November 3Nov 3 Since we are on a bye this week i am in search of a historic Texas game to watch. Recently I watched the documentaries on the 1960s teams and I have watched just about every game since 2005 so anything from 1970-2005 that was memorable/historic would be greatly appreciated.
November 3Nov 3 6 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said: Since we are on a bye this week i am in search of a historic Texas game to watch. Recently I watched the documentaries on the 1960s teams and I have watched just about every game since 2005 so anything from 1970-2005 that was memorable/historic would be greatly appreciated. "Memorable"? Well, there's the 1991 Cotton Bowl Classic
November 3Nov 3 Popular Post 1998 vs Texas A&M with Williams having... 44 carries 259 rushing yards average of 5.9 yards per carry one 60-yard rush worth watching again and again
November 3Nov 3 1995 Texas Virginia had some moments. Freshman Ricky Williams (139 yds on 14 carries) 700th overall UT victory First time a winning play decided the game at home. And the McKelvey / Weaver season. Everybody remembers Dawson's kick but watch the last drive. Two 4th down conversions (Wane McGarity and Brown to Adams) to just get there.
November 3Nov 3 33 minutes ago, orange dream said: 1990 Cougar High @ Texas My favorite game while a student on The 40. It was the only game in history where UT fans stormed the field and tore down the goalposts, right?
November 3Nov 3 Author 24 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said: 1995 Texas Virginia had some moments. Freshman Ricky Williams (139 yds on 14 carries) 700th overall UT victory First time a winning play decided the game at home. And the McKelvey / Weaver season. Everybody remembers Dawson's kick but watch the last drive. Two 4th down conversions (Wane McGarity and Brown to Adams) to just get there. 52 minutes ago, n64ra said: 1998 vs Texas A&M with Williams having... 44 carries 259 rushing yards average of 5.9 yards per carry one 60-yard rush worth watching again and again 37 minutes ago, Huckleberry said: 1987 Texas @ Arkansas All on the list! With how the cowboys are trending this year I will probably start these at halftime tonight.
November 3Nov 3 1996 Texas vs. Nebraska - first Big 12 Championship. "McGarity! In a footrace!" Link and "No question what's about to happen... ...on a ROLL! ...Gonna THROW it!" Link Edited November 3Nov 3 by TexLonghorn
November 3Nov 3 2 hours ago, Born Burnt said: "Memorable"? Well, there's the 1991 Cotton Bowl Classic
November 3Nov 3 1 hour ago, DaysOff said: Was that the Tony Jones catch on the last play? 58 minutes ago, TexLonghorn said: 1996 Texas vs. Nebraska - first Big 12 Championship. "McGarity! In a footrace!" Link "Derrick Lewis in a footrace." The back to back '89 and '90 OU games were pretty good. 1996 aigy game with Westbrooks laying people out was a great game. Edited November 3Nov 3 by Bullneck
November 4Nov 4 7 minutes ago, Bullneck said: "Derrick Lewis in a footrace." The back to back '89 and '90 OU games were pretty good. 1996 aigy game with Westbrooks laying people out was a great game. Westbrook almost beheaded a ND back that year too (kinder?).
November 4Nov 4 Fred Akers vs. Bear Bryant in a Cotton Bowl Classic’ QB Draws by Brewer were unstoppable!
November 4Nov 4 Texas Mizzou 1996 had Ricky running wild and carrying at least one guy into the end zone. But it's the insane hurricane like storm that hits at about 1:38:00 that made it epic. That poor bastard punting for Mizzou hit about a 15-yarder straight into the teeth of the wind and rain before the refs decided to call time for a while.
November 4Nov 4 Domers in Austin September 1996. Was a loss but this hit is legendary...Westbrook on Kinder. All 83,000 in attendance felt and heard the impact, Kinder was never the same the remainder of the game.Enjoy!! Beat the hell out ofGeorgia!!
November 4Nov 4 1999 Cotton Bowl vs Miss St is also a fun watch if you never got to watch Ricky run. He was a runaway freight train in that game. This still from the game is an example, but the three consecutive runs tagged to the video show why the guy was so unstoppable. Injures one guy trying to tackle him, busts several tackles for a 23 yard gain, and then absolutely obliterates a defensive player trying to stop him at the goal line. Edited November 4Nov 4 by honolulu horn
November 4Nov 4 2 hours ago, Bullneck said: The back to back '89 and '90 OU games were pretty good. '89 has a lot of wacky stuff. Good game.
November 4Nov 4 3 hours ago, Not a cat said: Westbrook almost beheaded a ND back that year too (kinder?). Man, you gotta love Westbrook. He was pretty skinny... not a ton of muscle on his arms and legs. I bet he was less than 180. And he would PUNISH guys 30-40 pounds heavier than him... like Kinder and Greg McElroy. Fantastic cover corner too. You just never see that combo. You have cover corners and then you have 200+ pound safeties who can hit. Not both.
November 4Nov 4 First, a three part series comes to mind: First, to get the flavor if you will of Texas-OU in the 1970s, and to see just how talented all of the defensive players seemed to be, watch the 1976 Texas-OU game. If you like defense and special teams, wow, unbelievable!! Just writing about this game stresses me!! Then follow that by watching the 1977 Texas-OU game. Again a feast for the defensive player in your soul, but also Earl!!! Earl had to be heisman worthy just to score one touchdown against the incredibly talented OU defense. I think this was the game that was televised only in Oklahoma City and Austin. ABC was not allowed to pick up the game, because OU was on probation. I believe it was a TV crew split-half Texas, half OU. I think Steve Ross was a commentator for the Texas side. Finally a kicking exhibition broke out the next week in Arkansas. After probably the hardest hitting game of the year, we had to travel to Arkansas and play against Steve Little and the razorbacks. great catch and run by Earl. To my memory he only caught two passes that year, one against Ark. and one against Aggy, both screen passes, both very successful. Switching to the offensive side of the ball; pick any game that we won in the mid 1980s that featured Eric Metcalf starting. Truly amazing. I only saw him in person one time, in a loss against Aggy, but he was absolutely out-of-this world elusive. Finally, since you said before 2005, correct? Go back and watch the 2004 Texas-OSU game. We knew what would happen in '05, because of what happened in 2004. Oops, one honorable mention type game that is probably not even on YouTube. We all know that we had to play three QBs against OU in 1977. However, few people remember that McEachern would also become bothered by a minor injury and true freshman Sam Ansley would start against either SMU or TCU. But, Ansley had to go out for one play during the game, equipment problem I think. So someone yells at Ricky Churchman DB, and he takes the snap, hands off to Earl, and Earl scores a 30 something yard TD! (I am 100% Ricky was a DB, but I am not 100% sure he was the DB who took the snap.) I could be wrong, but I believe that cements 1977 as the year that the most QBs played in a game. four QBs, and one DB took snaps. I think the case could be made that 5 players taking a snap in an undefeated regular season is probably the highest number in NCAA history.
November 4Nov 4 11 hours ago, honolulu horn said: 1999 Cotton Bowl vs Miss St is also a fun watch if you never got to watch Ricky run. He was a runaway freight train in that game. This still from the game is an example, but the three consecutive runs tagged to the video show why the guy was so unstoppable. Injures one guy trying to tackle him, busts several tackles for a 23 yard gain, and then absolutely obliterates a defensive player trying to stop him at the goal line. I miss the Cotton Bowl at the Cotton Bowl. Old Freak Nasty sighting after the TD.
November 4Nov 4 14 hours ago, DFW Horn said: My favorite game while a student on The 40. It was the only game in history where UT fans stormed the field and tore down the goalposts, right? Were you the idiot that Wally was speaking to?
November 4Nov 4 16 hours ago, Huckleberry said: 1987 Texas @ Arkansas I didn't live in Texas or follow the Longhorns back then. But a few years ago with nothing else on during a lazy Saturday I had a great time watching that game on Longhorn Network. I knew how it was going to end, but those last couple of minutes was still exciting to watch. Since OP asked for games only through the 2005 season, I'd nominate the 2005 game at Columbus. A hell of a thrilling game for four quarters, and one that really got a lot of us believing we were going to the title game. Edited November 4Nov 4 by South Austin
November 4Nov 4 2003 vs Arkansas. Cokehead Matt Jones won. 2003 @ Kansas State. When the Wizurd was still coaching. 2003 vs Tech. Shootout featuring Wes Welker. Rose Bowl vs Michigan. One of the greatest of all time.
November 4Nov 4 1 hour ago, Cruz in Aledo said: Were you the idiot that Wally was speaking to? Lol....no, I wasn't drunk enough to climb the goalposts
November 4Nov 4 49 minutes ago, South Austin said: I didn't live in Texas or follow the Longhorns back then. But a few years ago with nothing else on during a lazy Saturday I had a great time watching that game on Longhorn Network. I knew how it was going to end, but those last couple of minutes was still exciting to watch. Since OP asked for games only through the 2005 season, I'd nominate the 2005 game at Columbus. A hell of a thrilling game for four quarters, and one that really got a lot of us believing we were going to the title game. Also a memorable game because Lee Corso was the color commentator in his first season at ESPN.
November 4Nov 4 2 hours ago, Sir Ulrich said: Just watched Texas vs Houston 1990. Key take away Belt to Ass. We have had been on the wrong side of big games at home and when Houston was rolling that year and we were also good at the same time, it was finally an opportunity for us to go Supernova. You feel it watching the game back. Uga last year should had been that but we got off to such a bad start.
November 4Nov 4 Since this is a Bye Week, I'm putting this here. We have a custom clothes maker in East Austin who creates suits for a large number of current and former Longhorns and other athletes. The place is sotoandco.com The clothes are nice. While I was there, M.J. McFarland came in. I think he sells real estate in Austin now. Great space in a container building and check out some of the clientele: Edited November 4Nov 4 by TreatyOak
November 7Nov 7 Author Still working through all of these games but couple of takeaways. I liked the player intros being mostly Texas players. Something cool about it being local players on each team. How in the hell did yall watch these games without scores and a timer?
November 7Nov 7 1973 Cotton Bowl. 1st half is Silent, but the 2nd half is the actual CBS Broadcast with Lindsey Nelson and Tom Brookshier. You can hear Nelson and Brookshier talking during commercial breaks as well as discussing the famous Alan Lowry run. Pretty cool video.
November 7Nov 7 There's good Aggie games from the 90s. 1995-last year SWC. Not high scoring, but road win. Big westbrook hit. 1998-Ricky Record
November 7Nov 7 1970 Cotton Bowl, #1 Texas vs. #9 Notre Dame. Fighting Irish gave us everything we could handle that day. Features one of the great fourth-quarter winning drives in Texas history. 1965 Orange Bowl, #5 Texas vs. #1 Alabama. Defense stops Joe Namath cold in the waning moments of the game. 1982 Cotton Bowl, #5 Texas vs. #3 Alabama. Double-digit fourth-quarter comeback.
November 7Nov 7 On 11/4/2025 at 11:24 AM, TreatyOak said: Since this is a Bye Week, I'm putting this here. We have a custom clothes maker in East Austin who creates suits for a large number of current and former Longhorns and other athletes. The place is sotoandco.com The clothes are nice. While I was there, M.J. McFarland came in. I think he sells real estate in Austin now. Great space in a container building and check out some of the clientele:
November 7Nov 7 1 hour ago, satyanash said: 1970 Cotton Bowl, #1 Texas vs. #9 Notre Dame. Fighting Irish gave us everything we could handle that day. Features one of the great fourth-quarter winning drives in Texas history. And this iconic pic. I was at that game as a youngster.
November 8Nov 8 Going by memory in my period of football consciousness.... 1994 Sun Bowl vs Mack Brown 1995 Tech, A&M 1996 A&M, Nebraska 1998 Nebraska, A&M, Cotton Bowl 1999 OU, Nebraska 2000 A&M 2001 A&M, Holiday Bowl 2002 A&M, Cotton Bowl vs LSU/Saban 2003 Tech 2004 OSU, Kansas, Rose Bowl 2005 Ohio State, Ok State, Rose Bowl 2008 OU, Missouri, Fiesta Bowl 2011 A&M Edited November 8Nov 8 by Extra Mustard
November 8Nov 8 On 11/3/2025 at 5:54 PM, Bullneck said: Westbrook almost beheaded a ND back that year too (kinder?). Whoa ho. Hello! Edited November 8Nov 8 by UTexasFight
November 8Nov 8 You could do a lot worse than an all day marathon of Texas/Nebraska (For the once loss, just fast forward to Bevo XIII in the Alamodome end zone) still mind blowing the 15 year run we had against them. every one of those has incredible moments seared in the memory: 12/7/96 Roll Left 10/31/98 Ricky/47 game home winning streak/standing O from Memorial Stadium 10/23/99 Mike Jones/McConaughey/bongo drums 12/4/99 Bevo XIII/cell phone flop out 11/2/02 Simms/Joel Myers/Dave Lapham 11/1/03 I actually don’t remember this one, beating Nebraska was becoming so second nature 10/21/06 Ryan Bailey/snow 10/27/07 Jamaal Charles 4th quarter 12/5/2009 1 second/Hunter Lawrence 10/16/10 Gilbert/ still the last time Nebraska was ranked top 5
November 8Nov 8 12 hours ago, TxEx84 said: And this iconic pic. I was at that game as a youngster. Arch the time traveler
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