Highlights: Texas vs. AM 1963

[BigEarlinBastrop]

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If you're over 60, remember, if not, enjoy. (Some Ags still complaining about missed call on interception, but no replay in those days.)

 

[Y Sanchez]

Notice what a train wreck the field was in that video?

Remember when aggy was whining about how Texas "watered the field at DKR" a few years ago?

It had not rained that week before Thansgiving in 1963.

 

[Clean]

Good memories. Thanks for posting.

That '63 team had a number of close calls against teams like Rice,SMU, Baylor, and aggy, but they cruised against No.1 OU and No. 2 Navy. Go figure.

 

[Horns11]

So we basically had one of the luckiest double-turnovers in the history of our school with the pick that was fumbled in the 4th quarter? I never realized that.

The whole time I watched that clip, I just kept thinking about what our defense today would do to A&M's 1963 offense. They might have finished the game with negative yardage.

 

[Bill in Sinton]

Clean don't forget we also had a close one against Arkansas that year even though Arkansas did't have one of their best years.

 

[Clean]

Your right Bill. Arkansas was another close one. We built a 17-0 lead and then had to hold on for dear life to win 17-13. The '63 team was definitely the cardiac kids.

 

[accuratehorn]

You can call it luck on the turnover after the interception, but the stupid aggy tried to lateral the ball, ala Reggie Bush in the Rose Bowl, rather than simply falling down and claiming a victory which would have denied UT its first national championship. Its called playing A&M, not luck. You expect them to do things like that. It's their nature. It was likely in the UT game plan.
On the end zone interception, the aggy's foot was clearly in the field of play, but the ball was out on his fingertips as he slid out of the end zone. Did he really have control while in the field of play? The ref thought there was doubt, although clearly it could have been called either way.

 

[Bill in Sinton]

I agree with accuratehorn that it was so close it could have been called either way and I don't think a review would have overturned the on field ruling.

 

[reyhorn]

I agree with a poster above, the whole time I was envisioning our 2011 defense against the A&M offense.

Also, that Aggy receiver clearly did not have posession of the ball before going out of the end zone.

 

[Bill in Sinton]

I wish we could get a copy of all of the plays of that last drive. Another pass we threw that was not shown was one that was thrown right to an Aggie receiver's hands but fortunately he was unable to hang onto the ball and it fell incomplete. We had other close games but this was the one we had to come from behind to win it in the last quarter.

 

[BigEarlinBastrop]

No one has mentioned the call by Kern Tips, voice of the SWC on Humble Radio Network. Loved listening to him in days when few games were televised. And his post-season highlight reels from Humble were awesome.

 

[blonthang]

What's the saying, something like:

"Offense puts fans' butts in the stands; defense wins championships."

The 1963 scores for Texas:

21-0
49-7
34-7
28-7
17-13
10-6
17-12
7-0
17-0
15-13
28-6

That team went 11-0 and won the MNC. The defense averaged giving up 6.5 points per game and only allowed 11 TDs all year long.

I know, teams didn't score as much back then, but Texas averaged 22 points per game.

Some AWESOME numbers I came up with regarding DKR's amazing run from 1959 to 1964 based on the results that follow:

From 1959-1964 Texas played 66 games and went 56-8-2, or a 86.4 WL%.

They pitched 18 SHUT OUTS, or over 25% of the games they played NO points were scored against Texas during that 6 year span.

For 42 of those 66 games (64% or almost 2/3) the opponent scored 7 or fewer points.

From 1961 to 1964 (4 years) Texas was ranked each week in the Top 5 (except for one week early in 1961 they were ranked #6).

The most points allowed were 24 and 23 points in 2 games in 1959 and 1960. All other games during this 6 year period (64 games) Texas gave up 17 points or less in every game.

1964 (10-1)
31-0
23-0
17-6
28-7
13-14
6-3
7-0
20-14
28-13
26-7
21-17

1963 (11-0 MNC)
21-0
49-7
34-7
28-7
17-13
10-6
17-12
7-0
17-0
15-13
28-6

1962 (9-1-1)
25-13
34-0
35-8
9-6
7-3
14-14
6-0
27-12
14-0
13-3
0-13

1961 (10-1)
28-3
42-14
41-8
28-7
33-7
34-7
27-0
33-7
0-6
25-0
12-7

1960 (7-3-1)
13-14
34-0
17-0
24-0
23-24
0-7
17-7
12-7
3-2
21-14
3-3

1959 (9-2)
20-0
26-0
33-0
19-12
13-12
28-6
21-0
13-12
9-14
20-17
14-23

 

[Bill in Sinton]

I remember Kern Tipps calling that game. In fact he called all of UT's games that year. He generally called the game of the week but they wanted him on all the UT games in case of a big upset which fortunately didn't happen. This game was our closest scariest game of the year because we had to come from behind to win it in the fourth quarter. The other games we were protecting the lead.
Coach Royal once said there was no reason for the field to be in that bad shape. Even if it rained they could have covered it up which would have helped.

 

[Bill in Sinton]

Great investigative work blonthang. In nearly every game 17 points would have been enough to have won and that is good defense. I remember most of those years our defense nearly always held the other team to 2 yards or less in rushing. In 1963 we were one of the top defenses in rushing and keeping the other teams from scoring. I think we were in the top 24 in pass defense but it was that low only because other teams saw they couldn't run on us and just started passing on every down. But even then we dominated because they didn't record sacks that year plus we had a good pass rush and had several interceptions.

 

[Bill in Sinton]

I think the 1961 team was Coach Royal's best team next to the 1969 NC team and I think Coach Royal thought so too. I remember early in 1963 season he was asked by a reporter if the 1963 team was the best team he had at Texas and he was emphatic as he said no. But we had a good sophomore class in 1961 that were to lead us to the NC two years later. They came close in 1961 and 1962 and this gave them an advantage to be so close but not getting the NC that it gave them that fighting determination not to let it get away in 1963.

 

[Horns11]

I was watching the 1969 Texas/OU game on LHN and other than the obvious wishbone stuff, the demeanor of the team mirrored a lot of the other 1960s clips under Royal. The team would give up a huge play, and get right back to work. Nothing seemed to rattle them.

 

[Touchdown]

I was there in the north end zone

 

[giveemhell]

I’ve been using the image of Charles Talbert signaling Duke Carlisle’s touchdown as my sig for years, but that’s the first time I’ve ever seen video footage of that moment. Gave me chills….

 

[Hooky Hornstein]

Okay, I realize this is going to be an irrelevant comment, but it looks like the stupid Aggies must've changed their jersies at halftime or something.

At the start of the game, they have white stripes on their shoulders. At the end of the game, they have three stripes under their sleeve numbers.

That's odd.

 

[tejas77]

Too young to remember that game but I've heard about the non-interception for years. I admit to looking at it through Burnt Orange glasses but that aggy seems to be juggling the ball or am I wrong and we got a favorable call?

Someone mentions it hadn't rained the whole week before that game but there was some nice size puddles next to that field!

 

[Bill in Sinton]

He juggled it. It was close but if he had not juggled it the game would have been over.

 

[Horn87]

who was aggy playing--the announcer keeps saying the Cadets--were they playing Staubach and the Naval Academy??

 

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