History of Texas Football by Bill Little
Link below is a copy of the History of Texas Football found in a Longhorn media guide.
Link below is a copy of the History of Texas Football found in a Longhorn media guide.
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:…
1947 is one of the two best years for sports in Longhorn History. This year, all of the “major” sports teams received national recognition. The Baseball Team In 1947 had a 19-2 Record They Are SWC Champions; Set A Attendance Record When 7,000 Fans Attend The Baylor Game To Watch Bobby Layne Hold Baylor To…
Professor Larry Carlson’s published articles are archived on the TLSN website. To learn more about Larry visit the link LARRY CARLSON’S BIO AND ORAL HISTORY (squarespace.com) FLASHBACK to 1962: Horns, Hogs, and The Cuban Missile Crisis by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) Tension prevailed all week in mid-October 1962 as top-ranked Texas prepared to host…
MAJOR COMEBACK HOLIDAY BOWL 2001 By Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org Major wearing the Golden Hat after beating O.U. He had every reason to hit the portal. But he didn’t. It didn’t exist yet. For that, Longhorn fans who watched the ’01 Holiday Bowl can rejoice, even long after the fact. Major Applewhite still had it…
Howard Terry, a lineman and linebacker from 1935 to 1937, founded the Texas Longhorn Education Foundation. In the photo below, he is #65, fifth from the left in the first row. A football scholarship enabled him to achieve his dream, inspiring him to establish a foundation to help other deserving individuals receive a first-class education…
https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Tom Campbell Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame Recipient Tom Campbell Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame Recipient It has been more than a half-century since Tom Campbell closed his career at Texas with a flourish unmatched in Longhorn lore. The former walk-on intercepted passes that extinguished the last hopes of Arkansas in 1969’s Big Shootout…