Books – Shoot-out and Steinmark
Books about the 1969 National champion football season Author Bower Yousse Mike Looney
Greg Lott
Greg Lott By Tai Kreidler Greg Lott against Texas Tech- The touchdown yielded a record-making and unprecedented score coming on the opening kickoff –the first ever in the long history of The University of Texas Longhorn football team which dates back to 1893. For A-J Media Editor’s Note: Tai Kreidler, Ph.D., is a librarian with the…
Littlefield the Greatest All Round Longhorn Athlete of All Times
Littlefield personified the all-around athlete By Gaylon Krizak A couple of years ago, the Longhorn Network aired a program designed to identify the greatest athlete in the history of the University of Texas. Special attention was paid to football players; not surprising at UT. Also not surprising: The greatest all-around athlete in Longhorn’s history wasn’t…
Tommy Lucas 1959-1964 The Resurgence of Texas Football
DKR and The “Resurgence” of Longhorn football- by Tommy Lucas ROYAL IMMEDIATELY MAKES INROADS into Rebuilding a winning tradition by RECRUITING GREAT TEAM PLAYERS. In the year 1956, the Ed Price era of UT football ends with a 1 win- 9 loss season and afterwards he is asked to step down as Head Football…
Oscar Giles
Oscar Giles takes on important role in first season at Wyoming By Jeremiah Johnke WyoSports Dec 29, 2022 Oscar Giles remembers being overwhelmed by the enormity of the University of Texas when he arrived on campus in 1987. He grew up in Palacios, Texas, which is a town of 4,500 people near the Gulf Coast…
Steve Ross- First signs of DKR resigning football
1976- DKR’s last year by Steve Ross Doug English said in the book “Darrell Royal Dance With Who Brung Ya” “Suddenly, Darrell looks up and a game that he’s worked his whole life in -a game of who works the hardest and prepares the best wins- has become a game where the ones who cheat…
Steve Ross 1970 UCLA game football
Texas-UCLA 1970 Stephen Ross Sept 22, 2010 writing for Barking Carnival says: I on the other hand would prefer to re-live the thrilling Ying of the Bruins first trip here. It was 1970, and Austin was a still a small college town………………. I was a sophomore at UT, working at KHFI-TV (now KXAN) as the…
One Loss Away from a perfect season
One loss teammate away from an undefeated season by Sports writer Gaylon Krizak with Billy Dale Photo is inspired by the very talented Bill Catlett-A member of the 1969 National Championship team. The Wishbone Offense Is Built around Only 6 Plays. The story of the 1969 Texas Longhorns is one that is now 50 years…
1941 – Bill Little celebrates a special moment for the Horns
The Last of the Legends BY BILL LITTLE IN SPORTS, UT HISTORY ON JANUARY 13, 2012 AT 12:46 PM | NO COMMENTS Julian Garrett, who passed away on Saturday, was the last surviving member of arguably the greatest team in the first half-century of Texas football. Chances are, you have no reason to know about Canute the Great, a Viking who became king…
Amy Goodwin, Bobby Goodwin
A special bond with dad As the 60-year reunion of Darrell Royal’s 1957 recruiting class approaches, my thoughts return to the special moments of Dad’s life as a Longhorn. Although he passed on April 2, 2005, and he is not able to attend this momentous reunion, his spirit is present in DKR-Memorial Stadium, in Moore…