1969 NCAA Football #1 Texas at #2 Arkansas

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• CL

  @classicsportsgames · 3 years ago

  Wow Nixon’s halftime analysis was actually really good and his prediction for the second half was pretty spot on

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• GL

  @GlorfindelofGondolin · 11 months ago

  Love how the Showband of the Southwest was literally using any excuse to blast Texas Fight the whole game. No fanfares or motifs, just playing Texas Fight on every down. Great!

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• EX

  @excaliburhead · 2 years ago

  I watched this game on TV with my mom and dad when I was 8 years old.  It was magical.  And watching it now, 54 years later, I still get nervous!

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• HA

  @hatuxka · 6 years ago (edited)

  This was a gripping game-everyone in the country was watching. And Nixon was there.

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• MI

  @michaelleroy9281 · 6 years ago

  Darrell Royal RIP He had the guts to call The 4th and 3 play

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• KE

  @kevbomevbo3492 · 7 years ago

  I thoroughly enjoyed Coach Wilkinson's demonstration of how the wishbone offense works.

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• KE

  @keithrissolo7437 · 1 year ago

  I remember watching this epic game when I was a kid back in the incredible year 1969...BOTH teams were outstanding, Arkansas had no reason to hang their heads, what a team they were that year!!! But Texas was incredible too...They both came to play that day!!!!

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• MA

  @Mark-sj3xb · 4 years ago

  Funny looking back that there were no celebrations like high fives, dances, etc. When they got excited all they knew to do was jump around and hug. <br><br>Football players just looked like ordinary large men, not juiced up robotic monsters like today. I think an average offensive lineman was in the 240-250 lb range. <br><br>Love how they televised the bands’ halftime show and not cut to the studio. Such a different time. I miss the world I grew up in.

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• JE

  @jessemartin8710 · 4 years ago

  Rest in Peace coach Royal, James Street, and Freddie steinmark

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• TN

  @tntkop · 5 years ago

  Just watched the movie, MY ALL AMERICAN, which is about Texas safety Freddie Steinmark, who wears #28. This was the last game he ever played. After this game, Steinmark was diagnosed with a very deadly form of bone cancer. His left leg was amputated at the hip within days of the conclusion of this game. He passed away approximately 18 months later at the young age of 22 years old. <br>A memorial to Steinmark is in the tunnel of the Texas stadium, and players pay their respect to Steinmark by touching the memorial as they come down the tunnel for each game.

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• JO

  @johnguedel7119 · 6 years ago

  One of my favorite things is right after Peschel catches the 4th down pass, a cheerleader does backflips right on the field.

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• WA

  @wacokidhunter · 2 years ago

  Back when this game was played there was one televised game a week. I rarely missed one.

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