A couple of weeks before that Houston game Texas was at Arkansas, and as the #1 team got run over by the score of 42-11. Robert got in and passed for the garbage TD. Robert was friends with the KTBC photog (Gary Johnson) and the three of us sat in the back of the plane…
11.26.2020 | Football Longhorn trailblazer Julius Whittier’s statue unveiled Commissioned this summer and now complete, the statue immortalizing Texas’ first Black Football letterman is placed at the north end of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Julius Whitter (1970-1972) When Julius Whittier stepped onto campus at The University of Texas in the fall of 1969 as…
Sneezy Beltran transfers ByCLENDON ROSS Jan 18, 2002 Beltran, a redshirt freshman from Abilene, played in just four games during the ’01 season, rushing 12 times for 35 yards. The future playing time outlook for Beltran did not look promising. True freshman Cedric Benson earned the starting role at tailback at midseason, gaining a UT freshman record…
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 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…
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 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…
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…
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 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…