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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 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 .
He died on June 6, 1971, at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He was a Roman Catholic. [5] Steinmark is the subject of the 2015 movie My All American, and a related biography Freddie Steinmark: Faith, Family, Football, published by the University of Texas Press (September 1, 2015). [1]
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 ...
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.
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]
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Texas fumbled the ball 9 times, with 5 of those being turnovers, and the Joe Theisman-led Fighting Irish beat Texas 24-11, giving a share of the national title to the Nebraska Cornhuskers. In 1971, Phillips was again the starter for Texas, but he had an injury plagued season and was replaced several times by back-up Donnie Wigginton. Phillips ...