1919 Texas and Texas A & M The Aggies had not been scored on or lost a game in two years, but on this day the largest crowd in the history of football, at that time, in the state when 20,000 fans saw Texas beat A&M 7-3. Texas finished the season undefeated.
Before Title IX, the AIAW, and NCAA women’s sports at Texas, women’s Longhorn softball was successful at the intramural level. I Hope With Time This Site Can Add Some Historical Insight And Tell The Full And Compelling Story Of The Longhorn Softball Tradition. 1940’s softball 1944 softball 1967 track and softball 1968 softball First Learn…
Mike Campbell is in the hospice section, and his arm is fine now. Courtney and I went on the 4th of July for a big luncheon they were hosting for the family. He is so bad now that he has to always be fed. It took me forever to cut up and feed him his…
Reggie Bush’s Ill-Conceived Lateral And Horn Fumble Recovery Gives Texas New Life. McConaughey told Oprah Winfrey that watching Texas beat USC for the national championship was better than winning an Oscar. In the years 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2009, the Longhorns compiled a 49-3 record. TAKING DEAD AIM FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. The road to…
Roy Miller 2005- 2009 ALL ROADS LEAD THROUGH MACK BROWN ALL ROADS LEAD THROUGH MACK BROWN As a boy living in Virginia, he loved the ACC, particularly Mack Browns and North Carolina’s Tar Heels. A decade later, destiny called, and Roy got his wish to play for Mack Brown as a Longhorn. However, the road…
In Memoriam: Carie Graves The first coach in Texas Rowing history, Carie Graves, passed away on December 19, 2021. Story Links ROW2K CARIE GRAVES FEATURE (June 27, 1953-December 19, 2021) Carie Graves, who helped launch the University of Texas’s rowing program and served as head coach for its first 16 years, passed away on…
Best time to go to Texas On this day in 1925, Longhorn track coach Clyde Littlefield inaugurated the Texas Relays at the Texas Memorial Stadium, drawing to Austin some of the best college track athletes and even three Olympians. The stadium, now the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, has been the home of the University…
In 2002-2003. Texas became the first division I team in NCAA history to have: football in the top 10 Basketball in the Final 4 Baseball in the CWS Swimming and diving place 2nd nationally Golf was 9th Tennis reached the sweet 16 Indoor track was 9th Outdoor track was 21st Cross Country was 23rd. Every…
James Russell Leahy (Jim, Jimmy) was born in Raton, New Mexico on the 26th of October 1945, to Harold Creston Leahy, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Corey Leahy and died on Sunday, the 23rd of June 2024, at MD Anderson Cancer Center, surrounded by his family. One of the players I coached in high school at…
Longhorns that participated in State Championship teams. https://www.burntorangenation.com/2023/1/3/23533187/history-of-all-time-texas-longhorns-who-won-high-school-football-state-championships Private Schools The number of Longhorn lettermen who came to Austin from the private school ranks is not large, and historic records of private school state champions are harder to track down than those of public school champions. So this list of Longhorns who played for championship…