Sandefer

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Sandefer showed me the scrapbook his mother compiled during his three years as a Sooner regular, and opened it to the page from the Dallas paper that reported his team's historic loss to Notre Dame.

Al Eisele: Nov. 16, 1957: A Day That Will Live in Infamy in Oklahoma 2008

I met Sandefer while teaching at the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications this fall, and he and his charming wife Melissa invited me to their palatial home last Saturday before the Sooners demolished Baylor 52-21.

Al Eisele: Nov. 16, 1957: A Day That Will Live in Infamy in Oklahoma 2008

It was fourth-and-four on the OU three-yard line, and Sandefer watched helplessly as halfback Dick Lynch took a pitch-out from quarterback Bob Williams and scored with 3: 50 remaining.

Al Eisele: Nov. 16, 1957: A Day That Will Live in Infamy in Oklahoma 2008

Sandefer, a retired Texas oilman who moved here from Houston four years ago so he could follow Oklahoma football more closely, was as stunned as his teammates and Sooner fans.

Al Eisele: Nov. 16, 1957: A Day That Will Live in Infamy in Oklahoma 2008

Sandefer, who inherited his father's oil exploration company, recalled that Oklahoma was ranked number two before the loss to Notre Dame, which was 4-2 coming into the game and a three-touchdown underdog.

Al Eisele: Nov. 16, 1957: A Day That Will Live in Infamy in Oklahoma 2008

But Sandefer, who lives only a few blocks from OU's football stadium, and from his close friend, former Sooners coach Barry Switzer, told me he's never forgotten what Wilkinson told his team afterwards.

Al Eisele: Nov. 16, 1957: A Day That Will Live in Infamy in Oklahoma 2008

Duke had pulled within 21-14 before Sandefer scored on a three-yard run late in the third quarter before OU scored 27 points in the fourth quarter, still an Orange Bowl record.

Al Eisele: Nov. 16, 1957: A Day That Will Live in Infamy in Oklahoma 2008

Sandefer was a 165-pound junior running back who returned a Notre Dame punt to the Irish 34 late in the third quarter that convinced 63,170 homecoming fans that their team would break the scoreless tie and go on to win their 48 th straight game.

Al Eisele: Nov. 16, 1957: A Day That Will Live in Infamy in Oklahoma 2008

In response to one of the "seven solutions" promoted by Perry and Sandefer, Texas A&M published an online ranking of professors on their "productivity" based on the number of students they taught.

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