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Red River Memories

By JOHN E. HOOVER, World sports writer
Published: 10/9/2008 2:09 AM
Last Modified: 10/9/2008 2:16 AM

Red River Memories

Saturday's game against Texas is the eighth time Oklahoma has gone into the Red River Rivalry ranked No. 1. The Tulsa World this week looks back on the previous seven in 1954, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1978, 1987 and 2003:

Oct. 7, 1978

No. 1 Oklahoma 31, No. 6 Texas 10

The setup: After beating UT five years in a row, the Sooners endured a tie and a loss the previous two meetings. With first-year starter Billy Sims in the wishbone, the Sooners won 35-29 at Stanford, beat West Virginia 52-10, slammed Rice 66-7 and topped Missouri 45-23.

The game: It may have been the jumping off point for Sims' push to the Heisman. Sims rushed for 131 yards on a career-high 25 carries and scored twice. He was needed even more after QB Thomas Lott was injured and replaced by inexperienced sophomore J.C. Watts. The Sooners forced five turnovers and led 24-3 before Johnny "Lam" Jones scored late.

The implications: Sims had three 100-yard games before Texas, but proved himself Heisman-worthy on the Cotton Bowl's national stage. With voters now knowing his name, he added two more 100-yard games and four 200-yard games and became OU's third Heisman winner. His late goal-line fumble in a 17-14 November loss at Nebraska cost OU the national title, but the Sooners won the Big Eight and beat the Huskers in the Orange Bowl. By JOHN E. HOOVER, World sports writer

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