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.
1971- Texas wins 34-14 By 1971, the Longhorn fans showed no interest in building a bonfire, while the Aggies continued to use engineering techniques and a passion that could light the fire to beat the Horns, but they continued to lose. Texas figured out they could win without a spirit fire. 1971 was Texa’s fourth…
IT’S BEEN A MINUTE:Horns and Coogs Meet Againby Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org There was a strange vibe that night when the Texas Longhorns football team last visited the University of Houston. For starters, kickoff time in H-Town for this televised game was 8:15 p.m., the latest Central Time Zone slot UT has ever played in. …
Longhorn author Jenna McEachern say the Cotton Bowl tunnel, “is the “last mile” of college football- a dark, narrow tunnel leading players toward the daylight, toward the frenzy, toward the moment of truth. A link to the tunnel experience October 2022 https://twitter.com/TexasFootball/status/1579460872334086145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1579460872334086145%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url= (outlook.com) 10.12.2012 | Football Bill Little commentary: Run it again Bill Little, Texas Media Relations…
CLOSE TO DEADLINE ON UT’S BEST by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org Drove up from San Antonio Saturday morning to my buddy Kirk Bohls’ house and he was ready to hit the road for Fort Worth at 9:00 sharp. On the way, naturally, Longhorn football dominated the discussion. We agreed it was a huge plus to…
TEXAS-OU: THE HOT WAR by Larry Carlson for TLSN https://texaslsn.org This October ritual is an assault on the senses. Most every fan involved is hot and sticky, stomach churning from corny dogs, funnel cakes and too much to drink in the wee hours before gametime. The sickening sweet scent of cotton candy wafts in the…
A longhorn’s comment about the Aggie “midnight yell”! ““Damn, for the life of me, I don’t know why anyone would have to practice yelling.”” — Longhorn fan The Aggies inspiration to Saw Bevo’s horns off started in Biblical times. “I will cut off the horns of the wicked. ” — Psalm 75:10 Before the game…