09-29-2025, 10:30 AM
I just realized that Saturday--while Stanford was struggling to put away a bad SJSU team--was the 45th anniversary of Stanford's victory against a very good Oklahoma team.
I found these highlights on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnEXpJl-Uj0
OU, coached by Barry Switzer, finished 10-2, went undefeated in the Big 8, beat FSU in the Orange Bowl, and was ranked #3 in the final AP poll.
1980 was my first year at Stanford. IIRC, I was at an event for freshmen and someone occasionally announced the score of the game. It's possible it wasn't on local TV. In any case, although I read all about it in the Stanford Daily, this is the first time I have seen any footage from that game.
I found these highlights on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnEXpJl-Uj0
OU, coached by Barry Switzer, finished 10-2, went undefeated in the Big 8, beat FSU in the Orange Bowl, and was ranked #3 in the final AP poll.
1980 was my first year at Stanford. IIRC, I was at an event for freshmen and someone occasionally announced the score of the game. It's possible it wasn't on local TV. In any case, although I read all about it in the Stanford Daily, this is the first time I have seen any footage from that game.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)