Texas Tech was in town, sporting a 4-2 record that included consecutive losses in its previous two games. The Sooners, on the other hand, were off to a 5-0 start, including a 55-17 beatdown of rival Texas, and a No. 3 ranking.
Oklahoma had won seven of the previous 10 games with Texas Tech, and if that wasn’t intimidating enough, Stoops’ Sooners were riding a 39-game home winning streak, which at the time was the longest active consecutive-game streak in college football.
The game began, ominously enough, with a 90-minute weather delay. Under those circumstances, you’re never quite sure how if will affect the players.