Interviews With 1969 Longhorn Players And Coaches

Duration: 0:03:43

Year Published: 1969

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: These extremely quick interview cuts feature assorted Longhorn football players, coaches, team personnel, and extended family members. This footage was filmed around the "Game of the Century"—the December 6, 1969, contest between UT and the Arkansas Razorbacks, ranked #1 and #2, respectively, at the time. Texas won the game and went on to beat Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl to secure the national championship. The interviewer is Cactus Pryor, a legend in Texas broadcasting. Willie Zapalac, the Longhorn offensive line coach during the mid to late 1960s, is mentioned by name by one of the players, although the context of the answer is unknown. Zapalac was a player himself in the early 1940s for Texas A&M University before enlisting in World War II as a navigator on bombing missions. Upon returning from the war he became a coach at A&M, moved on to Texas Tech and Oklahoma State Universities, and then was hired by the Longhorns.