Today is Nov. 26, 2024. And on this date in Texas history, Earl Campbell made his final statement to Heisman Trophy voters as UT beat Texas A&M and closed out an undefeated regular season.

Then in October 1999 he and his partners opened his Austin restaurant, Earl Campbell’s, on Sixth Street. The place was well furnished with Texas decor and memorabilia, including his Heisman trophy.

Earl Campbell was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1978 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. Campbell, a Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Texas, went on to have a Hall of Fame career.

Earl Campbell, the University of Texas legend and ... Campbell rushed for a career-high 222 yards against Texas A&M to clinch the Heisman Trophy. Yards rushing in 1980, his best with the Oilers ...

They decided they would ask UT to have their father’s name taken off Royal-Memorial Stadium’s field and replaced with UT’s two Heisman Trophy winners, Earl Campbell and Ricky Williams.

Devonta Smith, the 2020 Heisman winner, went 10th overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. The 25 winners taken No. 1 include Hall of ...

odds are that Earl Campbell's name will be somewhere near the top. In fact, until Ricky Williams came along and won the Heisman trophy in 1998, there wasn't a particularly good case for anyone but ...

In 2017 and 2018, the winners of the Heisman Trophy — Oklahoma quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray — also won the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. This year, four of the finalists for ...

That was the same year Earl Campbell won the Heisman Trophy after rushing for 1,744 yards and 18 touchdowns. Campbell and his twin brother Steve Campbell are just over a year younger than Earl ...

RELATED: When Earl Campbell captivated a nation on ... where the playing field is named in honor of Campbell and 1998 Heisman winner Ricky Williams. Campbell had two standout games in Houston ...

Texas created the yards after contact stat, Huston said, for running back Earl Campbell. “A lot of time with Heisman campaigns, if you can find an angle or a stat within a stat or a trend within ...