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. Ed Price, the head coach of the football team in the 1930’s won 8 letters with the Longhorns and played on championship teams in football, basketball, and baseball. Coach Price chose to move from the T formation to the split T formation which required a running quarterback. His goal was to run more and…
1965,66, 67, DKR
A condensed bullet point history of Texas Longhorn football during the Royal years follows. Please go to the “credit” section of this website to view books you can purchase from many fine book stores about Texas Longhorn Sports or please visit the official University of Texas Longhorn site Texassports.com. In the biography of Darrell Royal,…
1941 – Bill Little celebrates a special moment for the Horns
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Bobby Mitchell and Freddie Steinmark
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Longhorn Football 1883- 1926
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