Bo Jackson hits SUPERSTARDOM in the 1983 Iron Bowl 

Bo Jackson and Lawrence Taylor are the only two players I have ever seen who look like they are playing as men against boys.

"Bo would have been the greatest running back in NFL history, had he stayed healthy" -Jim Brown

25 carries for 255 yards out of the wishbone against Paul Bear Bryant's Bama defense. INSANE. Man I miss Keith Jackson, truly the Voice of College Football.

I just wish Bo could have played 10 or more years in the NFL so I could watch the videos over and over again.

The voice of Kieth Jackson on a fall afternoon the sound of my youth. How did the years slip away

There will never be another voice like Keith Jackson! He was perfect for college football!

"Big, strong and very, very fast". That sums it up well.

Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, and Bo Jackson ... As a college football fan, you can't ask for much more than that!

Bo and Walker probably the best backs at the same time ever in the SEC. Watched those games and both were speed demons with incredible size and strength...Those were great days.

I"m a Bama fan first and foremost. But loved watching Bo Jackson.

Bo Jackson and Hershel Walker were two Studs!! Big guys that could run over ya or out run ya take your pick..😁

Without the injury, he would have shattered records and been called the GOAT. Nobody was as good, and in multiple sports! Bo knows!

Bo Jackson was a beast and he proved it!

Perfect blend of speed, power, and size!

Miss Keith Jackson calling games!!!!

So good to hear Keith Jackson's voice. Takes me back to a much simpler time for me. For my money, Bo Jackson was the greatest athlete that ever lived.

I think he should be in the hall of fame and not because lack of numbers but what he brought to the game of football!

I watched Bo as a kid growing up. He is the reason i graduated from Auburn.

Was at this game and Bo walked by me in the hotel. Waht a specimen.

He is the greatest athlete I have ever seen.

Bo Jackson's the greatest all-around athlete there ever was

Rare for a running back to have both the power to run over and lightning speed to outrun the fastest defensive players! Bo had both! Legitimate shot at the Best NFL Running Back ever even with the early career-ending injury!

Ran into Bo at Auburn in early 2000s and i rounded the corner at j&m I believe and there he was and my 22 yr old self turned into a kid again. I went to get my dad so he could see him, Bo walked by and I said “you the man” and he said….”no you the man” it was like the Beatles and Elvis all at once to someone who’s spent his whole 43 years bleeding burnt orange and navy blue

I was 9 during this game. This was the first Iron Bowl after Bear Bryant died. The first half was sunny and breezy. The rain came in the second half. And Keith Jacksons first words of the start of the fourth quarter, was "we have a tornado warning". And Bo kept running. He could have run touchdowns in a hurricane on that day. Bama's defense got tired and got run over by #34.

I attended this game. What people don't remember is the dangerous weather. A TORNADO WARNING was issued for Jefferson County during the second half of the game -- and fans (including me) stayed in their seats!

Thank you so so much for posting. This was such a great time in my life and a great time in college football. The game was more innocent and the players had so much fire and toughness. None more tougher than Vincent Bo Jackson. I saw him play in the 1985 iron bowl, in my opinion, he was the best of all time! What made him special. He was as good in the fourth quarter as he was in the first. great athlete.

Whew, I was relieved to see him in an Auburn uniform after reading the video title. I instantly thought of that MNF game in 1987…

Still getting goosebumps watching Bo!

Bo was a perfect RB!

I watched this game as a jr in high school. It was a wild one but Bo was on another level.

Great Football Player! Great Athlete! I wish he would have played 20 more years as a professional baseball player and broke many records.

Dawg fan here... Bo knows football! 😁

Bo knows!! the finest athlete in generations

Keith Jackson was the bomb 💣 Nobody will be like that again in college football 🏈 Bo was a whole different level.. Having been lucky enough to watch him as a Los Angeles Raider What an awesome experience.. Like Keith Jackson.. 💣

Robinson, 21 for Alabama, definitely remembers this game.

Bo had the Best TD celebrations.

The way Bo switched the ball towards the opposite sideline is something back’s don’t do these days. It was a fundamental drill when I played PAL football back in the day.

I watched Bo growing up and still collect his cards. What an absolute BEAST! You could take his # of of his jersey and STILL know who he was.

Every game made him a superstar

Kind of makes you wonder how good Texas was to hold them to 3 points I think it was? He was so good. Most explosive player I think I’ve ever seen in college was OJ but Bo would have to be in the conversation.

😂 "and once Bo Jackson with 9.5 speed gets outside it's see you later"- Keith Jackson woooo War Eagle Everybody 👏☝️

I remember those days being a Alabama fan .You had a feeling that he was going to break a long run for a touch down. Best athlete of all times and my favorite athlete. Even when he was playing for my favorite NFL team the Raiders. I remember when he trucked Brian Bosworth priceless.

To set the record straight Alabama was NEVER the visiting team in Bham. I’m an old man born in the 50s and Bham has always been a Bama city no matter what anyone says. I lived there for over 40 years. Even if the tickets were split Bama fans would end up with at least 60% of the tickets. Auburn understood this and that’s why they fought so hard to get home games on campus. Even by the late 80s it was obvious Bham as a city was in decline and Legion field would never get the upgrades she needed to stay a gem in the south. By the 90s it was just unsafe to travel down there to see a game. Breaks my heart in the good ole days we would park at Birmingham Southern and tailgate then walk over to the game. Auburn used to play their home Tennessee games there as well. First game I ever saw was AU v Tn in Legion field.

Thanks for the post.

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I hated Bo in 1983 as I’m a life long Tide fan. But I came to like him later. He was a one in a million athlete. Probably 230 lbs and could outrun defensive backs. I saw him play baseball against University Of South Alabama(which I later graduated from)when I was probably a senior in high school. He looked different(bigger)in his baseball uniform than the other players. He hit a line drive to the shortstop which would’ve been a routine throw out to first. He almost beat that throw to first. He quieted the opposing crowd down after watching his astonishing speed running to first.

Not an auburn fan but Bo was the best college athlete of all time. Period. He could so things physically that no one could before or since.

There were and are many talented players out there, but there is only one Legend.

That run at 4:30 is insane. How do you outrun elite d-backs that have the angle on you?!!!?!

I was at that game, an Alabama student at the time. Jackson was incredible, right after his last TD a strong storm rolled in, tornado alarms blaring, it was raining sideways ( I was sitting under the upper deck and still got drenched). Jackson/ 8 carries, 256 yards. His speed, just wow.

Bo Jackson does what most running backs don’t do today. He runs forward with speed and quick cuts. Not a lot of messing around with juking and wasting time trying to make plays happen.

Bo is the most unstoppable video game running back of all time. I rushed for 1,200 yards in one game with him playing Bill Walsh College Football '93 on Sega Genesis. He was also unstoppable in Tecmo Bowl (NES) playing for the Raiders.

The game that made Bo Jackson a superstar is TecmoBowl.

Could Bo Jackson be the greatest athlete of all time ? I think so. Incredible ability !!

Bo f’n Jackson broke a bunch of wolverines hearts too 😁

Bo Jackson, and Keith Jackson, best combination, even better than the Jackson 5!😎

Wow and Great blocking

Those ginormous shoulder pads

Whoa nelly!

Best burst and long speed, elite power and balance too.

The only other RB that IMO could rival Bo was Chuck Muncie from Cal. At ^6'3" and 230 pounds he had incredible speed and power. Take a lot at some of the videos of him and you will agree he was something special. Unfortunately Chuck had a serious substance abuse problem and never reached his full potential in the NFL.

anybody else miss some Keith Jackson??

Those other guys in that backfield wasn’t bad either.

Bo knows football

Bo. Deion. Darrell Green. Skeets Nehemiah. Ron Brown. Willie Gault. Rod Woodson. Joey Galloway. Tim Brown. Herschel Walker. James Jett. Alexander Wright. Young bucks don't want to hear this but for my money, the mid 80s to the mid 90s was the greatest era for top end speed in NFL history.

I do remember Bo Jackson. He was hurt and couldn't play professional football anymore. He played I think for the Oakland raiders and I remember seeing him run next to the sideline and a defender tackled him. He got hurt pretty bad. Like I said, he couldn't play anymore. It was sad.

They quote him as having 9.5 speed. I believe it. Great stride and speed.

As a lufelong Bama fan, im also a big Bo Jackson fan.

he was a superstar long before he got to Auburn

Not a Tide fan, but give them credit on their red zone defense. They held Bo to just two TD. Both of which were not in the red zone. He had 255 yards!! Auburn owned the game clock!! 12 of the 23 points. So about half.

A tad faster than Earl Campbell, but it is difficult to tell who was harder to bring down. Did not see his pro games, so have no basis for comparison there. Both were awesome to watch.

I was there. Probably 6 inches of rain fell in the 2nd half. Tornadoes all around the stadium.

I missed Bo Jackson by one year. (Auburn Alum 1983)

Knew he was fast. Forgot about that beautiful stride.

83' probably the greatest year of rb's in college

Legion Field, the wishbone and Alabama actually playing a good OOC schedule. Things that made college football what it is and things we will never see again.

Could you imagine Cam Newton and Bo Jackson running the option? Lol.

Alabama has produced a lot of great athletes, Hank Aaron , Willie Mays , Willie McCovey , Charles Barkley , Bart Starr , but none were a better athlete than Bo , none had the combination of power and speed as Bo .

Tecmo Bowl was actually pretty accurate lol

I am 58 and I remeber these times. We will never ever see running backs get 150 to 250 yards a game ever.

GOAT.

Easily the most exiciting back in the history of college football

Bo was the best athlete to ever play football and Herschel Walker was the best football player to run the football.

Wow. The triple option. I thought the wishbone was gone by the 80s.

I’m the biggest Bo fan ever. Damn we were cheated. Love the dude. 👍🏼

1983 Auburn played the second toughest schedule ever. Robbed of a NC. 2002 USC played the toughest schedule ever. While they were not robbed, they would have won the NC. Combined those 2 schools went 22-3 vs the Toughest and 2nd Toughest schedule to ever be played. (Note: some 3-8 team Might have played a tougher schedule, but I doubt it, for sure the toughest schedule ever played by a winning team were these 2.)

Whoa Nelley!

I had been a huge Tony Dorsett fan. When I first saw Bo, I saw the same running style as TD, but he was a bit faster (Tony was fast) and way bigger! It blew my mind.

Those old Astro turf fields were the worst.

Bo JBoss😜🤘👏👏

Lionel “Little Train” James at HB was also awesome! Who was the FB again (#30)?

There has not been another with that 5th gear acceleration EVER- Ask Dionne

Oh, what could have been! Probably the best all around athlete of all time, and if you don't believe me, ask him. He will tell you it's true.

Love how the beginning shows how far the SEC has fallen into Cowardice. Alabama 1983 OOC Georgia Tech Memphis State Penn State Boston College

That run at 4:29 my Goodness the speed!!

Great down field blocking

I was there!

MY FAVORITE 4 RUNNING BACK WHO WORE THE #34 EARL CAMPBELL WALTER PAYTON BO JACKSON AND HERSHEL WALKER

first time seeing this, then the bucs selected him and he's like, "nah, i'm playing baseball", and people were like wha?

On some handoffs He would run out the camera frame before the camerama could even catch up with him lol