“I don’t care about my gas and oil, as long as I’ve got my Darrell Royal, sitting on the dashboard of my car.” (from the article. It was the feature article in Sports Illustrated with UT on the cover. 1963 – Edith shares a part of Royal that few knew. 1963 Edith Royal.jpg 1963 Edith…
Frank Broyles, the Arkansas coach, says, “The Texas game, for everybody in the conference, is as much psychological as it is scheme and strategy.” “You can define scheme and strategy, but you can’t accurately script morale and attitude in that game.” Arkansas Coach Jack Crowe says the Razorbacks seem to change their personality” for the…
8/29/2023 – Jerry Frey remembers the 1964 Cotton Bowl game. I was at the 1964 Cotton Bowl game with my dad, who was a huge Longhorn fan. Back then, the media was based in NY and heavily slanted toward the East Coast teams. The Big Ten got most of the media love. I recall my…
Steve Ross writes For most of Coach Royal’s career, the NFL was an afterthought in terms of a full-time career. Most NFL players had off-season jobs. When that started to change, so did coach. Just look at his last 4 or 5 recruiting classes – that’s when more NFL-caliber players began showing up on campus:…
Coach and Mrs. Coach Akers Links to articles about Coach Akers are listed below http://www.hookem.com/story/the-statesman-interview-fred-akers/ http://www.texassports.com/news/2003/8/19/081903aab_984.aspx http://www.dailytexanonline.com/blogs/keeping-score/2016/01/27/former-texas-quarterback-danny-akers-dies-of-cancer There were three contenders to replace Royal- Longhorn defensive coordinator Mike Campbell, Maryland head coach Jerry Claiborne, and Wyoming coach Fred Akers. Akers gets the job over the favorite Mike Campbell because he understands the culture of U.T….
December 1982 Issue Texas Monthly by Jan Reid Images added by Billy Dale Coach Royal Regrets Why he won. Why he quit. Why he doesn’t miss it? Raising a great cloud of caliche dust, Darrell Royal zoomed away from the lake house in his van. He explained his haste as a measure of consideration for…
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1927- 1933 Coach Clyde Littlefield During his years as head coach for the Longhorn football team, his record was 44-18-6, with two SWC championships. Littlefield was a disciplinarian who used his foot to butt for players who made mistakes. But in 1933, the team went 4-5-2, and he was fired as football coach but retained…
T-Ring Reflections 1970’S Longhorn football struggles to regain national prominence – These players offer insight into that challenge Lawrence Sampleton A freshman hooks the hogs By Jim Kaplan A Sports Illustrated Article Photos by Billy Dale The week had already been a busy one for Texas freshman Lawrence Sampleton. On Sunday he was still treating a…
Todd Smith (1987-1990) Todd Smith walked on at Texas as a Defensive end but started at offensive center. He had some offers to other schools, but he wanted to be a Longhorns. Reggie Grob was my cousin. Todd Smith belongs to an exclusive club of Longhorn football players. He was a walk-on who started…