Texas Football: The Top 5 Dream Non-Conference Games To Break A Series Tie

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Nov 19, 2016; Berkeley, CA, USA; Stanford Cardinal head coach David Shaw on the sideline before the game against the California Golden Bears at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /

(2) Stanford Cardinal. We move from the ACC to Pac-12 to find another tie to resolve. This series is also tied 2-2. And, the Cardinal also won the last meeting between the teams.

The series started with a home-and-home exchange in the mid-1980s. Head coach Fred Akers’ Longhorns beat the Cardinal in California during the 1985 season. However, Stanford beat the Longhorns in Austin to begin the 1986 season.

Then, in 1999, Texas blew out Stanford 69-17 in Austin. This was the week after the Longhorns opened the 1999 season with a strange and disastrous home loss to North Carolina State.

The Cardinal did not forget, as they upset #5 Texas Football 27-24 the following year in California. This infamous game featured Mack Brown rotating QBs Major Applewhite and Chris Simms trying to find the right combination to beat an overmatched Cardinal team. But, the Cardinal hung around and eventually beat Texas with a late TD. This loss still stings for the author who sat through the QB carousel misery.

Thus, Texas and Stanford need to schedule another series to erase the memory of 2000 and test Tom Herman against David Shaw. Nike would be very pleased.

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