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On November 17, 1934, Texas and TCU played a hard-fought and turnover-marred contest in Fort Worth, which Texas won 20-19. After the game was over, backup Longhorn tackle named Jim Tolbert ran onto the field and took a swing at the game’s umpire, Jack Mahan, for what Jim felt were bad calls against Texas. UT’s…
1956 – A Bad year in Longhorn sports
1956 was not good year for 3 of the 4 of the major sports at Texas. Track won the SWC, but The football team was 1-9, the basketball team was 5-7, and the baseball team only one 5 games . The football team and the baseball teams had the worse records in the history of…
2001 Holiday Bowl
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…
1973 Billy Schott remembers the Miami game and the SMU game
https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Schott Describes The Setting For The Miami Game. Schott: That trip to Miami was like going to a bowl game. The game was on a Friday night, so we were already a bit out of sync with regard to our usual Saturday mindset. Our hotel was a pretty swanky South Beach place, and there…
A Longhorn walk-on football player helped save the life of a future President of the USA
Destiny can’t be changed. It’s decided by one’s deeds. The three most important things to me… God, Family and Country … That is who I am. That is what I believe. This is a great nation we live in, it is worth fighting for. I spent my life trying to serve my country and help…
