 During his college football career, he was a member of the 1975 National Championship team, and was later voted the all-time, All-Big 8 kicker.In 1999 von Schamann was named the All-Century Oklahoma Kicker.He was most noted for making a clutch game-winning kick in the final seconds of the 1977 game at Ohio State, after leading the crowd in a "block that kick" chant.