Donnie Wigginton, the third-string quarterback who was the holder, made a big save on a high snap and Happy Feller booted the extra point for the winning score of 15–14 with 3:58 left.[10]. The Arkansas Diamonds professional football team competed in the Continental Football League in 1968 and 1969. Arkansas scored touchdowns after Texas fumbled on its first possession of each half to take a 14–0 lead. The Big Shootout is a documentary chronicling the titanic 1969 game between Texas and Arkansas, considered one of the greatest games in the history of college football. Get the best deals on Arkansas Razorbacks Vintage NCAA Programs when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. However, it is worth noting that the Cotton Bowl Classic first invited Penn State to play the Southwest Conference champions. A 1-yard leap into the end zone by Bill Burnett for an opening-drive touchdown and a 29-yard touchdown reception by Chuck Dicus in the third quarter put the Hogs up 14–0 with 9:06 to play in the third quarter. Arkansas ended its season at No. During a timeout that Texas took before the fateful play, Royal shouted at Street, "Right 53 Veer Pass". Broyles spearheaded Arkansas' move from the SWC to the SEC in 1991, and was later instrumental in setting up a two-year series between the Razorbacks and Longhorns in 2003 (at Austin) won by Arkansas and 2004 (at Fayetteville) won by Texas. 1969 COFL • Previous Season • Roster Key • Stat Key. The Arkansas Razorbacks finished the 1969 season with a 9-2 record. Skip to main content. 1969 College Football National Championship Pictured above is President Richard Nixon handing Texas coach Darrell Royal a plaque proclaiming his team the national champion following the Longhorns' 15-14 win over previously-unbeaten Arkansas in the latest "Game of the Century." The play was a deep pattern throw to the tight end. The entire Texas-Penn State debate and Nixon's involvement led to a quote from Penn State coach Joe Paterno, a conservative Republican, during a commencement speech at Penn State in 1973 about Nixon, "I've wondered how President Nixon could know so little about Watergate in 1973 and so much about college football in 1969.[11]". 8X10 PHOTO. The 1969 Texas vs. Arkansas football game, sometimes referred to as the "Game of the Century", was a legendary college football game played on December 6, 1969 in which #1 Texas visited #2 Arkansas at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. $9.90. Copyright © 2000-2021 Sports Reference LLC. Assistant Coach. Loved this book from start to finish." The two coaches in this game, Darrell Royal of Texas and Frank Broyles of Arkansas, both retired after the 1976 season. This game has been nicknamed "Dixie's Last Stand", since it was the last major American sporting event played between two all-white teams. 476. Game day took on an eerie feeling. Bush of Texas and John Paul Hammerschmidt of Arkansas, having announced that he would give a plaque to the winner, proclaiming it to be the National Champion – to the chagrin of observers who thought it premature to do so before the New Year's Day bowl games, and of fans of Penn State, which would also end the season undefeated and untied. Play Index. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Ohio State was dominating the Big Ten and the chances of the game having an impact on the national championship appeared remote. Landon Rogers and Austin Ledbetter lead a strong contingent of quarterbacks to represent the best from Arkansas heading into the 2020 season. For a long while, it looked as though the game would be a meeting of national title also-rans. Figure that out. Kick off was scheduled for 12:20 p.m. CST, because the stadium in Fayetteville did not have lights at the time. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Arkansas would get the ball back, though, as Texas lost a fumble for its sixth and final turnover of the game on the Arkansas 42. The 1969 Texas–Penn State conflict, never settled on the field, has been one of the major arguments in favor of what eventually became, four and a half decades later, the Division I-A playoff. Evangelist Billy Graham attended to give the pregame prayer. [3][4][5][6] On New Year's Day 1970 they won the Cotton Bowl Classic 21-17 over Notre Dame with a late touchdown drive and were selected as national champions.[7]. Clinton, however, was not at the game, as he was then a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford in England, and was listening to the game on a shortwave radio with some American friends. 1969 University of Arkansas Razorbacks The Razorbacks compiled a 9–2 record (6–1 against SWC opponents), finished in second place behind Texas in the SWC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 353 to 103. As noted above, President Richard Nixon attended the game along with several members of his staff and U.S. Due to the lack of a suitable airport in northwest Arkansas to land Air Force One (Fayetteville's Drake Field was far too small, and Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport did not open until 1998), Air Force One landed at Fort Smith Regional Airport, and Marine One flew from Fort Smith to Fayetteville and landed on the practice fields just east of Razorback Stadium shortly after kickoff. Are you a Stathead, too? A field goal would have likely put the game out of reach for Texas. The Longhorns came back from a 14–0 deficit after three quarters to win 15–14. Texas and Arkansas moved up to the top of the polls, and the move to December made the game the focus of the entire American sporting public, gaining a television rating of a 52.1 share, meaning more than half the TV sets in use in the country were tuned to this game. 2 Arkansas at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas.The Longhorns came back from a 14–0 deficit after three quarters to win 15–14 Royal snapped. One of the filmmakers, Mike Looney, recently spoke with Football Study Hall about this epic contest and … 1969 marked the 100 year anniversary of college football. Shop by category. Arkansas made a push into Texas territory, hoping for a field goal from All-American kicker Bill McClard. Both Texas and Arkansas had won one national championship in the 1960s, and the schools developed a bit of a rivalry after Arkansas defeated in consecutive years top-ranked Texas teams in 1964 and 1965.In 1968 Texa… In addition to being athletic director, Broyles also went on to become the lead color analyst for college football on ABC, working alongside Keith Jackson from 1977 until 1985. View the latest in Arkansas Razorbacks, NCAA football news here. ABC television executive Beano Cook had arranged for Texas and Arkansas to play the final game of the regular season, moving their usual October date to the first weekend in December. 1969 Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Texas Football Program @ Razorback Stadium: $125. 1969 Arkansas Razorbacks vs.TexasFootball Program "The Big Shootout" aka "The Game of the Century" This is the official game program for the December 6, 1969 game between Arkansas andTexasplayed inRazorbackStadium inFayetteville. Free shipping on many items ... 1965 Arkansas Football Preseason Magizine. The Diamonds were part of the Continental Football League , an ambitious but rickety minor league circuit that featured teams from coast to coast. 1 Texas visited No. Arkansas-None. ↩ Enter your search keyword ... 1969 DENVER BRONCOS TEAM 8X10 PHOTO FOOTBALL COLORADO NFL USA LITTLE COSTA HOF. Royal became athletic director of the entire Texas athletic program, while Broyles continued on as the athletic director for the Arkansas men's program, a position he began in 1974 (Arkansas had a separate women's athletic department from 1971 through 2007). “Remarks on Arrival at Fort Smith, Arkansas, To Attend Arkansas-Texas Football Game,” 6 December 1969, in Public Papers of the President: Richard M. Nixon: 1969, (Washington DC: US Government Printing Office), doc. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). $8.00 shipping. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, February 27, 6:25AM. The relative parity which had existed within the Southwest Conference ended with the arrival of Darrell Royal and Frank Broyles at their respective schools, with either Texas or Arkansas winning or sharing the SWC crown 8 out of the 10 years leading up to the game. [2] The Longhorns came back from a 14–0 deficit after three quarters to win 15–14. The 1969 season marked the centennial of college football, and this game decided the Southwest Conference championship and its berth in the Cotton Bowl. However, major college football was not completely integrated until 1972 when the final holdouts, LSU and Ole Miss, fielded their first black varsity members. $30.00. Their last meeting was December 29, 2014, in the Texas Bowl in Houston, won by Arkansas 31-7. (13:33) ARK – Bill Burnett 1 yard run (McClard kick), The details of the political climate in the leadup to this game in terms of racial tensions and anti-Vietnam War sentiments are documented in the book, This page was last edited on 23 February 2021, at 17:10. 8X10 PHOTO. View the Arkansas Razorbacks roster for the 2020 FBS college football season. 2 Arkansas at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. On third down, Montgomery was intercepted in the end zone by Danny Lester, Arkansas' first turnover of the game. Street then hit Peschel on the dramatic play, with Peschel making a difficult catch over his shoulder in double coverage. Join our linker program. A. When Nixon named Texas the national champion over Penn State, Mark Wogenrich, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, December 23, 2014, "The Eyes of Texas? Wind: SE 10 Weather: overcast with rain. Find out more. Arkansas lost the 1970 Sugar Bowl to Ole Miss, led by Archie Manning. 1969 Arkansas Diamonds (COFL) 5th place Atlantic Division 5-7-0 .417. The night before, a steady, cold rain fell in Fayetteville and an icy fog hovered over the stadium as the crowd awaited the arrival of President Nixon, who would award a plaque symbolic of the National Championship to the winner. The biggest game he played in while at Arkansas was the “Game of the Century”, the 1969 national championship game. Read Article; Aug 28, 2020 @ 12:00pm. During the Arkansas vs. Texas game on Dec. 6, 1969, there was a lot more going on besides college football. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Texas quarterback James Street scrambled for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter. Or write about sports? The Texas wishbone attack, then still a novelty, was an offensive juggernaut that averaged over 44 points per game coming into the contest.