Texas upset #6 ranked Aggies. Texas held A & M to a -7 yards rushing. Applewhite led the team with 232 yards in passing. Heisman winner Ricky Williams gained 259 yards to set the NCAA rushing record. Kris Stockton kicked the winning field goal.
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“The Last (aggy)Supper” Billy Schott’s oral history, some photos, and text are at https://www.texaslsn.org/billy-schott-oralhistory It would be very easy to recall so many of the distinct memories I have associated with the intense rivalry involving the school in College Station for my 70 years on this planet, but I doubt they would have the same…
1983 Texas 45- A&M 13 Rick McIvor brought the team back from a 13 -0 deficit with four touchdown passes tying a school mark. In 15 minutes Texas scored 45 points. Billy Boy Bryant also threw for a touchdown. 1983+Jeff Leiding consensus All American.jpg 1983John Teltschick (2).jpg
The football History of the Texas-TCU series by Professor Larry Carlson with comments by Billy Schott. TEXAS-TCU SERIES: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY One by one, the old Southwest Conference rivalries are dying off. The old SWC died following the 1995 season, with UT as the final champion. The new, expansive Big…
CURTAINS FOR THE COUGARS by Larry Carlson for TLSN https://texaslsn.org “Out, damn spot! Out, I say.” So said Lady Macbeth, famously. I don’t know if Billy Shakespeare was ever required reading at the University of Houston, but Lady Macbeth and Cougar coach Dana Holgorsen are now intertwined in cursing that damn spot. Texas got a…
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. …
Preface to Larry Carlson’s article on the pending Kansas State game. Coach Snyder’s Kansas State football teams were composed of 2 or 3-star athletes who beat favored 5-star blue-chip teams with intangibles and a driven spirit not measurable by computer recruiting analytical tools. Like Royal, Coach Snyder gravitated to recruits with dreams of greatness, aggressive…