View Full Version : Who is the only team to have won the Sugar Bowl twice in one year?
Snrfn4ever08
7/8/2006, 11:33 AM
beats me
This is just a trivia question for fun, the only prizes are spek and self-satisfaction.
Snrfn4ever08
7/8/2006, 11:36 AM
yea, i hate fun:D
Flagstaffsooner
7/8/2006, 11:51 AM
OU, 1972 beat Auburn and Penn state.
Snrfn4ever08
7/8/2006, 12:14 PM
OU, 1972 beat Auburn and Penn state.
do we have a winner?
do we have a winner?
Yes, spek.
Okay, what team set the record for most All-Americans in a season, and who were they?
Snrfn4ever08
7/8/2006, 12:41 PM
i think i've got the team, but not the players
Flagstaffsooner
7/8/2006, 12:55 PM
Sooners in 03?
Think back to the time frame of your first answer.
King Crimson
7/8/2006, 12:59 PM
USC, 1973.
Flagstaffsooner
7/8/2006, 01:11 PM
Think back to the time frame of your first answer.1972, The Selmons, Pruett, T Owens?
The Consumate Showman
7/8/2006, 01:38 PM
Twice, 8 players
1975, OU, Billy Brooks, Jimbo, Tinker, Dewey, Lee Roy, Mike Vaughn, Little Joe, Terry Webb.
1974, OU, Kyle Davis, Randy Hughes, Tinker, John Rush, Dewey, Lee Roy, Rod Shoate, Little Joe.
OU had 7 in '03 and SUC never had more than 5 until they had 6 make it in '03.
The Consumate Showman
7/8/2006, 01:40 PM
Okay GDC, who was OU's first All-American and in what year?
Twice, 8 players
1975, OU, Billy Brooks, Jimbo, Tinker, Dewey, Lee Roy, Mike Vaughn, Little Joe, Terry Webb.
1974, OU, Kyle Davis, Randy Hughes, Tinker, John Rush, Dewey, Lee Roy, Rod Shoate, Little Joe.
OU had 7 in '03 and SUC never had more than 5 until they had 6 make it in '03.
yes, spek
Okay GDC, who was OU's first All-American and in what year?
I had to look it up. Claude Reeds 1913.
King Crimson
7/8/2006, 02:14 PM
if you go look at soonerstats.com the total D numbers for the 74 and 75 teams (esp. 74) are crazy. forcing like 5+ turnovers per game, avg.
5.
The Consumate Showman
7/8/2006, 04:56 PM
if you go look at soonerstats.com the total D numbers for the 74 and 75 teams (esp. 74) are crazy. forcing like 5+ turnovers per game, avg.
5.
Yes. And I happened to turn the radio over to the animal the other afternoon and Jimbo was on and he told James that the 1972 team, in his opinion, was the best team that he played on while at OU. He also said that when we lost to KU in '75 that he drank A LOT of beer after the game.
BoomerJack
7/8/2006, 06:17 PM
if you go look at soonerstats.com the total D numbers for the 74 and 75 teams (esp. 74) are crazy. forcing like 5+ turnovers per game, avg.
5.
Good times. Over the last few years living in Houston and talking college football with others, I'm always asked about the glory years of the OU wishbone and all the points scored, etc. I always tell people that it was the Sooner defense in those years that was a big reason for the success the team enjoyed.
King Crimson
7/8/2006, 06:54 PM
Good times. Over the last few years living in Houston and talking college football with others, I'm always asked about the glory years of the OU wishbone and all the points scored, etc. I always tell people that it was the Sooner defense in those years that was a big reason for the success the team enjoyed.
that's the truth. Switzer used to kick the ball when he won the toss. he got what he wanted either way. because he thought his D would get em 3 and out....and take the wind in the 4th Q. and better ball position.....obviously before the second half defer as it is now, even.
I don't know of another coach who did that.
BoomerJack
7/9/2006, 04:36 AM
Also, if you go through "Bootlegger's Boy" there is passage that lists all of the All-Americans at OU during Barry's head coaching tenure. There are just as many defensive position players as offensive position players.
AlbqSooner
7/9/2006, 05:13 AM
I always tell people that it was the Sooner defense in those years that was a big reason for the success the team enjoyed.
I am too lazy to go check scores, but my memory is that in those times the preseason hype would focus on OU's offense with some questions about defense. Early (non-conference) games would see the offense sputter and stumble a bit while the defense kept them in the game. The wishbone took a bit to get the timing down to where it was a true juggernaut.
soonerjoker
7/9/2006, 11:19 AM
i agree with above posts, except for 1971. if D had been as good as O;
they would surely have won NC !!!!!
of course, JMHO
if frosh coulda played in 71, randy hughes & rod shoate might've
made the difference.
Flagstaffsooner
7/9/2006, 12:10 PM
i agree with above posts, except for 1971. if D had been as good as the OIf the refs had pulled their hankies out of their pants on Johnny Rogers' runback....
AlbqSooner
7/9/2006, 08:57 PM
If the refs had pulled their hankies out of their pants on Johnny Rogers' runback....
Yep. The guy that got clipped was the fastest player on OU at that time. Joe Wylie.
Okay, here's one. Who was OU's all-time leading tackler for a career, and claimed he ran a 5.0 40 at best.
stoopified
7/12/2006, 05:59 PM
If you are in a trivia mood.who is is the only OU player to be the leading rusher one year,leading passer in another season and leading reciever in yet another season ? That is three separate seasons leading the team in one category each year(just to clarify).
If you are in a trivia mood.who is is the only OU player to be the leading rusher one year,leading passer in another season and leading reciever in yet another season ? That is three separate seasons leading the team in one category each year(just to clarify).
I am guessing here, Tommy McDonald?
The Consumate Showman
7/12/2006, 06:30 PM
If not Tommy, Jack Jacobs...
Spek for the answer to mine.
Bear Bryant won 50 Sugar Bowls in about 10 days once....
Bear Bryant won 50 Sugar Bowls in about 10 days once....
Terry Crouch's mom hung up on the Bear one night when he called recruiting about 10 PM.
Am I going to have to answer my own damn trivia question?
Hint: He was not a lineman, and he played in the 70's.
King Crimson
7/13/2006, 12:36 PM
jimbo elrod
jimbo elrod
Think inside backer, not stand-up DE, and roughly the same time frame.
King Crimson
7/13/2006, 12:53 PM
i wanna say Rod Shoate......but how's about Gary Gibbs?
in the Okie 5-2 there wasn't really an inside backer....it was strong side/weak side.
i wanna say Rod Shoate......but how's about Gary Gibbs?
in the Okie 5-2 there wasn't really an inside backer....it was strong side/weak side.
Of course it was really a 4-3, and I didn't mean a middle backer. You haven't gotten it yet, this surprised me too, because I assumed he was much faster. He says they teased him that the o-line was faster than him!
King Crimson
7/13/2006, 01:02 PM
Obie Moore
Obie Moore
nope, Daryl Hunt.
Now stoopified needs to tell us who's right on his question.
King Crimson
7/13/2006, 02:19 PM
Hunt and Cumby were pretty a tough combo.
stoopified
7/13/2006, 05:24 PM
I am guessing here, Tommy McDonald?Bingo! He had 7003 yards to lead in rushing,was 17- 24 passing for about 250 yards,had 12 catches for 203 yards.can't find my media guide so I am not sure what year he did what and not 100% sure on yardage.I did forget one Tommy accomplishment,he also lead the team in scoring one year with 18 TDS( THINK THIS MAY ALSO HAVE LED THE NATION.)Sorry for yelling,the key stuck and I am too lazy to retype.
stoopified
7/13/2006, 05:27 PM
Okay, here's one. Who was OU's all-time leading tackler for a career, and claimed he ran a 5.0 40 at best.Darryl Hunt?
Darryl Hunt?
Yes, and I honestly guessed McDonald, he seemed like the likeliest choice, and he should have won the Heisman too.
What postion was George Cumby recruited to OU at?
stoopified
7/13/2006, 05:33 PM
Here's another trivia / for you ,put on your thinking caps.Who is the first player in OU history to be credited with passing for over i mile in yardage in one season?Record books won't help as they only go back to 1945(that is a hint).
If it's pre-WW2 I couldn't even venture a guess.
stoopified
7/13/2006, 05:56 PM
Yes, and I honestly guessed McDonald, he seemed like the likeliest choice, and he should have won the Heisman too.
What postion was George Cumby recruited to OU at?FB and gdc it is preWWII.Second hint,played for Owen.
FB and gdc it is preWWII.Second hint,played for Owen.
It was fullback, correct.
Claude Reeds?
stoopified
7/13/2006, 06:00 PM
It was fullback, correct.
Claude Reeds?Bingo!He is so credited in SOONER CENTURY.Great book by the way.Fullbacks played the qb function back then I am told and QB was a blocking position.
Bingo!He is so credited in SOONER CENTURY.Great book by the way.Fullbacks played the qb function back then I am told and QB was a blocking position.
Once again, an honest guess, because he was also OU's first All-American.
OU's first televised game was on November 8, 1952. Who was their opponent?
stoopified
7/13/2006, 06:17 PM
It is Darryl.the record book and Switzer both say so (506).Moore is not even in the top 10 player or lb.
It is Darryl.the record book and Switzer both say so (506).Moore is not even in the top 10 player lb.or
Daryl claims 530 in What It Means To Be a Sooner. That book is great, because you get the player's perspectives. Terry Crouch says Switzer had to tell Jimmy Johnson to lighten up on the O-linemen, I wonder if any of their future animosity arose from that incident?
Harry Beanbag
7/13/2006, 06:45 PM
OU's first televised game was on November 8, 1952. Who was their opponent?
Notre F'm Dame
Octavian
7/13/2006, 10:23 PM
What Sooner holds the single game record for most yds. per carry?
hint: Its a Switzer qb
King Crimson
7/13/2006, 10:28 PM
What Sooner holds the single game record for most yds. per carry?
hint: Its a Switzer qb
i think it was one of the QB's in the 82-42 romp in Boulder, 1981.
Rod Pegues, maybe?
Octavian
7/13/2006, 10:31 PM
close...but no
King Crimson
7/13/2006, 10:32 PM
darryl shepard.
goingoneight
7/13/2006, 10:37 PM
Okay, Okay... I got one for ya...
What team and what coach is gonna get their *** kicked by OU in the Red River ShootOUt in 2006?
hehehe...
Octavian
7/13/2006, 10:38 PM
closer in terms of ydg.
further away in time. ;)
Octavian
7/13/2006, 10:41 PM
he wasn't a starter.
King Crimson
7/13/2006, 10:46 PM
eric mitchell
Octavian
7/13/2006, 10:47 PM
bingo
Octavian
7/13/2006, 10:48 PM
He rushed 6 times for 161 yards (26.8 ypc) against the '88 Wildcats.
We won. ;)
King Crimson
7/13/2006, 11:03 PM
bout time i got something right in this thread....:D
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