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    The History of the Longhorn-Texas A & M tradition – with comments from Larry Carlson

    Texas played the Dallas Athletic Club on Thanksgiving Day in 1896 and 1898. There were also other Thanksgiving games in the 1890s, including matches against Arkansas and LSU. The first game between the Longhorns and the Aggies took place in 1900. This matchup became a well-known Thanksgiving tradition, disrupted only when Texas refused to play…