{"conversationCode":"815-005","tapeNumber":815,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-815-005","startDateTime":"1972-11-24T13:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-24T13:21:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Nov-1972","startTime":"8:03 AM","endDate":"24-Nov-1972","endTime":"8:21 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On November 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:21 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 815-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 815-5\n\nDate: November 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:03 am and 8:21 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a letter to Robert Devaney.\n\n       University of Nebraska football\n            -Defeat [November 23, 1972 versus University of Oklahoma]\n\nThe President replayed the dictation.\n\nThe President resumed dictation.\n\n       Introduction\n             -Devaney\n                   -University of Nebraska Cornhuskers\n\n       University of Nebraska football\n            -Victories\n                   -Congratulatory messages\n\f                                              -4-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 815-19 (cont’d)\n\n             -Defeats\n\n[This dictation is continued on Conversation No. 815-7]","filename":["815-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"815-004","nextCode":"815-006","transcript":[{"start":12.11,"end":25.22,"text":"It is so unreal for you to lose a game."},{"start":28.85,"end":31.83,"text":"This is the Bob Devaney, the coach of the Nebraska Corners."},{"start":32.69,"end":33.19,"text":"Here, Bob."},{"start":42.01,"end":67.73,"text":"I am sure that you are so accustomed to receiving hundreds of congratulatory messages when you win games, when your teams have won games."},{"start":69.47,"end":73.56,"text":"And you hardly know what to expect when you lose a game, okay?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met in the Oval Office to dictate a formal letter of consolation to University of Nebraska football coach Bob Devaney following his team's recent loss to the University of Oklahoma. Nixon expressed his belief that while Devaney is accustomed to the frequent praise associated with winning, a defeat presents an unfamiliar and difficult experience. The President focused on crafting a message that would offer support to the coach during a rare moment of professional adversity.","topics":["Richard M. Nixon","Bob Devaney","University of Nebraska","College football","Correspondence","Sportsmanship"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:22:53.105Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-m-nixon","bob-devaney","university-of-nebraska","college-football","correspondence","sportsmanship"],"audioDurationSec":86,"audioFiles":[{"file":"815-005.mp3","bytes":2060336,"durationSec":85.72,"bitrate":192285,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.478Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:38.728Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/815-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/815-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/815/conversation-815-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}