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1979 Oklahoma Sooners football team
1979 Oklahoma Sooners football Nixon led the team in receiving with 293 yards, Cumby
led the team with 160 tackles and Bud Hebert posted 4
Big 8 Champions interceptions.[8] Billy Sims set numerous Oklahoma of-
Orange Bowl, W 24–7 vs. Florida State
Bowl, fensive records that still stand including career rushing
yards, career 200-yard games, single-season rushing
Conference Big 8 Conference
touchdowns (tied)[9]
Ranking
Coaches #3 Schedule
AP #3
1979 record 11-1 (7-0 Big 8) Awards & Honors
Head coach Barry Switzer • All-American: Billy Sims,[4] and George Cumby,[5]
• Big 8 rushing champion: Sims[4]
Offensive scheme Wishbone • NCAA DI scoring champion: Sims[4]
Base defense 5-2 • Big 8 Defensive Player of the Year: Cumby[5]
Home stadium Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Seasons
Notes
« 1978 1980 » [1] "Memorial Stadium". CBS Interactive.
http://www.soonersports.com/facilities/
memorial-stadium_history.html. Retrieved
The 1979 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented
2010-06-30.
the University of Oklahoma in the college football 1979
[2] ^ "OU Football Tradition". CBS Interactive.
NCAA Division I-A season. Oklahoma Sooners football
http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/
participated in the former Big Eight Conference at that
archive/m-footbl-conf-titles.html. Retrieved
time and played its home games in Gaylord Family Ok-
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lahoma Memorial Stadium where it has played its home
[3] ^ "1979 Football Season". SoonerStats.com.
games since 1923.[1] The team posted a 11–1 overall
http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/
record and a 7–0 conference record to earn the Con-
schedule.cfm?SeasonID=1979. Retrieved
ference title outright under head coach Barry Switzer
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who took the helm in 1973.[2][3] This was Switzer’s sev-
[4] ^ "All-American: Billy Sims". CBS Interactive.
enth conference title and fourth undefeated conference
http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/
record in seven seasons.[2]
archive/aa-billy-sims-1978-79.html. Retrieved
The team was led by All-Americans Billy Sims and Ge-
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orge Cumby.[4][5] After winning the conference title out-
[5] ^ "All-American: George Cumby". CBS Interactive.
right, it earned a trip to the Orange Bowl for a bout with
http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/
Florida State. During the season, it faced three different
archive/aa-george-cumby-1977-1979.html.
ranked opponents (In order, #4 Texas, #3 Nebraska and
Retrieved 2010-06-29.
#4 Florida State). All three of these opponents finished
[6] "Sooners Spoil Seminole Uprising". Orange Bowl
the season ranked. It endured its only defeat of the sea-
Committee. http://www.orangebowl.org/
son against Texas in the Red River Shootout.[3] The Soon-
orange_bowl/1980s.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
ers started the season with a four consecutive wins be-
[7] "2009 Division I Football Records Book: Football
fore losing to Texas and then won their remaining sev-
Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Records". National
en games.[3] Sims and J.C. Watts both posted for 100-yard
Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 47.
games in the Orange Bowl.[6]
http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/
Sims led the nation in scoring with 138 points (based
football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf. Retrieved
on per game average of 12.0, which includes 132 in 11
2010-07-09.
games).[7] Sims led the team in rushing with 1670 yards,
[8] "2009 Football Record Book". Big12sports.com. p.
Watts led the team in passing with 821 yards, Freddie
175. http://www.big12sports.com/fls/10410/pdfs/
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1979 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September Iowa* #3 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 21-6 72,531[10]
15
September Tulsa* #3 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 49-13 72,451[10]
22
September at Rice* #3 Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 66-7 30,442[10]
29
October 6 Colorado #3 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 49-24 72,512[10]
October 13 vs. #4 Texas* #3 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Rivalry) L 7-16 72,032[10]
October 20 at Kansas State #8 KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 38-6 27,257[10]
October 27 Iowa State #7 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 38-9 72,069[10]
November at Oklahoma #7 Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series) W 38-7 51,453[10]
3 State
November Kansas #6 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 38-0 71,882[10]
10
November at Missouri #7 Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Tiger-Sooner W 24-22 69,973[10]
17 Peace Pipe)
November #3 Nebraska #8 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK W 17-14 72,516[10]
24 (OU-Nebraska)
January 1 vs. #4 Florida #5 Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) W 24-7 66,714[10]
State
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.
football/record_book.pdf?&DB_OEM_ID=10410. #9 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Retrieved 2010-06-30. Nebraska
[9] "2009 Football Record Book". Big12sports.com. p.
Oklahoma 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
166. http://www.big12sports.com/fls/10410/pdfs/ State
football/record_book.pdf?&DB_OEM_ID=10410.
Retrieved 2010-06-30. Missouri 3 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
[10] ^ http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/ Colorado 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
schedule.cfm?seasonid=1979
Iowa 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
State
External links Kansas 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
• 1979 season at SoonerStats.com
Kansas 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
State
1979 Big 8 football standings
Rankings from AP Poll
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
#3 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
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