The 79 OU game is my favorite of all time. The vaunted multi-million dollar backfield from OU, and our defense held them to barely 100 yards total offense - five first downs (2 on penalties, two on broken plays, one earned). In fact, if not for that last second broken play with time running out, OU's total offense would have been under 90 yards total.
As a side bar, we got to our seats in 106, and sure enough two Dustbowlers were right behind us. We were standing, and the female said, "sit down", then "I hope you don't intend to stand the whole game". I turned around, stared her down and said, "Lady, that worthless, piece of **** band is playing your school song, and we have the class and dignity to stand for your school song". She looked at her husband and said, "Is that the school song". I said, "It's called the OU Chant & I'll be glad to teach you the words". She never said a word the rest of the game.
Her husband was trying to play nice. In the fourth quarter he told me, "I don't know what you're worried about, we can't get a first down much less be a threat".
Indeed, that was our best defense ever, maybe not the most talented, but the best.
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