Before he was setting NFL TD records for the Chargers, LT was scoring TDs for the Horned Frogs. Back in 2000, TCU running back LaDainian Tomlinson took home the Doak Walker Award after his senior season in which he led the NCAA in rushing (2,158 yards) for the second straight season, also adding 22 touchdowns and 354 receiving yards.
A Century in the Making
The first high-stakes football game in North
Texas was the Texas-OU game in 1912.
Super Bowl XLV is in 2011. That’s one full
century of great football in our backyard.
In each week we’ll take a look at the people
and moments that made North Texas such a
football hotbed and laid the groundwork for
the NFL bringing the Super Bowl here.