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Texas Longhorn History
The "Game of the Century"
#1 Texas 15, #2 Arkansas 14
Saturday, December 6, 1969 - Razorback Stadium (Fayetteville, Ark.)
The photograph below is after the "game of the century" which featured No. 1 Texas, winners of 18-straight vs. No. 2 Arkansas, winners of 15-straight in the showpiece game in college football's 100-year anniversary. It was a game that received almost unprecedented national hype when it was moved from October 18th to December 6th to give it more of a national audience. It worked as the move made it the focus of the entire sporting world doing a television rating of a 50 share.
It was fourth-and-three with Texas down 14-8 when head coach Darrell Royal called for the “53 veer pass.” It was a play that had been called only a few times all season with tight end Randy Peschel in the game and it hadn’t met with much success. “Although this pass is supposed to be long, if you can’t get open, cut outside or do something to get enough for a first down,” said Street to Peschel in the huddle. “But if you can get behind him [the halfback], run like hell.” Peschel ran by Arkansas defensive back Jerry Moore and the ball arrived in the UT tight end’s hands 44 yards later. The play deflated the Razorbacks and gave the Longhorns the momentum to pull out the win.
Texas defeated Arkansas 15-14, December 6, 1969, and President Richard Nixon visited the Longhorn locker room afterwards. He presented Texas head football coach Darrell Royal with his presidential plaque live on national television. This image of Nixon and Royal appeared on the front pages of newspapers all over Texas and across the country. H.R. Haldeman, Nixon’s chief-of-staff, thought the White House had achieved a major public relations victory for the President. Also pictured is UT quarterback James Street.
Pictured In The Last Photo (December 6, 1994) is: Coach Darrell Royal, James White, Randy Willis, former UT quarterback James Street, former UT All American and All Pro Doug English, country singer Johnny Rodriguez and The Geezinslaws' Dewayne "Son" Smith & Sammy Allred after an informal lunch at The Broken Spoke, in Austin, on the 25th Anniversary of the "game of the century."
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Texas vs Notre Dame
#1 Texas 21, #9 Notre Dame 17
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - Cotton Bowl (Dallas, Texas)
The scoreboard tells the story in this picture from the 1970 Cotton Bowl. With the National Championship on the line, facing fourth down and two yards to go at the Notre Dame 10 and trailing 17-14, Darrell Royal gives quarterback James Street the play. Street rolled out and tossed an eight yard pass to a diving catch from all-American end Cotton Speyrer at the Irish 2-yard line. Billy Dale scored the Longhorn touchdown, and the Texas defense stopped Joe Theisman and Notre Dame to preserve the national title in the 21-17 victory.
The importance of the game was underscored because it was Notre Dame’s first bowl game since the Famed Four Horseman era of Knute Rockne. Notre Dame had ended a 44-year self-imposed exile from bowl competition in order to play Texas in Dallas.
In the next photo Ara Parseghian congratulates Darrell Royal after the Longhorns 21-17 victory.
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Texas vs Alabama
Saturday, January 1, 1973 - Cotton Bowl (Dallas, Texas)
#7 Texas 17, #4 Alabama 13
Darrell Royal's No. 7 Texas capped an outstanding 10-1 season with a 17-13 defeat of Bear Bryant’s No. 4 Alabama. Quarterback Alan Lowry’s 34-yard touchdown run on a bootleg with 4:22 left in the game proved to be the difference in UT’s upset of the favored Tide. Alabama, led by offensive tackle John Hannah and running back Wilbur Jackson, jumped out to a 13-3 halftime lead, but Texas, behind its star tackle Jerry Sisemore and top running back Roosevelt Leaks, stormed back in the second half. Lowry, who ran for 117 yards on 16 carries and passed for 61 more yards on a 5-of-11 performance, beat out Leaks, who rushed for 120 yards on 25 carries, for outstanding offensive performer honors. Royal was especially proud of this team’s performance. After all, he had called the team “average as a day’s wash” in the preseason.
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Texas vs Arkansas
1974
Earl Campbell (20) and Doug English (74)—two Longhorn all-Americans who usually played on opposite sides of the ball—have reason to celebrate this touchdown against Arkansas in 1974. Campbell, a fullback in the Wishbone offense that season, entered the game as a rusher on a Razorback punting situation and wound up blocking the punt. English, an all-American defensive tackle, picked up the ball and scored in the Longhorns’ 38-7 win over the Razorbacks.
The two Longhorn all-Americans were reunited again at another celebration, the wedding of Johnny Rodriguez and Lana Nelson. Pictured: Johnny Rodriguez, Doug English, Lana Nelson, Earl Campbell, Willie Nelson and Randy Willis (January 10, 1995 Luck, Texas; Willie's Western Town).
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#5 Texas 13, #2 Oklahoma 6
Saturday, October 8, 1977 - Cotton Bowl (Dallas, Texas)
Texas hadn’t beaten Oklahoma in six seasons when Earl Campbell and company met the Sooners in 1977 and came away with a 13-6 victory. The only touchdown of the game came on this run by Campbell late in the first half, and it was set up by a crushing block from tight end Steve Hall. The game featured a dramatic turn when the Longhorns’ first two quarterbacks went out with knee injuries in the first quarter, and third-stringer Randy McEachern came off the bench to guide Texas to the victory. A goal line stand, spirited by all-American safety Johnnie Johnson, capped the game in the fourth quarter.
