1983 Texas A & M
1983 Texas 45- A&M 13
Rick McIvor brought the team back from a 13 -0 deficit with four touchdown passes tying a school mark. In 15 minutes Texas scored 45 points. Billy Boy Bryant also threw for a touchdown.
The football History of the Texas-TCU series by Professor Larry Carlson with comments by Billy Schott. TEXAS-TCU SERIES: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY One by one, the old Southwest Conference rivalries are dying off. The old SWC died following the 1995 season, with UT as the final champion. The new, expansive Big…
THE SCANDAL OF ’73: OU BECOMES SWITZER-LAND by Larry Carlson, with Jay Arnold 2022- Professor Carlson, Donnie Wigginton, and Jay Arnold It started at the Texas-OU game in 1972. In spite of five turnovers to that point, Texas trailed the Sooners just 3-0 with three minutes left in the third quarter. But when the Horns…
THE WISHBONE & THE TURKEYS Longhorns vs Aggies, 1968-70 by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) Ten months before the wishbone offense of Darrell Royal and Emory Bellard got its first of what would ultimately become 30 consecutive victories, UT’s football leaders had tough questions and challenges. The “1967: Year of the ‘Horns” bumper stickers…
CLOSE TO DEADLINE ON UT’S BEST by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org Drove up from San Antonio Saturday morning to my buddy Kirk Bohls’ house and he was ready to hit the road for Fort Worth at 9:00 sharp. On the way, naturally, Longhorn football dominated the discussion. We agreed it was a huge plus to…
What Might Have Been By Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org The Setting: Memorial Stadium, Oct. 17, 1964, 7:30 pm kickoff, Austin Arkansas (4-0) came south ranked number 8, and defending national champ Texas, also 4-0, held the number one ranking. At Stake: The winner would have the inside track to the Southwest Conference title and a…
COMING SOON: HORNS VS COWBOYS by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org I was ready to write this headline: Choke-lahoma State Saves Sooners. How could a team given an open chute into the corral squander it all away against a losing team, BYU, at home? But Mike Gundy’s Cowboys, led by Ollie Brown II, the workhorse running…