1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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 5 shutouts and led the nation in all four major defensive categories (total, rushing, passing, and scoring).[1]

1986 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 42–8 vs. Arkansas
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
1986 record11–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Donnan (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorGary Gibbs (6th season)
Captains
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,004)
1986 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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 ArkansasNo. 3
NBCW 42–852,717[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Personnel
1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 28 Rotnei Anderson So
WR 83 Carl Cabbiness So
FB 45 Lydell Carr Jr
RB 25 Anthony Stafford So
RB 33 Patrick Collins Jr
QB 4 Jamelle Holieway So
TE[4] 88 Keith Jackson Jr
QB 1 Eric Mitchel So
WR 3 Derrick Shepard Sr
QB 11 Glenn Sullivan  Jr
RB 20 Spencer Tillman (C) Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 44 Brian Bosworth (C) Jr
DB 8 Sonny Brown (C) Sr
LB 42 Paul Migliazzo Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 31 Tim Lashar Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

UCLA
1 234Total
UCLA 0 300 3
• Oklahoma 3 14147 38
See also: 1986 UCLA Bruins football team


[5]

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


[6]

Miami (FL)
1 234Total
Oklahoma 0 376 16
• Miami (FL) 0 7210 28
See also: 1986 Miami Hurricanes football team


[7]

Kansas State
See also: 1986 Kansas State Wildcats football team
Kansas State Wildcats (1–3) at Oklahoma Sooners (2–1)
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
  • [8]

Texas
See also: Red River Rivalry
Texas Longhorns vs. #6 Oklahoma Sooners
1 234Total
Texas 0 066 12
• #6 Oklahoma 17 1479 47

[9]

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

[10]

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

[11]

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

[12]

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

[13]

Colorado
#4 Oklahoma Sooners at Colorado Buffaloes
1 234Total
• #4 Oklahoma 7 7014 28
Colorado 0 000 0
See also: 1986 Colorado Buffaloes football team

[14]

Nebraska
1 234Total
• #3 Oklahoma 7 0013 20
#5 Nebraska 7 370 17
See also: 1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

[15]

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
Main article: 1987 Orange Bowl
See also: 1986 Arkansas Razorbacks football team


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Postseason

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[17]

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Steve BryanDefensive end5120Chicago Bears
Spencer TillmanRunning back5133Houston Oilers
Paul MigliazzoLinebacker8221Chicago Bears

Awards and honors

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/schedule.cfm?seasonid=1986
  3. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  4. http://www.soonerstats.com/football/players/details.cfm?playerid=1465
  5. SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  6. SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  7. SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  8. Gainesville Sun. 1986 Oct 05. Retrieved 2019-Jan-27.
  9. Gainesville Sun. 12 Oct 1986.
  10. SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  11. SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  12. SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  13. SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  14. Gainesville Sun. November 16, 1986
  15. SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  16. Gainesville Sun. January 2, 1987
  17. "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  18. http://www.thebutkusaward.com/watchlist/pastwinners.aspx
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