
Chuck Fairbanks
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Sep 26, 2026
1971 NCAA Football Nebraska at Oklahoma
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24:14Bill FlemingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And right halfback from Houston, Texas, number 32, Drew.
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24:17Bill FlemingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the head coach, Chuck Fairbanks.
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24:20Bill FlemingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Good luck, coach.
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24:20Bill FlemingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Balls in the lineup.
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41:56Chris SchenkelSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Harrison to the far side, split away.
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42:02Chris SchenkelSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Good gang tackling by the Nebraska defense, including Bill Jansen, 55.
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42:09Chris SchenkelSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jim Anderson, 18, Ontario, 45, as we look at Chuck Fairbanks.
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42:12Chris SchenkelSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In his sixth year here, he's a graduate of Michigan State, and there you see his won and lost record as head coach.
Dexter Bussey: The Detroit Lions Running Back Who Always Put the Team First
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0:11Ankit ChughHOST
But Dexter Bussey's place in that conversation deserves to be remembered.
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0:16Ankit ChughHOST
Born in Dallas, Texas, Bussey's college career began at the University of Oklahoma, which, at the time, was a running back factory, led by head coach Chuck Fairbanks and offensive coordinator Barry Switzer.
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0:30Ankit ChughHOST
Yet, Bussey's tenure with the Sooners began inauspiciously.
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0:34Ankit ChughHOST
He arrived in Norman before the 1972 rule change that permitted freshmen to play on the varsity team.
Orange Bowl Oklahoma Sooners vs Tennessee Volunteers REMASTERED .
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14:54Mel AllenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Don Fremmer, who is captain for Oklahoma in this game, a defensive linebacker, number 43.
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15:02Mel AllenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And their head coach, Chuck Fairbanks, who went to school at Michigan State, coached at Arizona State and at Houston.
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15:09Mel AllenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And took over when Jim McKenzie died.
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15:14Mel AllenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And now the Tennessee Volunteers.
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16:31Mel AllenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Charlie Fulton, who also plays the tailback, can play quarterback, number 12.
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16:37Mel AllenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And number 16, Dewey Warren, a great football player, quarterback.
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16:45Mel AllenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
and head coach Doug Dickey, who went to University of Florida.
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16:52Mel AllenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So the introductions are over, and shortly we will have a meeting in the center of the field with the game officials.
USC Trojans vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish REMASTERED .
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32:26Al WesterSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's what I'm looking forward to, Van.
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32:28Al WesterSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I didn't realize what a tremendous football team Chuck Fairbanks had until...
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32:32Al WesterSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We, of course, broadcast the Nebraska-Oklahoma game on Thanksgiving Day, and then I realized he has great personnel.
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32:38Al WesterSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Greg Pruitt, his key man, his key offensive back, was out most of that ballgame, only prepared for a few plays, and yet they went on to completely dominate and contain the Nebraska attack.
Episode 17048: OU FOOTBALL PREGAME SHOW - MICHIGAN - HOUR 2 - WITH STEELMAN AND TYLER
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20:20Mike SteelyHOST
Still my favorite Sooner offense.
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20:21Mike SteelyHOST
The when Barry went to Chuck Fairbanks and we got to change offenses and the rest was history.
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20:31Mike SteelyHOST
But to me, yeah, that would be awesome.
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20:34Mike SteelyHOST
Sooner fans would absolutely love that because they want to see them, you know, pound the rock and run the football a lot better.
Tim Fox on UnAnchored Boston with Bob Lobel and Mike Lynch
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45:51Mike LynchHOST
Who was the
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45:52Bob LobelHOST
head coach? Who was your head coach at that time? Was it Fairbanks? Chuck
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45:56Tim FoxGUEST
Fairbanks, yep.
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45:58Bob LobelHOST
Wow, what a history the Patriots had.
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46:00Bob LobelHOST
I mean, between Fairbanks and Upton Bell and Bucko Kilroy and Billy Sullivan and Chuck Sullivan.
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46:07Bob LobelHOST
I can't imagine what that was like.
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46:10Bob LobelHOST
That was unbelievable.
Episode 17017: DARI NOWKHAH SHOW - HOUR 3 - 9-9-26 - BRIAN BOSWORTH JOINS THE SHOW
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10:42Brian BosworthGUEST
They got emotional because he's one of our best, no question about it.
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10:47Brian BosworthGUEST
Bud Wilkinson, Jack Nick- Chuck Fairbanks, Barry Switzer, Bob Stoops, the winningest coach in college fo- in Sooner history.
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10:54Brian BosworthGUEST
Um, but it's the impact that he did.
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10:57Brian BosworthGUEST
It's, it's, it's, it's he took a program in the '90s that was, wasn't dead and buried, but there was a lot of dust on us, you know? Uh, people had kinda written us off for a little bit, and we were going through coaches, transitional changes, and couldn't find the right combination.
1971 NCAA Football Nebraska at Oklahoma
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23:17Bill FlemingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At right halfback from Houston, Texas, number 30, Greg Lewis.
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23:24Bill FlemingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the head coach, Chuck Fairbanks.
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23:29Bill FlemingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Good luck, coach.
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23:31Bill FlemingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well,
16 MINS LATER
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40:01Chris SchenkelSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Good gang tackling by the Nebraska defense, including Bill Jansen, 55.
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40:08Chris SchenkelSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jim Anderson, 18, Ontario, 45.
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40:10Chris SchenkelSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As we look at Chuck Fairbanks in his sixth year here, he's a graduate of Michigan State, and there you see his won and lost record as head coach.
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40:18Chris SchenkelSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The man who was an assistant under Frank Cush at Arizona State, Bill Yeoman in Houston.
Patriots: From Boston to Foxboro (w/ Guest Joe Santos) Part 2
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14:05Joe SantosGUEST
And yeah, so then that's the end of the year, 72.
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14:10Joe SantosGUEST
And then the next year they bring in Chuck Fairbanks, who I think he was the coach and the journal manager.
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14:16Joe SantosGUEST
And he turns it around.
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14:17Joe SantosGUEST
They draft John Hanna, Russ Francis, Grogan.
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30:39Joe SantosGUEST
I don't think anyone beat the Bears that year.
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30:40Joe SantosGUEST
But just to make the Super Bowl back then was a pretty big accomplishment considering all they had gone through.
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30:47Joe SantosGUEST
I mean, Chuck Fairbanks had some success, but.
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30:49Joe SantosGUEST
Even he got caught up in the whole controversy with the word get out he wanted to go to Colorado.