1914 – A season of records
Statistically the 1914 football team and basketball team still lead in many Longhorn Sports history categories
Brought to you by the Stark Center
Similar Posts
Deja Vu 1918 Pandemic
At the height of the worst pandemic in American history – the Spanish flu of 1918 – cities across the country did something, modern America would find familiar. They issued mandatory mask mandates and punished anyone who didn’t comply. “The man or woman or child who will not wear a mask now is a dangerous…
1937-1946 Coach Bible
From 1893- 1933, Texas football was consistently good, but by 1933, it was ugly. Texas had its first losing season. In 1936, the Horns were bottom dwellers in the SWC. Texas needed a football guru to turn the program around from the Chevigny debacle and found one in former Aggie and Nebraska coach D.X. Bible….
In the Beginning
In the beginning, as now, politicians were all talk and no action about creating a first-rate school for higher learning. On March 2, 1836, Texicans drafted their Declaration of Independence from Mexico. One of their grievances against the Mexican government was a public education system. Once Texas gained its independence and documents were written about…
Recruiting of Earl Campbell by Ken Dabbs- Author Kirk Bohls
Ken Dabbs was one of first football recruiting coordinators in the nation in 1974. “It wasn’t Coach Royal or Coach Akers who brought all those great football players to Texas. It was Coach Dabbs,” Earl Campbell said Thursday. “Everybody loves Coach Dabbs. He’s so down-to-earth.” One fall day in 1973, a nervous Ken Dabbs drove…
Coach Bible “football builds character”
Bible’s coaching style mirrored Knute Rockne. He built up his players until they thought anything was possible. In 1922 all of Aggie coach Bible were needed to beat the Longhorns in Austin, and after his half-time speech victory was a given. The 4-4 A & M team won the game, and the Texas coach was…