A Look At the Georgia Bulldog/Texas Longhorns Football Series
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ATHENS - Here’s a quick look at the all-time series between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Texas Longhorns.
*First Meeting: Georgia entered the 1949 Orange Bowl on an eight-game winning streak and No.
8 AP ranking. Texas was 6-3-1 and playing in its first Orange Bowl and posted a 41-28 win. UT ran
58 times for 324 yards and five TDs, including 107 yards and a score by Tom Landry (eventual Dallas
Cowboys Hall of Fame coach) in his final game.
*Second Meeting: The 1957 contest came at Grant Field in Atlanta in front of a crowd of 33,000
and was the first game of 33-year-old Darrell Royal’s tenure at UT as the Longhorns won 26-7.
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*Third Meeting: In 1958 in Austin, Georgia was trailing 6-0 early in the 4th quarter when future
Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton put himself in (coaches had planned to redshirt him as the 3rd-string QB) when he saw starting QB Charlie Britt still sitting on the bench as the team took the field. He ran in and told his teammates, “I’ve come to win this game.” He directed a 21-play, 95-yard TD drive along with a two-point conversion for an 8-6 edge. UT answered with a 17-play, 72-yard TD drive capped by a 1-yard run by Bobby Gurwitz to lift 11th-ranked Texas to a 13-8 win.
*Fourth Meeting: Ask a Georgia fan what time it is in Texas and you’ll likely hear it’s Ten to Nine!
In the 1984 Cotton Bowl, UT entered 11-0 and ranked No. 2 with a shot at its fifth national championship if it beat No. 7 Georgia (9-1-1). Down 9-3 with less than five minutes left, the Bulldogs took advantage of a muffed punt return by Craig Curry at the UT 24. Gary Moss recovered it and Georgia later scored on a 17-yard scamper by QB John Lastinger with 3:22 remaining for a 10-9 lead as Vince Dooley’s Dogs claimed the upset and finished with a No. 4 ranking.
*Fifth Meeting: Sam Ehlinger finished with three rushing TDs and 169 passing yards to lead Tom
Herman’s UT squad to a 28-21 upset of No. 6 Georgia in the 2019 Sugar Bowl. The Bulldogs finished
11-3 and ranked No. 7 while UT ended the season 10-4 and No. 9.
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