Yards to Glory: Sooners streak crashes to end
Source: Big 12 Football Blog - Aug 8, 2011 at 4:03 PM
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Oklahoma's famed win streak under Bud Wilkinson came to its end on the Sooners' home field, thanks to Notre Dame's three-yard score, the greatest in college football history.
Nov. 16, 1957: Oklahoma took a 47-game winning streak onto Owen Field to play Notre Dame, the last team to beat the Sooners -- back in 1952. Oklahoma, a 19-point favorite, rushed for only 98 yards. The Sooners turned back the Irish twice inside the 6-yard line. With no score in the fourth quarter, Notre Dame drove 80 yards. Halfback Dick Lynch got the last 3 yards on fourth-and-goal with 3:50 to play. Irish students celebrated so long that the priests canceled classes on Monday.
-- Ivan Maisel
You can see the full project here.
Oklahoma's famed win streak under Bud Wilkinson came to its end on the Sooners' home field, thanks to Notre Dame's three-yard score, the greatest in college football history.
Nov. 16, 1957: Oklahoma took a 47-game winning streak onto Owen Field to play Notre Dame, the last team to beat the Sooners -- back in 1952. Oklahoma, a 19-point favorite, rushed for only 98 yards. The Sooners turned back the Irish twice inside the 6-yard line. With no score in the fourth quarter, Notre Dame drove 80 yards. Halfback Dick Lynch got the last 3 yards on fourth-and-goal with 3:50 to play. Irish students celebrated so long that the priests canceled classes on Monday.
-- Ivan Maisel
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