The Great Story of Texas Longhorns Football: The beginning of football to the Steve Sarkisian era Paperback – September 30, 2025

The beginning of football to the Steve Sarkisian era.The book is written for those of us who love The University of Texas and especially the Texas Longhorns Football Team. You will like the whole story of Texas football from start to finish. We go from the University’s founding in 1883, just about 142 years ago, to the beginning of the football program in 1893, through the great coaches to Texas now as a perennial annual National Championship contender. The new Texas Longhorns are the real deal.You will learn that the Texas Longhorns are fierce and passionate competitors. From the stadium to the classroom to the research lab to the football field, the Longhorns always play to win.After this book tells the story about the founding of the State’s Flagship University in 1883, it quickly gets to the first football game ever. Before you know it, you are reading about The university’s first football team and its first season in 1893 as the Texas Longhorns made itself known.The University of Texas Longhorns played its first football game in school history in 1893 against a Dallas Football Club that claimed to be the best in the state. The game was held at the Dallas Fair Grounds before a then-record 1200 fans. Texas pulled off an 18-16 upset victory. From there, the progression led, to more than 132 seasons of the best football in the nation.This book captures the Great Story of Texas Longhorns Football. It takes the reader through stories about the school’s great coaches to stories about 132 seasons worth of great games. The book often stops in time and talks about a particular player such as Vince Young 2005, Earl Campbell 1977, Ricky Williams 1998, Jordan Shipley late 2000s, or Derrick Johnson 2004 and others.I cannot wait to read it.Additionally, in this book, you will read the recap of the Longhorn’s greatest games such as the 2005 Rose Bowl when they defeated USC in a national championship thriller breaking USCs 34-game win streak or the 1982 Cotton Bowl win over Alabama proving the Crimson Tide was not invincible or the 2009 Big 12 Championship when a great victory over Nebraska secured their spot in the national title game. All of this action was delivered by coaches such as Darrell Royal, (3 national championships) Fred Akers, Mack Brown, & of course our current university football coaching hero, Steve SarkisianYou will not be able to put this book down—maybe ever! Read more