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# 12 being Colt McCoy. Texas uses Riddell helmets for the most part.
As of the 2008 season, the last meeting between the two teams was the 1982 Cotton Bowl with Texas winning 14-12.
Two states: Texas (University of North Texas in the Sun Belt and four schools in the Big 12) and Colorado (Denver University in the Sun Belt and the University of Colorado in the Big 12). Denver does not play football but they do play basketball in the Sun Belt Conference
Prior to the 2009 season, Alabama and Texas have met 8 times with Texas leading the series, 7-0-1. Their last meeting was in the 1982 Cotton Bowl, won by Texas 14-12. The tie was in the 1960 Bluebonnet Bowl.
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Certainly West of the Mississippi it would qualify, but 1876 is hardly early in the American higher education system. Thats actually not correct. Baylor University in Waco, Texas is the oldest university in Texas founded in 1845. Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas is just as old.
In football, their first meeting was in the 1928 season with Texas winning 12-0.
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