Steve Davis (quarterback)
Steve Davis 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. Davis led the Sooners to a 32–1–1 record as their starting quarterback, and holds the NCAA record for winning percentage in that position. With Davis at the helm, the Sooners won the national championship in 1974 and 1975.
Davis was also a commentator for ABC Sports and CBS Sports college football telecasts in the 1970s and 1980s.
Davis was born on Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana, but was raised in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Later in life a born again Christian, he featured as a speaker giving his Christian testimony. Davis died on March 17, 2013, when the small jet he was a passenger in crashed in South Bend, Indiana. 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.
