5 Greatest Nebraska vs. Oklahoma College Football Games of All Time

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5 Greatest Nebraska vs. Oklahoma College Football Games of All Time

Nebraska and Oklahoma have played 87 times, with Oklahoma leading the series 46-38-3. The Cornhuskers are 1-2 and their head coach Scott Frost has been fired.

Nebraska and Oklahoma played in the 2010 Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington, Texas. Nebraska led 17-0 in second quarter but Oklahoma came back to tie it on a Landry Jones touchdown run with 1:37 remaining in half. Jimmy Stevens kicked a 27-yard field goal to win the game.

Nebraska beat Oklahoma 17-14 in 1978. Billy Sims fumbled twice deep in Huskers territory. The teams met in the Orange Bowl in which Oklahoma won 31-24.

Nebraska beat Oklahoma 21-28 in 1983. Mark Schellen's 17-yard touchdown run gave the Cornhuskers the lead.

Oklahoma completed its largest comeback of the Wishbone era, coming from 17-7 down to beat Nebraska 20-17 on November 22, 1986.

Nebraska beat Oklahoma 35-31 in 1971. President Richard Nixon called the coaches after the game. Nebraska won their second straight national title. The game is one of the greatest college football games of all time.


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