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 ...

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

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.

Darrell Royal, the legendary Texas coach who led the Longhorns to three national college football titles and 11 Southwest Conference titles in a 20-year tenure that ended in 1976, died Wednesday ...

Today is Dec. 4, 2024. And on this date in Texas history, Darrell Royal beat Arkansas during his final game with the Longhorns. To close out the 1976 season, Texas recorded a 29-12 win over ...

Edith Royal, the wife of former Texas football coach Darrell Royal and the matriarch of the Longhorns program, died Monday at the age of 98. Royal has been described over the years as a vibrant ...

Sadly, one of the great coaches ever to walk the sidelines in a college football game is no longer with us. Former Texas coach Darrell Royal has passed away at the age of 88, a school spokesperson ...

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 ...

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

Sadly, legendary University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal actually had this happen to him. He just didn't know about it for years. The Augusta National rejection -- perhaps, the only one ...