Texas Football: 5 blue bloods Longhorns had most success against

1. Alabama Crimson Tide

If not for Colt going down in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game against Alabama, then the Longhorns might be undefeated against them in the all-time series. Texas holds an all-time series record against Alabama of 7-1-1. It took the Crimson Tide and head coach Nick Saban until the 2009 season to unseat Texas.

This is the weirdest and most lopsided winning percentage that Texas has against any big time blue blood that they’ve played more than five games against in their program history. Alabama is likely one of the five best programs in college football history. And until around 10 years ago, they didn’t have a single triumph in eight tries against the Longhorns.

The first meeting between Texas and Alabama would come way back in 1902, when the Longhorns won in Tuscaloosa by a score of 10-0. The two teams would meet again in 1915 and 1922. It actually wouldn’t be until the 1922 meeting between Texas and Alabama that the latter would even get on the scoreboard.

The last win for Texas over Alabama came under the direction of former head coach Fred Akers, who beat the legendary Bear Bryant in 1982 by the final score of 14-12. And that one tie in this series came in 1960, by a not-thrilling score of 3-0.

Alabama would get that first triumph when it mattered most, keeping McCoy and the Longhorns away from getting what would be their most recent national title. The Crimson Tide knocked off the Longhorns by a score of 37-21.