THE MONTANA LEGEND BEGINS

In the 1978 Cotton Bowl was supposed
to be the coronation for UT Heisman
Trophy winner Earl Campbell. But Joe
Montana’s Notre Dame squad foiled the
national title hopes of No. 1 Texas for the
second time in seven seasons with a 38-10
upset. The Irish’s Vagas Ferguson scored
three times and Terry Eurick scored twice
to vault the Irish from fifth to first in the
final national rankings.

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.

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