Chop,
That post of yours of the 1941 squad tickled my neurons --- thought it was one of the most incredible UT Longhorn years, just chock full of history.
1941 Texas Longhorns football team - Wikipedia
From the link above:
"On November 3, 1941, the Longhorns became the first Texas Longhorn football team to reach #1 in the AP Poll.
They were crowned national champions by three different rating systems: Clyde Berryman, James Howell, and the Williamson System.[3] The 1941 national championship is officially recognized by the NCAA."
Their record for 1941:
Sept. 27, at Colorado W 34-6
Oct. 4, LSU W 34-0
Oct. 11, vs. Oklahoma (D) W 40-7
Oct. 18, (#2) Arkansas W 48-14
Oct. 25, (#2) Rice W 40-0
Nov. 1, (#2) at #20 SMU W 34-0
Nov. 8, (#1) at Baylor T 7-7
Nov. 15, (#2) TCU L 7-14
Nov. 27, (#10) at #2 Texas A&M W 23-0t
Dec. 6, (#4) Oregon W 71-7
This is a great article with a bunch of trivia notes, such as 1941 started the hex candle tradition (I think the SJWs have nixed the hex, right?), first national No. 1 ranking for UT, first win in 18 years for Texas at aggy (who was No. 2 at the time, Texas had fallen to No. 10 after the T and L to Baylor and TCU), probable pick to go to the Rose Bowl to play either Oregon or Oregon State for the MNC, dissed for Duke instead thinking Texas might lose to Oregon, --- Pearl Harbor attack next day of that game --- so Rose Bowl moved to Duke, would have been in Austin if they had stuck with Texas, fun stuff here...
Hex Candles, Pearl Harbor, and the Rose Bowl that was (almost) in Austin
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