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Darrell K Royal (July 6, 1924 – November 7, 2012) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State University (1954–1955), the University of Washington (1956), and the University of Texas (1957–1976), compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5.
Of the 36 different head coaches who have led the Bulldogs, Bernie Bierman, [5] McKeen [6] and Darrell Royal [7] have been inducted as head coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.
And on this date in Texas history, Darrell K Royal made his UT debut in the Red River Rivalry. In what was the first of 20 games that Royal coached against Oklahoma, Royal was on the losing end of ...
The Longhorns have played in 1,200 games during their 117 seasons. In those seasons, 10 coaches have led Texas to postseason bowl games: Dana X. Bible, Blair Cherry, Ed Price, Darrell Royal, Fred Akers, David McWilliams, John Mackovic, Mack Brown, Charlie Strong, Tom Herman, and Steve Sarkisian.
On this date in Texas history, Darrell Royal beat Arkansas during his final game with the Longhorns.
Apr. 20—Darrell Royal, the legendary University of Texas football coach, is widely credited with the first utterance of the following — echoed throughout the decades by scores if not hundreds ...
Longhorns coach Darrell Royal had decided before the game to go for two after the Longhorns' first touchdown to avoid a tie, and Street dove into the end zone to make it 14–8. This was an unusual decision since most teams would have delayed the decision for a two-point conversion until the next touchdown (though clearly mathematically correct ...
On this date in Texas history, the Longhorns opened the 1976 football season with a 14-13 loss at Boston College.