widescreen]

10/4/1986 vs. KSU. We won 56-10.

[OKLA21FAN]

1974

OU 34 - Missouri 0

good times

[CincySooner]

1997, OU vs. Baylor, Win 24-23

Weekend college visit as a Sr. in high school.

At the time, I really didn't know or care much about football. In 1997, I knew Baylor was bad and OU used to be good. ...And then I found myself getting excited about a tight game coming down to an interecepted 2pt conversion for the win.

I wound up chosing OU for other reasons, and I didn't really become a fan in the proper sense of the word until the 1998 season. But, once I chose my school later that year, I found myself checking the box scores of the football and basketball teams every week.

[Howzit]

1967 Colorado at OU., Sat in the North endzone with my granddad, who had season tickets. I really don't remember much about the game, other than the fact that the Colorado linemen looked HUGE. They were probably over 250 pounds.

[SOONER44EVER]

1973 OU - Texas. OU 52 bad guys 13.

[beer4me]

November date? 1964 Iowa St. got to go caz I sold enough Tulsa World news paper scripts 9 years old and in awe.

[Mississippi Sooner]

Even though I've been a fan since the early 70s, I wasn't able to go to a game until the '93 game against Kansas. The Sooners won 38-23, and the game itself was just....there. The Sooners went 9-3 and won the Sun Bowl that year, but the offense was a mish-mash of different sets and schemes.

What strikes me the most about that game, looking back on it now, is how quiet it was in the stadium back then. You could actually hear the band playing and hear the coaches calling out instructions. It's hard to reconcile the atmosphere at Owen Field back then with the din of noise that exists, especially when the Sooners are on defense, now.

[boomersooner82]

OU-Nebraska 1990. We beat the 10th ranked bugeaters 45-10 and then wouldn't beat them for another decade. Still the only time I saw a game from the south end zone.

[Spray]

1975 vs. Pittsburgh, won 46-10. I was only two so I don't think it really counts- I have no memory of attending that game.

The first I remember was Oregon State in 1981. We won 42-3.

[BillyBall]

OU-Nebraska 1985.

[NCarolinaSooner]

I wish I could remember it. I was about two years old. My dad was a med student and I sat in the student section. Mom said I had my own OU cheerleader uniform-------hate to admit it, but Bud Wilkinson was coaching.

[OU4LIFE]

October 1977, Kansas. Don't remember the score....but we won a close-ish one.

[Mjcpr]

I don't remember the date but it was in the early 80's or 80, Stanford vs OU with Elways as QB. It rained a lot and we lost. :(

[zeptrey]

1986 vs. Missouri Tigers...I was 4 years old. Boomer and Sooner got wore out, and the roughnecks ran out of shells. 77-0 butt whoopin'.

[OUEarl]

September 2, 2000 vs UTEP, it was only like my 3rd week on campus....it was the start of an amazing year!!!!

[bri]

First game anywhere in person: OU at Tulsa, 1987.

http://www.soonerstats.com/football/games/boxscore.cfm?GameID=873

First game at Owen Field: OU vs. Kansas, 1988.

http://www.soonerstats.com/football/games/boxscore.cfm?GameID=890

[OUDoc]

The earliest I remember had Billy Sims playing. I've been to too many as a young kid to recall any particular "first one".

[Boomer_Sooner_sax]

My first game was North Texas in 1995. My dad was a UT fan, but got tickets to the game so we went. I enjoyed every minute of it, ended up there three years later as a freshman and went to every game but 5 (home, away, bowl) between 1998-2004. It was an amazing run!

[soonerinabilene]

freezing sleet. Charles Thompson breaks a leg. Nebraska wins 7-3. 1988. I was 5. Still have the coat my dad bought me at the stadium.

[Sonner magic923]

2005 sheep humpers...AD went wild in that game...good times

[GottaHavePride]

1998, vs. North Texas. I was a freshman, wasn't a football fan, wasn't in the Pride, but they did that thing where they drag all the National Merit students out on the field, so I went.

Next season I joined the Pride. The rest is history.

[Sooner04]

First game at Owen Field: OU vs. Kansas, 1988.

http://www.soonerstats.com/football/games/boxscore.cfm?GameID=890
Bri,

We led KU 21-14 at the half in '88. We go into the locker room and Switzer tears the team a new one. Do you know why? Because Switzer had been in Kemper in April and he saw first hand the treatment OU fans received from KU supporters, and he DEMANDED (in a streak of blue) that we perform better in the second half in honor of those who suffered in Kemper a few months prior.

We ended up winning 63-14. Do the math. :)

[Sooner04]

Oh, and my first game was OU/O-State from 1984 (http://www.soonerstats.com/football/games/boxscore.cfm?GameID=845).

I was two. Norm in Norman, anyone remember him, made me a copy of that game a few years ago so I could actually see what happened.

[yermom]

2001 against North Carolina. Rain approcheth, as doth the game's end.

What ist thou art calling? Thy final timeout of thy half? Thou art's been warned and here cometh the rain, both from the sky and from the stands!

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

And we all left drenched. :(

ditto that. i was in the student section with the sombreros. i still have it somewhere.

[badger]

ditto that. i was in the student section with the sombreros. i still have it somewhere.

One of the best student giveaways ever.

Other awesome giveaways include the Boomer/Sooner rollout signs (that could be partially rolled out to read "BOO") and the foam O's and U's that students tossed after touchdowns because it was so wet.

[OUmillenium]

1997, OU vs. Baylor, Win 24-23

Weekend college visit as a Sr. in high school.

At the time, I really didn't know or care much about football. In 1997, I knew Baylor was bad and OU used to be good. ...And then I found myself getting excited about a tight game coming down to an interecepted 2pt conversion for the win.

I wound up chosing OU for other reasons, and I didn't really become a fan in the proper sense of the word until the 1998 season. But, once I chose my school later that year, I found myself checking the box scores of the football and basketball teams every week.


A bunch of my buds from Wford and SWOSU and I tailgated on the lawn south of the H center all day. Took a nap, played catch with baseball, later football. Probably the best tailgate fun ever. Oh, and cheap tickets too!

[Sooner24]

1974

OU 34 - Missouri 0

good times

It rained the whole game. They came on the PA and announce Michigan State had beaten Ohio State 15-13 and the crowd went nuts, as we would move to #1. I was listening to the radio and they had announced the score as 16-13. A couple of plays later the announcer came on and said there was a correction on the score. The crowd went silent only to erupt again when they gave the right score.

That game also included the hardest hit I have ever seen live at a football game (and yes I saw Scot Hill hit Tony Dorsett). Scott Hill came down on a kickoff and wipe the Missouri return man out. He was barely able to get up himself and Kyle Davis almost had to drag him off the field patting him on the back the whole way.

Good times indeed.

[Sooner24]

1969 Kansas. Steve Owens outrushed John Riggins that day and we won.

[humblesooner]

I don't remember the date but it was in the early 80's or 80, Stanford vs OU with Elways as QB. It rained a lot and we lost. :(

Not my first, but I was at that game, too.
I remember syaing how the rain was going to make it difficult for Elway to throw the ball and we were going to roll them. This was the first game in my life that I wanted to leave early...but we didn't.

[OKLA21FAN]

It rained the whole game. They came on the PA and announce Michigan State had beaten Ohio State 15-13 and the crowd went nuts, as we would move to #1. I was listening to the radio and they had announced the score as 16-13. A couple of plays later the announcer came on and said there was a correction on the score. The crowd went silent only to erupt again when they gave the right score.

That game also included the hardest hit I have ever seen live at a football game (and yes I saw Scot Hill hit Tony Dorsett). Scott Hill came down on a kickoff and wipe the Missouri return man out. He was barely able to get up himself and Kyle Davis almost had to drag him off the field patting him on the back the whole way.

Good times indeed.
I was sitting with my brother in the student section, when they first announced that score. it was like a play later someone from a handful of sections over had a radio, and the 'corrected' score sort of 'traveled' like a wave from section to section before the 'official' correction over the PA.

:pop:

[Denton_Sooner]

1996 - Freshman Year - TCU

Lost 20-7

Didn't win a home game all year..

Favorite part of the games then was the halftime beer run...

[texas bandman]

1969 Wisconsin game...as a boy scout I ushered all the home games that year. Not a great year for OU football, but those guys in crimson and cream were my heroes.

[humblesooner]

First one was 9/30/78 Missouri. We were ranked #1. Won 45-23.
I saw OSU and ARK play the week before in Stillwater. Ark was ranked #2 and beat the pokes 19-7.
I had been following the Sooners for years, but did not get to see a game in Norman until I was 20.
First college game was Tulsa vs some nobody in 1977 as a student.

[Gresho Murford]

KU in 95. Barely remember it. Then not again until the 2001 or 2002 season I believe

[batonrougesooner]

1986 vs OSU

[GottaHavePride]

One of the best student giveaways ever.

Other awesome giveaways include the Boomer/Sooner rollout signs (that could be partially rolled out to read "BOO") and the foam O's and U's that students tossed after touchdowns because it was so wet.

... and hooked together to read BOOB. Or unrolled to BOOM when the defense layed a nasty hit. Of flipped upside down to read WOO...

We still have about 4 of those in our house. :D

[BoulderSooner79]

1974 vs. Baylor. I don't remember the game, but I had season tickets my freshman year at OU and attended every home game + Texas. Not a bad year to start going to games except for the bowl ban part.

[SoCal]

1981 vs. USC lost 24-28...I'm still pissed!

[unbiasedtruth]

9/21/1963 against clemson..... also made the Kansas and Colorado game that year. It was quite inexpensive to send my older brother and myself to games as it was 25 cents, maybe 50 cents to sit in the souht endzone bleachers. at halftime we could move inot the stands and sit where we could find an empty seat.

good times growin up about a mile west of the stadium.....

and here is a kicker for ya..... I used to ride my bike from my parents house to the end of McGee street, (no hwy 9 McGee ended at the Kerrs house and the ring factory back then) with a .22 rifle over my shoulder and people and the cops didnt say a thing to me.... I'd go out on the river and "plink" all day long, usually meeting other friends who rode their with their .22

[mikeelikee]

I think this will be the earliest one so far on this thread. Missouri, 1960, with my Dad. We lost, 41-19, but the Sooner hook was firmly in my cheek, and has been ever since.

[batonrougesooner]

One of the best student giveaways ever.

Other awesome giveaways include the Boomer/Sooner rollout signs (that could be partially rolled out to read "BOO") and the foam O's and U's that students tossed after touchdowns because it was so wet.

Ah yes, the sombreros. Wasn't that the UTEP game? Wasn't it pissing rain? I think I remember using mine to stay dry.

Remember the roll out signs as well. Good times. I was in grad school then but still rated student tickets.

[Soonersince57]

1962 against K-State or Kansas - - can't remember, I was 5. I do remember the guy in front of us smoking a cigar and how it stank. Also, drinking too many cokes and my mother taking me to the bathroom over and over.

[Blues1]

My First Game in the Stands - South End Zone -
(South Bend Ind. - 1956) ~
Sooners 40 Norte Dame 0

And Still Rockin'

[HateTheWhorns]

Not really sure. The first one I remember was the 1970 OU-TX game. It was the day we unveiled our version of the wishbone and we got our butts kicked. However, it was the last time we would lose to them for another seven years.

[JLEW1818]

Pretty sure mine was in 1997 against Louisville

we had like 400 rushing yards

i think i was 12 ish

[bri]

Bri,

We led KU 21-14 at the half in '88. We go into the locker room and Switzer tears the team a new one. Do you know why? Because Switzer had been in Kemper in April and he saw first hand the treatment OU fans received from KU supporters, and he DEMANDED (in a streak of blue) that we perform better in the second half in honor of those who suffered in Kemper a few months prior.

We ended up winning 63-14. Do the math. :)

I remember being stunned (STUNNED SOONER FAN!) that KU was hanging with us. Both touchdowns came off a long bomb that put Kansas inside the 5, then punching it in from there.

[AlbqSooner]

1962 vs Syracuse - 7-3 OU. First game for Joe Don Looney.

[badger]

Ah yes, the sombreros. Wasn't that the UTEP game? Wasn't it pissing rain? I think I remember using mine to stay dry.

Remember the roll out signs as well. Good times. I was in grad school then but still rated student tickets.

Nah, the sombreros were for the opening season game, which was UNC. The difference between UNC and UTEP was that it rained in the middle of the UTEP game (and the team retreated to the locker rooms till it cleared). At the UNC game, it didn't rain until the very end, making that timeout very unpopular, especially with it being known that a big arse storm was approaching the area.

[pac10SUX]

1990 versus Kansas. We won 31-17. I wasn't a Sooner fan at the time but went with a buddy who was. Several years later, I married into the Sooner nation and became a huge fan. :D

My first game as a SOONER fan was our Rose Bowl win!!

My first game in Norman as a SOONER fan is going to be this Halloween against K-State. I'm am totally jazzed.

[oksoonerdave]

1956 was the year. I was a 10th grader in HS. OU was playing KSU and it was a virtual whuppin 66-0. OU was undefeated that year. That was when I became a "SOONER" for life.

[Petro-Sooner]

1989 Pitt game.

[duncansooner]

1970 OU Texas

We unveiled the wishbone and got ripped, but I had a great time. Been to just about every OU Texas game since.

[Sooner12880]

Been going to atleast one game a year since 4th grade. First one was 91 Colorado game which we lost 34-17. I was at the game a few years later when the Schooner tipped over. I wish i could go to more games but tennessee isnt exactly a close drive. Sadly, my game for this year was the BYU game.

Boomer Sooner

[sooner59]

OU vs Texas Tech 1996. I was 12. The cheerleaders helped me out of the stands and onto the field so they could take pictures with me. Great experience! Oh and we lost. But after that nothing could ruin my day. :)

[jumperstop]

Like a lot of people on here I don't remember. It was in the early 90's though against Nebbish, probably about 5 or 6.

[Collier11]

was that your first "wood"

[1890MilesToNorman]

Collier, you still got that rash? I thought that river mud would have cleared that up by now?

My first game was in the 60's and I was too damn young to remember it. The first one I remember was the USC 7-7 tie in the Colosseum, that sucked.

[Collier11]

rash never goes away, your beard is too rough and my thighs too sensitive :eek:

[1890MilesToNorman]

:D:D

I'll shave next week, OK?

[soonersis]

1994 OU v. Iowa State for FCA gameday. My best friend's stepdad was a photographer so he got a bunch of us some tickets. Plus my highschool had just hosted the ISU band and had them play at our homecoming game.

[ouduckhunter]

I started going to a lot of games every season beginning in 73 or 74. Mom, dad, sister, brother, and I would drive from Miami every weekend. We'd go to the the game, visit my sister who was at OU, and then spend Sat night in the old Budget Host or Budget King Motel in Moore (it was right off the interstate) or at the Ramada or Holiday Inn in Norman! Those were good times, and I have so many happy memories of having fun with the entire family!

I enrolled in 76, and I became an official student ticket holder and started to hone my party skills at games and at O'Connells at half time!

[Boomer_Sooner_sax]

Nah, the sombreros were for the opening season game, which was UNC. The difference between UNC and UTEP was that it rained in the middle of the UTEP game (and the team retreated to the locker rooms till it cleared). At the UNC game, it didn't rain until the very end, making that timeout very unpopular, especially with it being known that a big arse storm was approaching the area.

If I am not mistaken, that game was a Hispanic Coaches kickoff game or something like that, hence the sombreros. Seriously.

[badger]

If I am not mistaken, that game was a Hispanic Coaches kickoff game or something like that, hence the sombreros. Seriously.

Yup. We did one of our many Latin Fire shows in the band that day. I think there were other Latin elements around gameday, but I am not sure... it was awhile back... so long ago that there was a parking lot instead of a Gaylord Hall... and a Gaylord statue... and the words "Gaylord Family" in front of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

[Pricetag]

Mine was Nebraska in 1992. The Sooners moved the ball in the first half, but could not punch it in. It was 10-9 Nebraska at the half. The second half wasn't so pleasant. The Huskers ended up winning 33-9.

Nebraska had the craziest field goal miss I had ever seen--the ball hit an upright and the cross bar and bounced out. The boo birds came out late in the game, and the crowd wanted Steve Collins in the game. There was a huge ovation when he came in. Tommie Frazier came in and played some mop up as a freshman.

[Frozen Sooner]

Arkansas State, 1992.

[Frozen Sooner]

Mine was Nebraska in 1992. The Sooners moved the ball in the first half, but could not punch it in. It was 10-9 Nebraska at the half. The second half wasn't so pleasant. The Huskers ended up winning 33-9.

Nebraska had the craziest field goal miss I had ever seen--the ball hit an upright and the cross bar and bounced out. The boo birds came out late in the game, and the crowd wanted Steve Collins in the game. There was a huge ovation when he came in. Tommie Frazier came in and played some mop up as a freshman.

My main memory of the game was the 'Husker fans in front of the student section chanting "5-4-2, no bowl for you"

[Flagstaffsooner]

1956, the whole season in my Mothers womb. Couldn't see anything but I could hear the roar of the crowd.
First I actually saw was about 4 years later, I have no idea who we were playing.

[BigDeezy]

My first game was a real bust.
11/08/75 suprise upset - Lost to Kansas 23, Oklahoma 3 during the heyday of Switzer years.
This was within a year or so of moving to Oklahoma and I was invited to attend with an acquaintence who had season tickets.
Devastating feeling after the game, but I was already hooked on OU football.

[OUstud]

Sometime in 1992. Don't know who, or remember anything about this game. First one I remember is 95 vs. UNT.

[BoulderSooner79]

My first game was a real bust.
11/08/75 suprise upset - Lost to Kansas 23, Oklahoma 3 during the heyday of Switzer years.
This was within a year or so of moving to Oklahoma and I was invited to attend with an acquaintence who had season tickets.
Devastating feeling after the game, but I was already hooked on OU football.

I was lucky in that I went bird hunting that day and it was the only home game I missed that season. So I never saw OU lose my first 2 years of school ('74,'75). :)

[guzziguy]

Oct. 28, 1961.

Loss to Colorado. The loss did not matter to me. I was a 7th grade Jr. Hi. football bench warmer and had made it to watch football played in heaven.

The next summer I experienced a severe break of my left arm and was unable to play again until my junior year in high school.

[stoopified]

1981 OU 42-Oregon State 3.The only thing that sticks in my mind about that game is it was cold,the wind cut like a knife.

[SoonerDood]

Sep 1991 vs. Utah State. Sat in the upper deck. Got to see us hang half a hunnerd, 55-21.

[SOONER44EVER]

My First Game in the Stands - South End Zone -
(South Bend Ind. - 1956) ~
Sooners 40 Norte Dame 0

And Still Rockin'

My Dad was at the ND game in 57. Dad has told me the story many times. He used to work the concession stand. A drunk ND fan ordered 4 half full Cokes, gave my Dad a hundred dollar bill and told him to keep the change. Dad informed him that it was $100. ND fan said heknoew what he gave hime and told Dad to "live it up". That gave Dad enough money, along with what he had saved , to buy a brand new Cushman Eagle scooter for $463 and some cents. He still knows the exact amount, to the penny, that he paid for that scooter. He said that huge tip took some of the sting out of the loss. :D :D

[Sooner02]

9/11/1999, vs Indiana State. Bob Stoops' coaching debut (and the debut of Josh Heupel).

[ELP Sooner]

http://www.soonerstats.com/football/games/boxscore.cfm?GameID=822

my first game in Norman will be oct 10 v Baylor. Can't wait.

[MyT Oklahoma]

I don't remember the date but it was in the early 80's or 80, Stanford vs OU with Elways as QB. It rained a lot and we lost. :(

It was in September 1980. I helped a photographer from Topeka deliver some murals for the coaches offices. I got to hang out with the sports information director the night before the game at the Interurban, got to meet Switzer before the game, got to run around the press box before the game, and I was on the Stanford sideline with the photographer not really believing what Elway did to us that day.

After the game I was in the locker room and saw some of our players crying. Nobody hurts worse after an OU loss than our players. Then I got to watch Switzer's press conference and he answered every question like the man that he is. Quite a weekend.

[MyT Oklahoma]

Bri,

We led KU 21-14 at the half in '88. We go into the locker room and Switzer tears the team a new one. Do you know why? Because Switzer had been in Kemper in April and he saw first hand the treatment OU fans received from KU supporters, and he DEMANDED (in a streak of blue) that we perform better in the second half in honor of those who suffered in Kemper a few months prior.

We ended up winning 63-14. Do the math. :)

I am a lifelong Kansas resident and I hate KU's "waving the wheat". Funny how they never do that when they lose.

[Mjcpr]

It was in September 1980. I helped a photographer from Topeka deliver some murals for the coaches offices. I got to hang out with the sports information director the night before the game at the Interurban, got to meet Switzer before the game, got to run around the press box before the game, and I was on the Stanford sideline with the photographer not really believing what Elway did to us that day.

After the game I was in the locker room and saw some of our players crying. Nobody hurts worse after an OU loss than our players. Then I got to watch Switzer's press conference and he answered every question like the man that he is. Quite a weekend.

I was 10 going on 11 then. My dad took me and I remember looking all over for ponchos. I also remember the standing water on that severely crowned astro turf field and them pushing it off to the drains every chance they got.

[MyT Oklahoma]

My first trip to the Snake Pit was in 1978 for the KSU game. Sims ran for over 200 yards on his way to the Heisman. I sat in the K State section listening to some girl yelling "Like 1969. Like 1969." and I kept responding "Like 1971. Like 1971."

I thought the Norman night life totally sucked.

Then I had a flat tire on my MYT 390 1970 AMX on the trip back to Kansas but it was a special weekend because I had finally been to the Promised Land.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

some of you bastards are really old

[stoops the eternal pimp]

btw, OU-osu 1984...I was 10

[Crucifax Autumn]

A mid 80s home game against KU. I honestly dunno if it was 84 or 85...whichever year was a home game. My stepdad and uncle got me a bit fukkered up, so I remember little of it!

[Landthief 1972]

Sept. 11, 1993: OU - Texas A&M, top row of the student section, back when you could look over the wall and see the (now gone) street.

I still remember walking up the ramp into the stadium, seeing all those people (68k was a buttload of people in my mind) and hearing the crowd, and my eyes got as big as saucers, and my heart started pounding. For a yokel from Kingfisher, this was big-time.

If I recall correctly, you could still leave at halftime for beers and come back for the second half, which is good, because in the 4th quarter we dropped 24 points on Slocum's @ss to win 44-14. :D

I wish I could say my first OU-Uterus game went as well, but you all know how that game turned out last year. :(

[tnraider1]

10/17/1998 - Lost at Missouri 20-6 Blake's last year on the job, thank God.

My 2nd game was much better though, 01/03/2001 - beat FSU 13-2 for NC #7.

[Flagstaffsooner]

some of you bastards are really oldSome of you punks are really snot nosed.;)

[OUDizzle]

First game I can remember was either 1991 or 1992... OU vs Kansas State in Norman, I was 7 or 8. It was freezing, snowed the entire game, and the stands were almost empty but my dad and I stayed till the end.

Sooners won.

Mom was pissed.

[TexanSooner420]

Bowling Green 2004. My parents are both Horns and I went to OU on an academic scholarship. I arrived in 03 and didn't go to a single game that season out of spite. After this game, I was a sooner and I have only grown more into my soonership (not a real word but oh so descriptive) ever since. Sooner bred! OKU!

[StoopTroup]

Posted this many times here....I still remember that day like no other...

9/20/1975

OU vs. Pitt

Attendance was 71,030

http://www.soonerstats.com/football/games/boxscore.cfm?GameID=728

Tony Dorsett was removed from the Game.

OU - 46

Pitt - 10

The day I became a man....:D

http://rockboxsports.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/oklahoma-girl1.jpg

[BHB 91]

OU-Baylor in September 1984. We had just moved to Norman and I was 16 years old. I went with my dad and had a blast.

[Sooner70]

Navy in Norman. I'll never forget it. It was my freshman or soph year at Norman (1966 or 67) and didn't think much about football, 'cause OU wasn't so hot then. I was walking home from the library & a guy gave me a free ticket. I went in & watched & even though OU wasn't impressive, I musta got hooked, 'cause I've been a fan every since. Jim McKenzie came on board, but what a stellar career cut short.

[Frozen Sooner]

btw, OU-osu 1984...I was 10

Wow. I had no idea you were my age.

[wishbonesooner]

1963, with my dad. I don't remember the opponent, but I do remember my dad pointing out Bud Wilkinson to me. He was not an alum, but his hard work and love for Sooner football made it possible for me to go to OU.
I've had the pleasure of bringing my son and years later my grandson to their first Sooner game. If you can't walk in to the stadium without getting goose bumps, no matter how many times you've been there, you aren't a Sooner.

[mightysooner]

Think it was 84 or 85 when we had Bosworth. We played Missery in Norman and won by something ungodly like 73-3.

[badger]

Wow. I had no idea you were my age.

Attend a tailgate, Modador :D

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

1987 Vs. North carolina. i was 8 yrs old and caught a football during warmups as the place kicker was practicing FG's. eventually got the ball signed by The King about 10 yrs later!!

[007sooner]

1998, vs. North Texas. I was a freshman, wasn't a football fan, wasn't in the Pride, but they did that thing where they drag all the National Merit students out on the field, so I went.

Next season I joined the Pride. The rest is history.

Ditto to all of the above - only it was 2003 v. Fresno State for me (we won by a LOT, good times). It was nice showing up right before the game and being handed a free ticket - but after that I was hooked enough to wake up super early (or even camp out, in the case of OSU @ Norman) every Thursday before a home game to stand in line for extra student tickets.

Unfortunately I haven't been back since my senior year. Have to make do with spotty east coast coverage, which sucks.

[MichiganSooner]

First game was 2001 against North Carolina. Got tickets for face value for the south endzone, row 67. We showed up to watch my son march for the first time in the Pride. And it was his first big game. Unless you want to count southern Louisiana tech or whoever it was that played at Oklahoma State on senior day for high school seniors in fall of 2000.

I still cannot imagine the thrill it must have been for a kid to run out onto Owen Field in front of about 75,000 for the pregame and have it be the very first time in his life at a big time football game.

[colinreturn]

does being inside my mothers stomach count?

[bluedogok]

1971 - Colorado - I was 7

[SapulpaSooner]

2006 Vs UAB

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- It's all about Adrian for Oklahoma.

With Paul Thompson still settling in as Oklahoma's quarterback, Adrian Peterson helped the 10th-ranked Sooners avert a second straight season-opening disaster by running for 139 yards and scoring twice in the second half of a 24-17 win over UAB on Saturday night.

"I wouldn't say we escaped," Peterson said. "We came out and we fought."

Thompson proved inconsistent in his return to quarterback after nearly a year away, but Peterson took control by running for 83 yards in the second half as the Sooners' offense became almost completely reliant on him.

Peterson got the ball only nine times in the first half, but the Sooners (1-0) went to him on 11 straight plays after halftime. His sixth carry in a row resulted in a 4-yard touchdown run for a 14-7 Sooners lead.

The 2004 Heisman runner-up later atoned for a fumble on his eighth consecutive rush by taking a screen pass from Thompson 69 yards down the right sideline for a score that gave Oklahoma the lead for good at 21-17.

"It might have looked like he was starting off a little slow, but you can guarantee he's going to break a couple of them and that's what he did," Thompson said. "So we kept feeding him the rock and then taking the pass whenever we felt like we could take it. It worked out the best for us."

When the string of 11 straight Peterson touches finally ended, so did the Sooners' offensive success. Juaquin Iglesias dropped a potential touchdown pass in the front of the end zone, and Oklahoma had to settle for a 30-yard field goal by Garrett Hartley.

That proved to be enough, though. Swayze Waters missed a 43-yard field goal to end one drive for UAB (0-1), and Oklahoma took advantage of new NCAA timing rules to run off the final 2:22 after the Blazers' final possession ended with a punt.

"Some might look at this as we looked kind of sloppy, but it is definitely the first game. A win is a win," Thompson said. "We definitely feel good. We feel like we can build on this."

Still, Oklahoma has to be wondering whether Thompson is an able replacement for Rhett Bomar, who was dismissed last month after investigators discovered he had broken NCAA rules by taking money for work he did not perform at a Norman car dealership. Bomar led OU to wins in six of its last seven games last season.

Thompson, who was the starter in Oklahoma's 17-10 upset loss to TCU in the season opener last year, had no signs of rust early after moving back to quarterback from receiver following Bomar's dismissal. Thompson had been practicing exclusively at receiver from the Sooners' win against Oregon in the Holiday Bowl last December until fall camp began.

He opened 8-for-10, including two connections with tight end Joe Jon Finley on a swift, two-play 46-yard scoring drive on Oklahoma's second possession. Finley's wide-open grab along the right hash for a 21-yard score put the Sooners up 7-0.

Thompson's production dropped off from there. Passes started flying wide, short or high, and he had two throws picked off in the final five minutes of the first half -- one on a deflection off Iglesias' hands as he leaped to catch a high pass and another as Chris Felder slid in front of Iglesias at the UAB 3 to prevent a Sooners score.

In the second half, he threw only five passes as the Sooners rode Peterson. Thompson finished with 227 yards on 14-for-24 passing with two interceptions and two touchdowns.

"I was very pleased. I anticipated he'd play well. I really did feel good," Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. "He is very, very capable and we really believe he's got a chance to be really good."

UAB pulled starting quarterback Chris Williams -- who nearly led the Blazers to an upset at No. 4 Georgia in a 16-13 loss in 2003 -- after two series without a first down, and junior Sam Hunt proved to be an effective replacement.

He led a 15-play, 80-yard scoring drive that Corey White capped with a 5-yard TD run. White later added a touchdown on a 24-yard screen pass from Hunt, and the Blazers led 17-14 after Peterson's fumble set up a 32-yard field goal by Waters.

Hunt completed 9 of 15 passes for 149 yards and also had 65 yards rushing.

It just wasn't enough to overcome Peterson.

"He is the best player we've seen in 12 years here, maybe the best player I have ever seen," said UAB coach Watson Brown, the brother of Texas coach and Oklahoma rival Mack Brown. "He will touch the ball enough times that he is going to make enough plays for them. They just keep going to him and he will figure out the defense."

[SoonerShark]

1956, in utero. 1958 in mama's arms. Don't remember the opponents.

[PLaw]

1971 OU-Nebraska

The only bad part to the day was the final score as the Sooners stood toe to toe with Tagge and Rogers all day long. Mildren overthrows Harrison at the mid-point of the 4th.

Top that

BOOMER

[oudivesherpa]

I'll never forget it. I was 12 and my Dad and brother were Notre Dame Alumni.
We had a five hour drive from our home to South Bend for the 1956 game with OU. The place went wild, when Notre Dame took the field, but a small group of OU fans kept cheering the entire game. OU just beat the crap out of Notre Dame 40-0. My Dad died a few years later, but I'll always remember sitting in the stands with him on that Autumn afternoon in 56.
I plan to take my son to the OU/ND game in 2012.

[Sabanball]

November, 1985, against Kansas in Norman. I was a senior in HS at the time. The good guys won 48-6, in a revenge game of sorts, while a hobbled Troy Aikman on crutches walked around outside the stadium that day signing autographs-- And I still have mine.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

bud's last year as coach. I saw the sooners whip colorado 35 - 0.

[StoopTroup]

Wow...that was back when they actually used whips too.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Wow...that was back when they actually used whips too.

especially effective on buffalos.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I wish I could remember it. I was about two years old. My dad was a med student and I sat in the student section. Mom said I had my own OU cheerleader uniform-------hate to admit it, but Bud Wilkinson was coaching.I don't remember the opponent, but I was prolly 9 yrs old, and it was the 1954 Sooners, fairly early in their 47 game winning streak. We beat the usual snot out of somebody, and I was in AWE, of one of the best all-white college teams of all times. Harris and McDonald were sophomores, then.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Bri,

We led KU 21-14 at the half in '88. We go into the locker room and Switzer tears the team a new one. Do you know why? Because Switzer had been in Kemper in April and he saw first hand the treatment OU fans received from KU supporters, and he DEMANDED (in a streak of blue) that we perform better in the second half in honor of those who suffered in Kemper a few months prior.

We ended up winning 63-14. Do the math. :)I think MOST Big 12 fans that aren't Sooners DESPISE the Sooners. So, I say "meh" to their sorry asses.

[76soonergrad]

1973 OU - Texas. OU 52 bad guys 13.


I was there, a sophomore. All three Selmon brothers played that year. Tinker Owens caught an over the shoulder pass in the endzone & was on the cover of sports illustrated that week.

Switzer said sometime that season, "God bless Mrs. Selmon."

First game was fall of 1972. Chuck Fairbanks coached. Dave Robertson quarterback. Don't even know who we played, but those were the best years.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

1969 Kansas. Steve Owens outrushed John Riggins that day and we won.Would like to have been there for that. I was in the Army in GA(Ft Benning) then.

[76soonergrad]

I don't remember the date but it was in the early 80's or 80, Stanford vs OU with Elways as QB. It rained a lot and we lost. :(


True, but quarterbacks who can beat OU do pretty well later on. Vinnie Testaverde and Jeff Hoestetler come to mind.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I was lucky in that I went bird hunting that day and it was the only home game I missed that season. So I never saw OU lose my first 2 years of school ('74,'75). :)I went bass fishing at a private lake in N. TX. After getting into the car, and hearing the score on the radio, I was feeling like I (later)did when we lost to Lou Holtz and the (Larry Lacewell informed)pigs ater the '77 season OB.

[BudsBoy]

Texas A&M 1949 - heck I don't remember who won, I was only 9 at the time and snuck in by climbing the south endzone fence.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Texas A&M 1949 - heck I don't remember who won, I was only 9 at the time and snuck in by climbing the south endzone fence.I KNEW there had to be someone older than me who reads this silly-as*ed board.

[oudivesherpa]

Wow...that was back when they actually used whips too.

Back in the Day they had an S & M Bowl. Whips were optional but chains were requried.:D

[kevpks]

OU vs. Syracuse 1997. We blocked field goal for the win. I was a senior in high school and we had just moved to Norman. I was hooked after going to that game and went to OU the next year.

[bluedogok]

OU vs. Syracuse 1997. We blocked field goal for the win. I was a senior in high school and we had just moved to Norman. I was hooked after going to that game and went to OU the next year.
That was the game where McNabb left "something" on Owen Field.

[thatmediadude]

OU/Tulsa - 97? We got beat...

[Harris County Sooner]

Mine was Syracuse in 1962. Joe Don Looney burst on the scene.

[okcusooner]

I grew up a Sooner fan in Southern Cal.

My first game was the most painful sports moment I have endured.

1981 at the Coliseum. SC ranked No. 1. OU ranked number 2. The only team that could stop the Sooners offense that day was OU. 10 fumbles, five of them lost.

OU lost with four seconds left.

Monday at school was brutal.

[ousooners9192]

North Texas 03

[StormySooner-IN]

First game here was September 15, 2007 against Utah State.

Section 8 Row 37
What a great day...

[LoyalFan]

OU 45 YooTee 0, 1956. I was 13.
Shook hands and had a chat with Bud, Tommy McD, and some other players. Also got to meet Leonard Haug (RIP), the Band Director.
Became a Loyal Fan for life.

LF

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

OU 45 YooTee 0, 1956. Shook hands and had a chat with Bud, Tommy McD, and some other players.

LFYOU DOG! (Do you actually remember anything about the meeting with those Sooner Legends??)

[josh09]

2001 against North Carolina. Rain approcheth, as doth the game's end.

What ist thou art calling? Thy final timeout of thy half? Thou art's been warned and here cometh the rain, both from the sky and from the stands!

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

And we all left drenched. :(

I was there! Wasn't there a tornado that night?

But mine was UTEP in 2000. Dont remember the score, only remember winning by ALOT.

Not a bad season to start off with :D

[Sooner02]

But mine was UTEP in 2000. Dont remember the score, only remember winning by ALOT.
That was a HOT (weather-wise) game. A lot of heat exhaustion collapses in the stands.

[josh09]

That was a HOT (weather-wise) game. A lot of heat exhaustion collapses in the stands.

Yes, I do remember that. Kind of scary, seeing all those stretchers running around the stands at my first football game!

[LoyalFan]

YOU DOG! (Do you actually remember anything about the meeting with those Sooner Legends??)

Sure.
Coach W:
You're a pretty big fella, John. Maybe someday you'll play here at Oklahoma.

Me: That would be great! But I think I'd be playing trumpet in the band.

Coach W: Well, that's important too!

Some ginormous lineman (Tubbs?):
So you enjoyed the game?

Me: Yessir! I really liked the way Walter Fondren got clobbered so much.
(Fondren was YooTee's "Golden Boy".)

Ginormous Lineman: Yep.

I remember that Tommy was friendly and that Dr. Haug was nice although he looked like some guy in a silent movie. I also got to talk shop with some OU trumpeters.

LF

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Who was your biggest Sooner hero from the 47 game win years(besides Bud, of course)? I gotta decide between Harris and Clendon Thomas.

[BarryBnds]

My first game was Stanford in 1980 as an 8 year old. My second game was West Virginia a couple of years later. In both of those games I sat there thinking I thought OU was good and I've never heard of these two teams being any good. How could we have lost?

Fast Forward 20 years and you have 2 Super Bowl winning QB's we had to face on those days.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0417/nfl_u_jelway1_576.jpg
http://www.msnsportsnet.com/content/JeffHostetler82.JPG

[OU4LIFE]

Norm in Norman, anyone remember him, made me a copy of that game a few years ago so I could actually see what happened.

BS, that guys a myth. Or an enigma of a myth wrapped in a burrito...or something.

All I know is he ain't real.

[Dan Thompson]

Around 1952 or 1953

Eddie Crowder was QB and we were playing Kansas or K St.

[rawlingsHOH]

1995, Colorado. I was a senior in high school. First time Norman hosted "GameDay".

[BoonesFarmSooner]

1988 OU vs. Texas.

Kurt Kasper's INT for a Touchdown and a 28-13 victory over the horns. It was Barry Switzers last OU-texas game

[HoserSooner]

@ Syracuse in 1995(?). It was Gibbs' last year, and they almost blew it, save for a missed PAT by the Orangemen (Donovan McNabb and Marvin Harrisson suited up for them that day if I remember correctly?).

First game @ Owen Field was against Nebraska in 2000...I think we all remember that one. :cool:

[boomermagic]

1974 OU vs. osu.. I sat in the south end zone with the COLD STRONG north wind blowing in my face but I saw Little Joe make one of his best returns ever.. It was all well worth it..

[Jdog]

:pop:
My first game was Stanford in 1980 as an 8 year old. My second game was West Virginia a couple of years later. In both of those games I sat there thinking I thought OU was good and I've never heard of these two teams being any good. How could we have lost?

Fast Forward 20 years and you have 2 Super Bowl winning QB's we had to face on those days.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0417/nfl_u_jelway1_576.jpg
http://www.msnsportsnet.com/content/JeffHostetler82.JPG
Two pretty good QB.
I was a big Denver Donkey fan - always thought Biff Elway was a jerk - but he was a good Quarterback

[Jdog]

first 3 in 66 OSU CU - CU OU - OU OSU

[westcoast_sooner]

Hate to say this, but in my one and only trip to Norman to see the Sooners was on 10/19/1968 - saw OU crush ISU 42-7. I've seen OU play in person many times, but mostly on the West Coast. Plans to come see OU play Tech next year in Norman with my daughter.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Holy crap...

I answered this WAY early in this thread and I admitted that my uncle and stepdad had me all messed up on Whiskey, Coors, and my uncle contributed soem weed to my buzz several times on the trip to norman when my SD had to stop to take a leak or buy more beer, but apparently I was more fukkered up than I thought.

I went back to the old photo albums where I have all my ticket stubs from my teen years and found out I must be retarded, and seeing the stub reminded me of the actual details.

My first game was K-State, not Kansas When I was 15. September 29, 1984 - Homecoming. This was the game where Steve Sewell became the first Sooner ever to both rush and receive for over 100 yards with 153 rushing and 142 receiving, a feat he probably never would have accomplished if not for a lot of shuffling around in the backfield due to Collins, Tillman, Johnsonand a few others if memory serves me right this time. The only other really memorable bit of trivia is that Carr seemed to fumble almost every time he even looked at the ball

Ranked #7 at the time, we won 24-6, 2 weeks before the undefeated Sooners suffered numerous late bad calls including a very clear interception led to the sickening 15-15 tie after Fred Akers chose to kick a field goal rather than nutting up and going for the win.

[MrJimBeam]

Nov. 8th, 1975, my 7th birthday. Nolan Cromwell and the Kansas Jayhawks beat OU 23-3 ending the Sooners 37 game undefeated streak.

[virginiasooner]

OU v. West Virginia, 1978. I remember the heat, my sunburn, the great halftime show with the Pride and West Virginnia band on the field at the same time. and then the West Virginia band (in their wool uniforms) started fainting from the heat.

I believe the final score was 51-3. I was a freshman.

[MiccoMacey]

Can't really remember...it was a looooong time a go.

Maybe Iowa State? Around 1976-ish?

We sat at the very top of the South endzone (underneath the scoreboard). Couldn't see a thing on the far end zone, but it was cool. Don't remember any specifics of the game.

I do know it was a pretty neat thing for my dad to do. He's a die-hard OSU fan, and he knew I loved OU. Still, he got tickets for us and took me to the game.