University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

Coach Darrell Royal began to surface. Royal never denied the rumors but instead answered that he had made no final decision. The official announcement of Royal ' s resignation was made on the day of the Arkan- sas game. Not only would this be the last game for Royal, but it would also be the last game for Arkansas Head Coach Frank Broyles. Broyles had announced his resignation earlier in the week. This game, dubbed the " Retirement Bowl, " was the first meeting of UT and Arkansas ' in which there was nothing at stake except pride. The UT team carried a little added momentum into the game, momentum caused by a desire to win for Royal. McBath ' s passing, combined with Erxleben ' s kicking and the running games of Clayborn and Camp- bell, resulted in a 29-1 2 Texas victory. Sports commentators attributed the ' Horns ' disap- pointing performance this season to the numerous inju- ries which plagued the team, coupled with the absence of an experienced quarterback. Injuries to the Long- hqrns began in the summer and continued throughout the season with Gralyn Wyatt, Alfred Jackson and Earl Campbell to name a few. A total of 14 starters were injured at one time or another during the year. The quarterback situation was one of continuous uncer- tainty. With Marty Akins gone, the ' Horns were left with four virtually inexperienced quarterbacks: McEachern, FIRST ROW: Glenn Thomas Swenson Sr, Sammy Avert, Jack C. Burns, Frank E Medina Jr., Billy M. Ellington, Darrell K. Royal, Prenis Williams, Mike Camp- bell, Don Breoux, Spike Dikes, R. M. Patterson, Timothy M. Doerr, David McWilliams, Kenneth D. Dabbs. SECOND ROW: William P. Hamilton, Lionell Johnson, William Patrick Gordon, Rick Hillard Fenlaw, James C. Gresham Jr., Bradford S. Shearer, Richard Lynn Burleson, Raymond D. Clayborn, Earl Chris- tian Campbell, Alfred Jackson, Timothy Bob Campbell, Ivey Lee Suber Jr., James Ralph Walker, Charles Walter Wilcox. Paul Eldridge Jette. THIRD ROW: Richard Cecil Churchman, Stephen Ferguson Collier, Stephen Michael Straty, Glenn Allen Blackwood, James Mark McBath, John Wesley Jones, Joe Van Samford, Michael L. Hartinger, Alfred George Allen, Johnnie Johnson, Richard Ray Ingraham, Michael Anthony Lockett, Ernest Alonzo Lee, Dwight Eugene Jefferson FOURTH ROW: Alan Stephen Lenz, Randall Lee Miksch, Kevin V. G. Henry. Charles M. Crosswhite, Morgan L. Copeland Jr., Lance Blaine Taylor, Jon Carson Aune, James Lee Thompson, Wilson Joseph Weber, John Scott Huntington. Donald Wayne Thurman, Henry Lee Williams, Derrick K. Hatchett, Jimmy Dale Johnson. FIFTH ROW: Ted Louis Constanzo, Derek Layne Page, Alvin Cartwright, Johnny Al Slagle, Ben Jeffrey Blitch, Larry Doby Wilson, Edgar Lynn Miles, Robert Roy Butler, John Lee Jones, Kenneth Vern Thurman, Glenn Thomas Swenson Jr., Michael Edward Cordaro, Albert Calvin Axtell Jr., Ste- phen Rob Campbell, Weldon Mark Martignoni, Clyde Eugene Hearron, James Intercollegiate Athletics Earl Yates Jr., Ronald Bones. SIXTH ROW: Marn evil W. Wilkerson, Philip Louis Burleson Jr., Stephen Joseph Potell, James Madden Cleckler, Richard Coke Hopping III, Glenn Karl Neurohr, Gary Kurt Husmann, Fredrick T. Bradshaw, Richard Travis Slaydon, Mark Allen Roberts, Guy Robert Sellers Jr., Samuel Wayne Smith, Stephen Ray Timmons, James Daniel Yarbrough, Michael Donald Vogel, Mark Lynn Covey, Ronald James Miksch, Randall L. McEachern, John Ed McReynolds. SEVENTH ROW: William Berry Acker Jr.. Stan Singleton. Wil- liam Rudy Izzard, Craig Douglas Rider, Charles Lee Vaclavik, Russell Allen Erx- leben, Michael Randall Perkins, Jack Wallace Jr., David Wayne Jameson, Gil Dean Harris, Gary Don Sayre, Randy John Gerdes, Christopher L. McDaniel, Andrew Collins Allen, Stephen D. McMichael, Ivan Lynn Johnson, Llayron L. Clarkson Jr., Mark Joseph Hamilton, Steven Patrick Massey. EIGHTH ROW: Randal Roger Kinsel, Terrance G. Tschatshyla, Richard Morris James, Danny Leon Gill, Martin Michael Madro, John Wesley Hubert, Robert Eugene Rickman, Allen Mathew Rickman, Travis Marc Couch, David Derald Studdard. NINTH ROW: Juan Richardo Conde, Harold Simpson, Mark Gregory Lord, Robert Michael Skopinski, Jeff Crowser. Michael Neil Powers, Gary Pinkney Pearson, James Craig Hess, David Arthur Riskind, John Moore Fenlay III, Allen Demaret David, Robert Lane Fisher, Eduardo T. Cruz, Bruce Eugene Dumler, Joey R, ers, Jessie David Nowlin, Mark Wayne Brooks, Michael Celli, Robert Edgar Pi John Randal Stipes, Michael Stephens. 168 Football