3 Texas football QB’s that dominated OU in Red River

1) Texas football QB’s who dominated OU: James Street

One of the legendary quarterbacks in the lore of the Texas football program history is James Street. Although the game has changed a lot since Street was leading the way for the Longhorns, he is still largely remembered as one of the best at his position in program. He was also one of the best players as a whole during the tenure of legendary former Texas head coach Darrell Royal.

Street helped to guide the Longhorns to a National Championship, and an undefeated season, in 1969. And he helped Texas get really close to another title in the year prior, when they finished up third in the AP Poll in 1968.

Moreover, Street didn’t play all that much for Texas in 1967. He only got to play in two games, neither of which was Red River. That was a year also when the Longhorns weren’t very far above mediocrity as a whole. They finished up the 1967 season with just six wins (below par for the usual Royal standard).

But Street did push the Longhorns to get a big and timely victory over Oklahoma in Red River in 1968. That win for Street and the Longhorns over the Sooners in 1968 came by the final score of 26-20, and would wind up vaulting them back into the AP Top 25 the following week.

Texas had another solid outing against Oklahoma in their 1969 National Championship season. They took down the No. 8 Sooners in 1969 in a commanding double-digit victory by the final score of 27-17. And that was even a closer than usual game for Texas that season.

Street didn’t have the huge stat line that a quarterback like Sam Ehlinger or McCoy did. But he did put together two great performances in two wins over Oklahoma in the late 1960’s.