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The most famous play in longhorn history.
4tu and 5, Vince Young 9 yard TD Rush for the win and the national championship against USC in the Rose Bowl.
Jan 4, 2006
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Colt McCoy weaved through the middle and turned two yards into the biggest score of the night.
Big 12 Championship.
Texas 13, Nebraska 12.
Dec. 6, 2009
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Quinn Ewers found Gunnar Helm for 25 and the OT touchdown.
Then he hit Matthew Golden for two more.
That pairing closed the Peach Bowl.
Texas 39, Arizona State 31.
Jan. 1, 2025
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Happy birthday, Rick McIvor!
He threw the first 40 to Kelvin Epps. Epps ran the other 40. Eighty-yard touchdown.
Texas 20, Auburn 7.
Sep. 17, 1983
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Oops, that was Chris Gilbert with a 5 yard TD run and a 2 point conversion from James Street to Cotton Speyrer.
Same game.
This is the 79 TD pass to Speyrer.
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James Street lets it fly.
Cotton Speyrer catches it in stride and wins the footrace for 79 yards.
Then Bill Bradley lines up like it was a kick… and just takes off for two.
Cotton Bowl. Texas 36, Tennessee 13.
Jan. 1, 1969
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Iowa State never finished the handoff. Alex Okafor was already there, falling on the loose ball like it had his name on it.
Texas 37, Iowa State 14.
Oct. 1, 2011
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James Street lets it fly.
Cotton Speyrer catches it in stride and wins the footrace for 79 yards.
Then Bill Bradley lines up like it was a kick… and just takes off for two.
Cotton Bowl. Texas 36, Tennessee 13.
Jan. 1, 1969
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Happy birthday, Lawrence Sampleton!
Robert Brewer put it up, Sampleton hauled in 37 yards, and the Cotton Bowl tilted toward Texas.
Final: 14-12 over Alabama.
Jan. 1, 1982
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Vince Young showed the handoff, pulled it back, and those long strides did the rest.
Forty-five yards.
The Cowboys spent the whole play catching up.
Texas 47, Oklahoma State 28.
Oct. 29, 2005
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The hole opened for half a second. Joe Bergeron took it, burst through the line, and was gone for 17.
Texas 37, Wyoming 17.
Sep. 1, 2012
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Handoff. Bounce right. Gib Dawson beat the defense to the corner and finished it from 4 yards out.
Cotton Bowl. Texas 16, Tennessee 0.
Jan. 1, 1953
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Arch Manning put this one on a rope over the middle.
Cam Coleman caught it in stride and never broke stride.
24 yards, first score of the night.
Texas 30, UTSA 6.
Sep. 19, 2026
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That throw left the quarterback’s hand already looking lost.
Tom Campbell just went and claimed it.
One wayward pass, one Cotton Bowl pickup.
Texas 36, Tennessee 13.
Jan. 1, 1969
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Happy birthday, Collin Johnson.
Sam Ehlinger put it up, Collin left the ground and snatched it at the 5 like the ball owed him a present, then finished the rest himself. 26-yard score.
Texas 24, Kansas 17.
Nov. 23, 2018
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Duke Carlisle cut left, found just enough daylight, and finished the last yard like the Sooners were in the way of something bigger.
Red River. No. 2 over No. 1.
Texas 28, Oklahoma 7.
That was the first brick in a national championship.
Oct. 12, 1963
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Hollywood Smothers didn’t dress it up.
Fourth quarter, one yard, right up the gut.
That was the middle punch that turned a 23-10 hole into a one-score game and made Ohio State start checking the clock.
Texas 24, Buckeyes 23.
Sep. 12, 2026
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UTSA’s first drive lasted one bounce.
Receiver pops it straight into the sky, Rasheem Biles is already sprinting underneath it like he called for the ball.
Opening snap, opening gift.
Texas 30, Roadrunners 6.
Sep. 19, 2026
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Jerrod Heard tucks it, drops his pads, and just drives San Jose State nine yards backward into the end zone.
Texas 56, Spartans 0.
Sep. 9, 2017
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Arch sold the fake to Hollywood Smothers so hard the Buckeyes bought tickets.
Then he just flicked it down the line to Ryan Wingo strolling through the end zone.
That was the first punch.
Texas 24, Ohio State 23.
Fourth quarter in Austin hit different.
Sep. 12, 2026
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Bijan just body-checked reality and walked in anyway.
Six yards, zero interest in going down, Rice defenders bouncing off him like they hit a brick wall wearing burnt orange.
Texas Longhorns 58, Rice Owls 0.
Sep. 18, 2021
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