The Texas defense shuts down Texas A&M, with the help of a injured James Brown and true freshman RB by the name of Ricky Williams. The Horns win the last Southwest Conference game ever, as well as their 25th SWC crown.
It was. The Rice-UH game took place later that day at Rice Stadium. I went to that game and Rice had a giant kegger in honor of the occasion. Not that they need a reason.
And yet the shorthorns digressed after this season. Williams never saw 10 wins again. The last 11 seasons is a repeat of akers/mcwilliams/mackovic. texas is garbage.
@@brandonvandelden7972 false, agroloid. Texas won the first Big 12 Championship the following season. A&M hasn't even BEEN to a conference championship this century, much less won one. Talk about garbage, that's pathetic.
@@miketumulty6836 I didn't say they hadn't won a conference championship ASS HOLE. READ IT AGAIN. I said they never saw 10 wins again with Williams in the backfield. And I didn't say one damn thing about a&m. READ IT AGAIN. texas still lost 5 games in 1996. They WASTED ricky williams. Just like they WASTED ehlinger. texas is garbage.
the last game of the southwest conference was U of Houston at Rice. They delayed the start to make sure it was the last game. The best half time show I ever saw, thanks MOB
And he'd sprained his other ankle during the game. Playing on that Astroturf, in those conditions, against the Wrecking Crew, when we hadn't beaten them in College Station since '83. Just absolute guts by Brown. I hated the Ags SO much back then (still do, but that level was unparalleled). The '96 Big XII title game may have been a "bigger" win, but this game was the turning point when the Longhorns took back control of the state. It was a long 10 year period, but it feels worth it now!
Im not a fan of either A&M or UT however this was a man's man of a football game. Tough hitting, good defense , good running, The SWC's (r.i.p.) last game defined a great and tough conference.
Almost forgot - I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that James Brown played an absolutely heroic game with a severe high ankle sprain. He couldn't walk for two weeks after the game.
TONY BRACKENS!! chris carter!! bryant westbrook!! brent musberger!! what a great day!! nothing like thanksgiving in TEXAS! so long swc. I personally believe the creation of the big 12 was the greatest thing that ever happened to TEXAS! it took us from being on the same level of teams such as houston, rice, smu, and tcu to being on the same level as teams like nebraska and oklahomo. now we are a national powerhouse! I believe U.T. was the program that benefited the most from the big 12.
Can't get over the fact that UT and A&M won't play each other in football until maybe 2019. (Unless they match up in a bowl game.) I grew up watching this game every year. What a shame.
Moral victories are for chumps. Don't ever forget 27-25 either after all the trash-talking by aggys fans assuring a win against Texas one last time. LMAO! Hook em'.
How did Ricky Williams get out of the State? John Robinson did not recruit him hard enough, with Keyshawn Johnson USC would have won the National Championship that year.
@chadwell601 and after all these years UH will be back in a major conference come 2013...it will be the Big East, but I am hoping they will join the Big 12 one day.
Revenue sharing meant that Texas and Texas A&M never really dominated like they should. Everybody was falling behind the rest of the country, Texas by itself was way too small of a media market to support an entire 8 team conference by 1995 and by then the NFL had reduced the once large fanbases of TCU, SMU, and Rice to nothing. It was no longer viable and everybody had to move on.
