The Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Oklahoma Sooners. The two programs are among the most storied in the sport's history
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The 1979 Orange Bowl was the 45th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 1. Part of the 1978–79 bowl game season, it matched the fou
Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry
…six OU fumbles to upset the top-ranked Sooners. Nebraska lost to Missouri the next week to end its national title hopes, and then to Oklahoma in an Orange Bowl rematch, the only time the schools have met in a bowl game. From 1973 through 1979, OU and its run-heavy wishbone went 7–1 in the series despite averaging less…
The Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl.