Steve Davis (quarterback)

Steve Davis (November 19, 1952 – March 17, 2013) was a quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners from 1973 to 1975. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1976 Orange Bowl, when the Sooners won their fifth national championship.

Steve Davis
Oklahoma Sooners – No. 5
PositionQuarterback
Personal information
Born:(1952-11-19)November 19, 1952
Bossier City, Louisiana, U.S.
Died:March 17, 2013(2013-03-17) (aged 60)
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Career history
College

Davis led the Sooners to a 32–1–1 (.956) record as their starting quarterback, and holds the NCAA record for winning percentage in that position. With Davis at the helm of the wishbone offense, the Sooners won consecutive national titles in 1974 and 1975.[1][2][3] Davis was later a commentator for ABC and CBS college football telecasts in the 1970s and 1980s.

Born at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana, Davis was raised in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Later in life a born again Christian, he featured as a speaker giving his Christian testimony.

Death

Davis died at age 60 when the small jet in which he was a passenger crashed on approach in South Bend, Indiana, on March 17, 2013.[4] The NTSB report later found that Davis, an experienced pilot but not in the Beechcraft Premier I being used that day, was allowed to fly the plane by the pilot; as the plane neared its destination, Davis inadvertently cut power to the engines, and the pilot was unable to complete an emergency landing successfully.[5][6]

References
  1. "Oklahoma Earns National Title". The Telegraph. Nashua, New Hampshire. UPI. January 3, 1976. p. 12. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
  2. "Sooners explode to claim victory". Rome News-Tribune. Rome, Georgia. UPI. December 1, 1974. p. 2D. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
  3. Tramel, Berry (June 11, 2009). "Davis humbled by devotion of OU fans". The Daily Oklahoman. Archived from the original on June 14, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2010. Davis, 32-1-1 as a starter and the quarterback on the Sooners' 1974 and 1975 national title teams...
  4. Bland, Amanda (March 19, 2013). "Family ID's OU's Steve Davis as plane crash victim". Tulsa World. Archived from the original on March 21, 2013 – via Wayback Machine.
  5. "Tulsa Pilot Blamed For Crash That Killed Him, Former OU QB Steve Davis". KOTV-DT. April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  6. "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report, Accident Number CEN13FA196". NTSB. April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2019.


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