The 2006 Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was held on December 2, 2006, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, and pit the divisional winners from the Big 12 Conference: the Nebraska Cornhuskers, winner of the North division against the Oklahoma Sooners, winner of the South division. The Sooners defeated the Cornhuskers, 21-7. This was the first time the two teams had ever met in the Big 12 conference championship game.

Regular season

After the Championship game

The Sooners went on to play in the Fiesta Bowl and lose to Boise State Broncos in one of the most historic upsets in BCS and bowl game history, not only because of the winner, but the way in which Boise State used a trick play to win the game.

Nebraska went on to lose to the Auburn Tigers in the Cotton Bowl Classic, 17 to 14.

See also

  • 1979 Orange Bowl – NCAA football bowl gamePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
  • Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry – American college football rivalry

References

External links

  • ESPN.com recap of the game

Big 12 Championship celebration thread Crimson And Cream Machine

Heather Dinich Texas' Big 12 Championship victory knocks Ohio State

Texas moves closer to Big 12 championship game with win over Iowa State

Texas vs. Oklahoma State score, highlights 2023 Big 12 Championship

Why There Should Be a Big 12 Championship Game News, Scores