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The 1971 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Texas' hopes for a third consecutive national championship were squashed with back-to-back one-sided losses in October to its two biggest rivals, Oklahoma and Arkansas .
In 1971, with the help of Dallas Times Herald sports editor Blackie Sherrod, Steinmark wrote and published his autobiography I Play to Win. [5] The book was published posthumously, about 3 months after Steinmark's death. He died on June 6, 1971, at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He was a Roman Catholic. [6]
Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Longhorns represent the University of Texas in the NCAA's Big 12 Conference. Although Texas began competing in intercollegiate football in 1893, [1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1950. Records from before ...
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M: 5 football players were killed in a head-on highway crash (1966). Marshall: 37 members died in an airplane crash (1970). Wichita State: most of the starting players and coaches, 31 in total, died in an airplane crash (1970). Cal Poly Mustangs football team: 16 players and 6 others died in an airplane crash (1960).
The day the Razorbacks beat Texas in 1971. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Feller played college football for the Texas Longhorns, where he was a walk on. [3] He beat out Rob Layne, who started in 1967, for the starting kicker job before the start of the 1968 season. [4] In 1968, Feller went 8-of-16 for field goals and 30-of-32 for extra point attempts. [5] He made a 53-yarder against Oklahoma, a school record. [4]
As a senior in 1971, Bertlesen was the team's lead ground gainer. In his career at Texas (1969–1971), he rushed for 2,510 yards, averaging 6.1 yards a carry and 33 touchdowns, and also had nine 100-yard rushing games. Bertelsen was selected in the second round of the 1972 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams with the 30th overall pick.
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