The list: OU's worst openers

Published: September 1, 2007

•Season openers haven't gone smoothly for the Sooners in recent years. Here are the top 10 worst season openers in OU history.

1. Sept. 3, 2005

TCU 17, OU 10: With Jason White gone, people expected the Sooners to struggle — but not like this.

2. Sept. 25, 1948

Santa Clara 20, OU 17: Without this loss, the Sooners would have won 36 straight games from 1947-49.

3. Sept. 26, 1959

Northwestern 45, OU 13: The Sooners' worst loss under Bud Wilkinson.

4. Sept. 7, 1996

TCU 20, OU 7: Sooner football had a sense of promise when John Blake took over, but it didn't survive his first game.

5. Sept. 26, 1953

Notre Dame 28, OU 21: The last loss before the infamous 47-game winning streak began.

6. Nov. 7, 1895

Oklahoma City Town Team 34, OU 0: The Oklahoma football program got off to a rough start.

7. Sept. 11, 1982

West Virginia 41, OU 27: Barry Switzer's only loss in an opener.

8. Sept. 10, 1977

OU 25, Vanderbilt 23: Vandy went on to win two games that year.

9. Sept. 28, 1985

OU 13, Minnesota 7: The eventual national champs needed a late interception in the end zone to survive.

10. Sept. 2, 2006

OU 24, UAB 17: The Sooners went on to a Big 12 title, but they were lucky to escape the Blazers.

By Scott Wright

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