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(40,176 posts) Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:34 PM Dec 6

6 December 1969 The Game of the Century [View all]

#1 Texas at #2 Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Two honest to goodness legendary coaches, Darrell Royal and Frank Broyles. Nixon in the Stands. Cold, rainy, dreary day. I wasn’t at the game but I was in Fayetteville. We lived a few blocks from campus. Helicopters filled the sky.

Texas won 15-14. Nixon declared them National Champs in the locker room, which pissed off a lot of coaches.

As of 2023, with a Nielsen Rating of 52.1, remains the highest TV rating of any American football game in history, College or Pro (per Wikipedia.)

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6 December 1969 The Game of the Century [View all] BOSSHOG Dec 6 OP

The old Southwest conference as I recall rurallib Dec 6 #1

Yeah the Ole SWC BOSSHOG Dec 6 #2

I think I do have one small memory of that game rurallib Dec 7 #9

I do believe that occurred BOSSHOG Dec 7 #10

Frank Broyles was still around when I went to work at the UofA in 2003. sinkingfeeling Dec 6 #3

Fayetteville was awesome BOSSHOG Dec 6 #6

I loved Fayetteville when I arrived in 1991. Left at the end of 2020. sinkingfeeling Dec 6 #7

Good Article about Fayetteville BOSSHOG Dec 6 #8

There was a book and a DVD about this game. El Supremo Dec 6 #4

Thanks for the Memory BOSSHOG Dec 6 #5

I spent $$$$$$$$ at the Campus Bookstore RazorbackExpat Dec 8 #12

The Friday before the game, RazorbackExpat Dec 8 #11