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1977 OU vs. Ohio State Game:
My favorite all time sooner moment came in 1977,when OU played Ohio St for the very first time in the history of the two schools. OU was loaded that year with Thomas Lott at quarterback, Kenny King at fullback, future Heisman winner Billy Sims at halfback and Elvis Peacock the other halfback. Talk about a all-star backfield, I don't think we will ever see a backfield at OU that will ever top that one, and if we do ..Oh boy. OU also had a couple of Sooner legends playing on defense that year too with Darryl Hunt and converted fullback George Cumby at the linebacker positions, and future NFL star Darrell Ray at safety. OU' first touchdown was somewhat of a fluke, as Thomas Lott and Kenny King fumbled a handoff exchange and the ball got kicked and somehow bounced right up into Elvis Peacocks hands and he galloped in for a 32-yard touchdown. On Ohio St's ensuing possession, on their very first play from scrimmage, Darryl Hunt popped the ball loose from OSU's quarterback Rod Gerald. A couple of plays later the great Billy Sims scored on a 15 yard touchdown giving OU a quick 14-0 lead and things looked bright. After a 3 and out on OSU's next possession, OU drove down inside the 10,but due to a holding penalty which backed us up to the 20,and the drive stalled and we had to kick a field goal giving us a 17-0 lead. On OSU's next possession, OU again held them to a 3 and out, and forced them to punt, and OU took over at the OSU 47.On OU's next drive, things were looking good with OU driving, but Thomas Lott also got injured and never returned to the game. OU did however, manage to get another field goal and a 20-0 lead. On OSU's next possession, they finally got something going and started to drive and managed to score a touchdown on Ron Springs 32 yard run, making the score 20-7.Things went downhill from there, and OU turned the ball over 6 out of their next 9 possessions. With Jay Jimerson ineffective as backup qb,OU turned to a guy by the name of Dean Blevins. OU finally managed to get a drive going, and was deep in OSU territory but Dean Blevins threw one up for grabs and OSU got the ball with about 3 minutes left to play. But OU's Reggie Kinlaw managed to knock the ball loose and we got the ball back. With less than 3 minutes left to play OU drove and we managed to eke out a touchdown on a 4th down 2 yard Elvis Peacock pitch from Blevins, and with time running out, there was no choice but to go for 2,and we didn't make it. So, with less than 2 minutes left to play, OU went for the onside kick, and a fellow buy the name of Mike Babb managed to recover the balloon OU's first play, Dean Blevins hit Steve Rhodes on a slant to the 32.From there we drove down to the OSU 23,setting up a 41-yard field goal try. Woody Hyes called timeout, trying to ice OU kicker Uwe Von Schumann. With the crowd chanting BLOCK THAT KICK!BLOCK THAT KICK! Uwe commenced to leading their chant like an orchestra conductor LOL.As cool as a cucumber, Uwe kicked the game winner right down the middle. OU players and fans went crazy. That was a classic game I will never forget and is my favorite Sooner moment.