Year-by-Year: 1985
November 24, 1985 10:00 AM
Huskies Beat Sooners, Finish No. 2
Washington 28
Oklahoma 17
Washington, the first Pac-10 team to be invited to the Orange Bowl, rallied to beat No. 2 Oklahoma, 28-17.
Backup quarterback Hugh Millen came off the bench in relief of Paul Sicuro to lead Washington to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns. The Huskies had jumped out to a surprising 14-0 lead early when Sicuro connected with Danny Greene on a 29-yard touchdown pass and Jacque Robinson later scored from the one.
Oklahoma cut the lead to 14-7 on Danny Bradley's one-yard run and then tied the game just before intermission when Derrick Shepard caught a Bradley pass at the 47 and raced in.
The Sooners broke the deadlock in the third quarter on a 35-yard Tim Lashar field goal, but with 8:39 to play, Millen tossed a 12-yard touchdown pass to Mark Pattison that gave Washington the 21-17 advantage. Washington then intercepted a Sooner pass to set up its final score.
GAME STATISTICS
Washington Oklahoma
First Downs 17 17
Rushing Attempts 43 54
Rushing Yards 192 162
Passes Attempted 21 21
Passes Completed 9 6
Had Intercepted 3 1
Passing Yards 119 124
Total Offense 311 286
Punting/Avg. 6/37.7 7/34.6
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 6/2
Penalties/Yards 5/25 8/60
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Washington 14 0 0 14 28
Oklahoma 0 14 0 3 17
SCORING SUMMARY
WA: Greene 29 pass from Sicuro (Jaeger kick); WA: J. Robinson 1 run (Jaeger kick); OU: Bradley 1 run (Lashar kick); OU: Shepard 61 pass from Bradley (Lashar kick); OU: Lashar 35 FG; WA: Pattison 12 pass from Millen (Jaeger kick); WA: Fenney 6 run (Jaeger kick) ... MVPs: Jacque Robinson and Ron Holmes (Washington)
Washington Head Coach Don James
Oklahoma Head Coach Barry Switzer