Well we've really gotten to the point where we are now watching TX wins from a long time ago for entertainment. Therefore I give you the 2001 Holiday Bowl between TX/WA.
Some background. A month before the Longhorns suffered a truly devastating loss to CO in the Big XII title game. Only a loss to GA in the CB was worse than this. But in that game Major Applewhite came off the bench to try and save the game but came up a couple points short. And although he hadn't started a game in 2 years because of injuries he was named the starter in the HB.
Now to the game. Believe it or not there was no scoring in the 1rst quarter. In the 1rst half MA threw 3 interceptions one a pick 6. But then the Longhorns scored on a couple of td passes to go ahead 14/13 late in the 2nd quarter. But then WA scored 10 points to go ahead 23/14 at the half.
The third quarter was a terrible one for the horns and at the 3 mark it was 36/17 WA. But here's where it got intense. The Longhorns scored on 4 straight possessions to come back for a second time to go up 40/36. The last td was set up on an interception by a freshman lb named Derrick Johnson. But then WA whose previous possessions were punts scored on a td with 90 seconds to go to make it 43/40.
But on the final possession Major Applewhite took the Longhorns to the end zone to go ahead for good 47/43. The horns held on downs and MA took a knee on the final play. We came from 13, 19, and 3, points at the time it was the greatest come from behind victory in school history.
Looking back Greg Davis actually called a good game. Her finally made use of Matt Trissell who caught a few passes one of them a td and he did the same with Brett Robin. Bo Scaife dropped 3 passes in the first half but stepped up his game in the 2nd half. Roy Williams had a good game. But it was mostly BJ Johnson and Ivan Williams. BJ dropped 3 passes in the end zone in the same HB the year before a game we lost by 5 points. But in this one he caught everything they threw to him including the one that set up the winning td. In this game Cedric Cedric Benson, RIP brother, didn't play. Ivan Williams who Davis could never figure out how to use finally got a chance to play and shined brightly. Finally there was MA. It was his last game as horn and it was without question his finest hour.
With that win the TX Longhorns finished in the top 10 for the 1rst time in 18 years. Think about that one for a minute. I have this rated at #5 on Mack Brown's biggest wins at TX.
HookemHorns
Some background. A month before the Longhorns suffered a truly devastating loss to CO in the Big XII title game. Only a loss to GA in the CB was worse than this. But in that game Major Applewhite came off the bench to try and save the game but came up a couple points short. And although he hadn't started a game in 2 years because of injuries he was named the starter in the HB.
Now to the game. Believe it or not there was no scoring in the 1rst quarter. In the 1rst half MA threw 3 interceptions one a pick 6. But then the Longhorns scored on a couple of td passes to go ahead 14/13 late in the 2nd quarter. But then WA scored 10 points to go ahead 23/14 at the half.
The third quarter was a terrible one for the horns and at the 3 mark it was 36/17 WA. But here's where it got intense. The Longhorns scored on 4 straight possessions to come back for a second time to go up 40/36. The last td was set up on an interception by a freshman lb named Derrick Johnson. But then WA whose previous possessions were punts scored on a td with 90 seconds to go to make it 43/40.
But on the final possession Major Applewhite took the Longhorns to the end zone to go ahead for good 47/43. The horns held on downs and MA took a knee on the final play. We came from 13, 19, and 3, points at the time it was the greatest come from behind victory in school history.
Looking back Greg Davis actually called a good game. Her finally made use of Matt Trissell who caught a few passes one of them a td and he did the same with Brett Robin. Bo Scaife dropped 3 passes in the first half but stepped up his game in the 2nd half. Roy Williams had a good game. But it was mostly BJ Johnson and Ivan Williams. BJ dropped 3 passes in the end zone in the same HB the year before a game we lost by 5 points. But in this one he caught everything they threw to him including the one that set up the winning td. In this game Cedric Cedric Benson, RIP brother, didn't play. Ivan Williams who Davis could never figure out how to use finally got a chance to play and shined brightly. Finally there was MA. It was his last game as horn and it was without question his finest hour.
With that win the TX Longhorns finished in the top 10 for the 1rst time in 18 years. Think about that one for a minute. I have this rated at #5 on Mack Brown's biggest wins at TX.
HookemHorns
