The 1969 Arkansas-Texas Football Game That Made History
During the Arkansas vs. Texas game on Dec. 6, 1969, there was a lot more going on besides college football.
Of all the memorable games in the wide world of sports history, a college football match played 50 years ago this Friday embodies the saying — you can’t make this stuff up.
The University of Arkansas and the University of Texas at Austin game was originally scheduled for October, but one influential man singled out the contest for the national championship.
The man who made that choice was Beano Cook, the late college football
