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started for Arkansas in the place of Cowins. With Sales doing most of the running of the ball, Arkansas out-rushed Oklahoma 126 yards to 116 yards in the first half, with Sims fumbling the ball early in the first quarter causing the Razorbacks to recover on the Oklahoma 9 yard line.
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Although the suspended Arkansas players protested, Holtz refused to back down and the suspensions stood. Already considered a heavy underdog to Oklahoma, with the loss of those starters Arkansas was expected to give little competition in the game. Arkansas was an 18-point underdog prior to the
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oddsmakers. The Orange Bowl would likely decide the national championship; it did, but not in the way that most expected. This was their first
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in the first quarter. In the second half, Sales rushed for another touchdown, Brian White rushed for a touchdown and Little kicked a
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Sales rushed 22 times for 205 yards, an Orange Bowl record; he also caught four passes for 52 yards and rushed for two
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The Sooners' only loss was by seven points to Texas in Dallas in early October; this was their ninth
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suspended three players prior to the game for team violations. Two of those players, running back
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and wide receiver Donny Bobo, had accounted for 78% of the Hogs' points. Oklahoma was led by
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was on Sunday in 1978, and the major college bowl games were played the following day.
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suspensions. After the suspensions, they were given as 24-point underdogs by
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There was an Orange Bowl in January and December in 1996, 2014, and 2021.
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lead after three quarters. Oklahoma scored early in the fourth, but the
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That resulted in a Sales touchdown (followed by a PAT kicker
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To complicate matters for Arkansas, first-year head coach
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but were heavy underdogs. Earlier in the day, top-ranked
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Arkansas – Barnabas White 20-yard run (Little kick)
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Index

Arkansas Razorbacks
Oklahoma Sooners
SWC
Big 8
Lou Holtz
Barry Switzer
AP
Coaches
AP
Coaches
1977
Orange Bowl
Miami
Florida
Roland Sales
Favorite
Referee
SEC
Big Ten
Halftime show
Main Street Electrical Parade
Network
NBC
Announcers
Jim Simpson
Merlin Olsen
Orange Bowl
1977
1979
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