In his lecture, the coach mentioned that the wishbone was made popular in the late 1960s by Darrell Royal. A puzzled player inquired, ”Who is Darrell Royal?” Most football Americans know ...

The Texas Longhorns open the season against the defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes on August 30 in 99 days.

This date in Texas history is part of a daily Longhorns newsletter put together by Texas football beat writer Danny Davis. For this and more phenomenal American-Statesman coverage delivered ...

I am, of course, talking of Darrell Royal. Royal is the only man who truly understands both ends of this bitter rivalry. His boyhood home was Hollis, Okla., just five miles from the Texas border.

The Texas and Texas A&M football programs took to social media Thursday to announce the game time for this year’s Lone Star ...

Sports Aggies Wire projects the Longhorns to fall to the Texas A&M Aggies in Austin on November 29. History doesn't favor ...

Darrell Royal of Texas & Barry Switzer of Oklahoma were mentioned in the piece: The Red River Rivalry reached its peak in 1976, when Royal, in his last season at Texas, accused Switzer and OU of ...

That was Darrell Royal, who came from Mississippi State, coached the Huskies to a 5-5 record and left for his dream job. Texas. Royal turned the Longhorns in a national power. In 20 seasons ...

Former Texas coach Fred Akers, who was tasked with replacing the legendary Darrell Royal as the head coach of the Longhorns, died Monday, the school announced. He was 82. After serving as an ...

Ferguson averaged 42.9 yards per punt throughout his OU career. 2 – Darrell Royal The second great punter on here from the Wilkinson Era later went to the dark side of the Red River Showdown.

To all the Vince Young touchdown runs and James Street fourth-quarter heroics, to all the Darrell Royal and Mack Brown moments of glory, and to all those nights when the University of Texas tower ...

Game day at the University of Texas is electric as fans in burnt orange flock to Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. With tailgates packed with barbecue, a lineup of beloved food vendors and ...