Jim Naveau Civitas Media COLUMBUS – Thirty-nine years later, Uwe von Schamann is still a folk hero in Oklahoma. He is less fondly remembered in Ohio. Von Schamann, who immigrated to Fort Worth, Tex., from West Germany as a teenager, is remembered across Oklahoma and in Ohio for kicking the game-winning field goal in the final seconds of Oklahoma’s 29-28 win over Ohio State in an epic match-up of legendary football programs in 1977. He says not a month goes by without someone coming up to him and reminiscing about that game. Somewhere, Woody Hayes is probably seething about it more often than that. The 1977 game between OSU and Oklahoma is one of the most talked about, most remembered games in Buckeyes football history for those who were around to see it. It was very similar to when Notre Dame returned to Ohio State schedule for the first time in 59 years in 1995. Oklahoma and Ohio State had never faced each other in a football game before. The Sooners and Barry Switzer were at the height of their powers. The Sooners came into the game in the third week of the season with two national championships in Switzer’s…
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