1990 Butch Hadnot – Texas Tech.jpg 1960 Texas Tech program.jpg izadi_shawn_tech_p1301.jpg Texas vs. texas tech ticket stub 10201983.jpg 1964 Texas Tech program.jpg texas tech 1970.jpg 1961 Texas Tech program.jpg 1963 Texas Tech.jpg Tech ticket 1947.png NO TIME FOR A RED & BLACK FRIDAYby Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org (TLSN’s Larry Carlson teaches sports media classes at…
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.
What Might Have Been By Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org The Setting: Memorial Stadium, Oct. 17, 1964, 7:30 pm kickoff, Austin Arkansas (4-0) came south ranked number 8, and defending national champ Texas, also 4-0, held the number one ranking. At Stake: The winner would have the inside track to the Southwest Conference title and a…
Longhorns have eclipsed OU in the race for total national champions for all sports. O.U is not even close to the Longhorns as a champion, And a River Runs Through It. Norman Fitzroy Maclean (December 23, 1902 – August 2, 1990) was an American author and scholar noted for his book “A River Runs Through It.” 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…
In 1974 after the Horns beats the Aggies again, Ed Simonini saw very little good in the Longhorn team. He said, “Earl Campbell was the only guy I’d shake hands with because he’s the only one I think is a man-coaches included.” Marty Akins admitted bantering with Ed during the game. . Marty said, “he…
1998 – Texas 26 A & M 24. 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. Kris Stockton.jpg Major…
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…
THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS Aggies, Re-hashed & Warmed Over. 1974- Texas upsets A & M 32-3. A&M is ranked #9, and Texas is ranked #17. Don’t tell anyone, but Texas’s record against A&M in Memorial Stadium since 1924 was 23-1-1. A&M had three fumbles in the first quarter, and Texas scored points on all of the errors….
PROLOGUE TO Lubbock 2008, Ten Years After Sept. 20, 2021 by Larry Carlson Dateline: Lubbock, November 10, 2018 Many of us began the elevator shuttle from the press box down to the floor of Jones AT&T Stadium, with about six to seven minutes on the clock. Texas had entered the fourth quarter with a lead…