After struggling in the 1985 Orange Bowl to a scrappy Washington Huskies football team and letting any National Championship aspirations for that year disappear in a puff of smoke (and be awarded to the BYU Cougars, the nation's only undefeated college football team that year), the defending Big 8 Champion Sooners came into the 1985 season on a mission.
After struggling in the 1985 Orange Bowl against a resilient Washington Huskies football team and causing their National Championship ambitions to dissipate (and being awarded to the unbeaten BYU Cougars, the only college football team that year without a loss), the defending Big 8 Champion Sooners began the 1985 season with a clear objective.