Countdown to Football

[Dionysus]

Jonathan Scott, 2002-2005

 

[WorsterMan]

 

[HornSwoggler]

Rick Ingraham #73 OG 1977 and some other guy, #20

 

[NJlonghorn]

If you search Rick Ingraham Texas Football in Google videos, everything that comes up is about that #20 guy. He must've been special.

Seriously though, I've never paid much attention to the OL in front of Earl. Judging from the highlight videos, they were no slouches.

 

[WorsterMan]

In business I met Rick Ingraham years ago and we talked a lot about that '77 team, the games and that #20 guy... his name escapes me too. Rick is a nice guy.

Story is during the ou game after QB's McBath & Aune went out with season ending knee injuries, Randy McEachern trots to the huddle and Ingraham was the guy that told him to just hand the ball to #20 and get the hell out of the way.

 

[shaggy refuge]

Thread jack! It's Jordan's world and we get to live in it! Go to Scotland ind your mind.

 

[NJlonghorn]

#72 Don Talbert, the last of the 3 Talbert brothers to hit the countdown

Went on to play 10 years in the NFL, half with the Cowboys

Inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Fame in 1992

 

[WorsterMan]

#12 Bobby Cotton & #72 Don Talbert

 

[WorsterMan]

 

[WorsterMan]

Jan. 1, 1970

#1 TEXAS vs. Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl

The late James Street greets the late Freddie Steinmark prior to the kickoff.

 

[moondog_LFZ]

 

[HornSwoggler]

Will Allen #72 OG 3 YR Letterman Starter for 2005 NC Team

 

[BevoJoe]

In business I met Rick Ingraham years ago and we talked a lot about that '77 team, the games and that #20 guy... his name escapes me too. Rick is a nice guy.

Story is during the ou game after QB's McBath & Aune went out with season ending knee injuries, Randy McEachern trots to the huddle and Ingraham was the guy that told him to just hand the ball to #20 and get the hell out of the way.

I heard that story about Ingram's statement to McEachern. I was siting at that game, and Losing McBath was bad, then Aune blew a knee dropping back to pass as I recall, and it looked bleak. But McEachern settled in and #20 Guy had a solid game>

 

[BevoJoe]

 

[NJlonghorn]

Jan. 1, 1970

#1 TEXAS vs. Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl

The late James Street greets the late Freddie Steinmark prior to the kickoff.

We need a new thread entitled "Photos to get psyched about the 2015 season opener, but that have nothing to do with the countdown thread and thus don't belong there."

 

[NJlonghorn]

This one reminds me of Where's Waldo. Lol.

Any idea who #72 is in that photo?

 

[BevoJoe]

Nat a clue...that was in the Cotton Bowl against SMU in the early 50s and the QB is Doak Walker. (note: no facemasks!)

 

[NJlonghorn]

Doak Walker played at SMU in 1947, 48, and 49. UT and SMU played in Austin in 1948, so the photo must be from 1947 or 1949.

I can't find Longhorn rosters from 1947 or 1949 with uniform numbers. For what it's worth, the 1947 team photo has a number 72 in the front row, so maybe that's our guy.

 

[BevoJoe]

He may be......now, I read somewhere that Texas didn't have any black football players until 1972 or 73. If that's true, explain #87 and #81 on the 1947 squad.

 

[NJlonghorn]

He may be......now, I read somewhere that Texas didn't have any black football players until 1972 or 73. If that's true, explain #87 and #81 on the 1947 squad.

Perhaps the "somewhere" that you read it is this article. Regardless, the only possible explanation I can think of is that #87 and #81 (as well as #41, who looks like he may be black) might have never actually played in a game.

 

[NJlonghorn]

Also perplexing is this webpage, which says that black students weren't admitted to UT until 1950 (graduate programs) and 1956 (undergraduate).

 

[WorsterMan]

The late Leo Brooks # 71 - DT & OT 1967-1969.

 

[yelladawgdem]

No Bobby Layne, Tom Campbell or Tom Landry in that 1947 team picture.

 

[mchammer]

Club team?

 

[WorsterMan]

Outland Trophy & All American DT 1961-1963 # 70, the late Scott Appleton:

Versus ou 1963 - #70 joined by Nobis & McWilliams:

 

[HornSwoggler]

Dan Neil #69 1992-1996 1st Team All-American 1996 Longhorn MVP 1996 Longhorns Hall of Honor

Priest flies over Neil against ND 1996

 

[Godz40acres]

 

[moondog_LFZ]

 

[moondog_LFZ]

Ken Hackemack #68

 

[blonthang]

I took a look at the html underlying the picture linked above, allegedly a UT squad photo.

The url of the image linked has the file name as: tiptop25.com/1947mich.png

Uh, I think that's Meatchicken's 1947 squad.

Info on that team, the "Mad Magicians", went 10-0, including a 49-0 win over USC in the Rose Bowl, as No.2 was vaulted over No.1 Domers by an unprecedented AP poll AFTER the bowl games.

Wiki link about the team: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team

From that link a photo of Bump Elliott, number 18:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bump_Elliott_runs_for_TD_against_Illinois.jpg

A pic of the Elliott brothers, Bump and Pete, numbers 18 and 45, and Bruce Hilkene number 75: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elliott_Brothers,_Crisler_and_Hilkene_celebrate.jpg