- 1987 Sun Bowl
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Name=1987 Sun Bowl
Date=December 25 ,1987
Year=1987
Visitor School=University of West Virginia |Visitor Name Short=WVU |Visitor Nickname=Mountaineers
Visitor Record=6-6 |Visitor Coach=Don Nehlen
Visitor1=7 |Visitor2=17
Visitor3=3
Visitor4=6 |Home School=Oklahoma State University
Home Name Short=Oklahoma State |Home Nickname=Cowboys |Home Record=10-2
Home Coaches= |Home Coach=Pat Jones
Home1=14
Home2=0
Home3=14
Home4=7
Type=bg
MVP=
Stadium=Sun Bowl Stadium
City=El Paso, Texas This game was played on a snowy, cold Christmas Day before a crowd of 43,240 between the
Oklahoma State Cowboys and theWest Virginia Mountaineers in front of aCBS national television audience . The game featured West Virginia's exciting new quarterbackMajor Harris andOklahoma State 'sThurman Thomas ' last game before enjoying a successfulNFL career [ http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Sun_1987.htm] . Shawn Mackey tackled West Virginia tight end Keith Winn just shy of the goal line on atwo-point conversion attempt with 1:13 remaining.The Final Score was Oklahoma St. 35, West Virginia 33 [http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-all-oklahoma-all-bowl-team-best-the-bowls-/2006/12/17/2174651.htm ] .References
1. http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Sun_1987.htm
2. http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-all-oklahoma-all-bowl-team-best-the-bowls-/2006/12/17/2174651.htm
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