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Georgia vs. Texas football history: Fran Tarkenton, Tom Landry and Bevo charging Uga

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October 14, 2024

Georgia vs. Texas football history: Fran Tarkenton, Tom Landry and Bevo charging Uga

Sixty-six years later, Fran Tarkenton remembers every detail about his college football debut. It came at Memorial Stadium, as Texas’ stadium was called then. And it happened when Tarkenton put himself in the game.

Tarkenton was the backup quarterback to start the 1958 season. Georgia’s offense was awful, and it was unable to get a first down. Tarkenton watched in growing disgust.

“I’d been harassing Wally Butts to, ‘Let me in, let me in, let me in.’ He never did,” Tarkenton said last week.

So he took the initiative. When Texas punted early in the fourth quarter, Tarkenton noticed Georgia’s starting quarterback sitting on the bench. Standing at the 50-yard line, right next to Butts, the sophomore didn’t wait.

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“I just ran on the field,” Tarkenton said. “My teammates were telling me: ‘What are you doing here?’”

Butts either didn’t have enough time to stop him or just didn’t bother. Asked what Butts said to him afterward, Tarkenton said: “Nothing! Nothing!” Either way, what ensued was what is still one of the longest drives in Georgia history: 21 plays, 95 yards, capped by Tarkenton hitting Jimmy Vickers for a 3-yard touchdown, then hitting Aaron Box for the first two-point conversion in program history. (It was a new rule that year.)

Texas answered with its own long drive — 72 yards on 17 plays — to win the game. But the legend of Tarkenton’s career had begun, and it would have seemed like a good time for two of the biggest programs in college football to launch a storied rivalry. But that proved to be the last time Georgia visited Austin.

Until this Saturday, which will only be the sixth time the two powers have played each other.

Texas beat Georgia in the 2019 Sugar Bowl in the most recent meeting between the programs. (Sean Gardner / Getty Images)

The rivalry, such as it is, has created moments: Bevo going after Uga. Darrell Royal’s first game as Texas’ coach. Georgia moving a home game to Georgia Tech’s stadium for financial reasons. Tom Landry playing his final game with the Longhorns. Georgia ruining Texas’ national title hopes.

Some quick history:

1949: Orange Bowl, Texas won 41-28

This should have been a mismatch: Georgia was ranked No. 8 and on an eight-game winning streak. Texas was unranked with three losses and only got the Orange Bowl bid because SMU, which won the Southwest Conference, went to the Cotton Bowl.

The game began fortuitously enough for the Bulldogs, who got a 71-yard pick six from Al Bodine. But the Longhorns rallied and went ahead with a touchdown run by Landry, who finished with 117 yards. The future Dallas Cowboys coach turned pro after the game. Butts suffered the first of three losses to Texas.

1957: Atlanta, season opener, Texas won 26-7

This goes down in Texas history as the debut for Royal, who finished 6-4-1 and ranked No. 11 in his first season.

The game goes down in Georgia history as an example of how different times were: Georgia moved the game to Georgia Tech’s home field because attendance would be better.

At the time, Georgia and Georgia Tech struggled to fill their stadiums if they were playing on the same day, “particularly Georgia, which is located in a sparsely populated area,” Dan Magill, wrote in Georgia’s official athletic department newsletter.

“No Georgia supporter could regret moving the Georgia-Texas game from beautiful Sanford Stadium to Grant Field any more than your Georgia Bulldog editor,” Magill added. “But we must admit that it was financially necessary to do so.”

Georgia was in the doldrums of the Butts era and finished 3-7, and the opener set the tone. As did the next year’s opener.

1958: Austin, season opener, Texas won 13-8

After Tarkenton’s heroics, Texas quarterback Bobby Lackey answered with his long drive for the game winner. The Longhorns finished 7-3 in Royal’s second season, and he won two AP and three coaches poll national championships in his 20-year tenure.

As for Georgia, the Tarkenton era had begun, although not without another hiccup. Butts didn’t play Tarkenton the next week at Vanderbilt, leading Tarkenton and teammate Pat Dye to decide to transfer. They had cleaned out their dorm room but were talked out of it by an assistant coach. The next season, Tarkenton led Georgia to a 10-1 season and another trip to the Orange Bowl, where the Bulldogs beat Missouri. Another matchup with the Longhorns wouldn’t come for almost three decades.

1984: Cotton Bowl, Georgia won 10-9

Georgia essentially took away a national championship from Texas, which entered the game unbeaten and No. 2 in the AP and coaches polls and likely would have moved up after No. 1 Nebraska was upset that night in the Orange Bowl. But Georgia quarterback John Lastinger ran in a 17-yard touchdown with 3:22 left, and Kevin Butler kicked the game-winning extra point, capping the kind of low-scoring win that Vince Dooley liked.

Texas outgained Georgia 278-215 but committed four turnovers, including a muffed punt return that set up Georgia’s game-winning drive: Texas receiver Craig Curry, the short man on the punt return, thought Georgia was going to fake it, but instead the punt was short, and he tried to field it.

“I have no excuses. I don’t know what happened to me,” a tearful Curry said. “I had no idea it would be short. I just don’t know why I did it.”

Georgia, which entered the game ranked No. 5, moved up a spot, finishing 10-1-1 in its first year without Herschel Walker, who was watching the game from the press box.

“We’re not as good a team without Herschel, but this is as fine a group as I’ve had in 20 years of coaching,” Dooley said.

2019: Sugar Bowl, Texas won 28-21

The most memorable thing happened before the game and didn’t even involve the players or coaches: Bevo went after Uga, turning what was supposed to be a happy photo op into a viral moment. (Read about it here.)

The incident portended the game as Georgia, dealing with several opt-outs and injuries, fell behind early and never recovered, losing 28-21.

2024: Saturday in Austin

Sixty-six years later, Georgia makes its return to Austin, this time with the teams in the same conference preparing for a much-hyped matchup with national championship ramifications.

Tarkenton, who was in Napa Valley last week, said he’ll watch from his home in Atlanta if he’s home by then. Like everyone else, he’s glad it’s happening.

“Texas has a great team and a great coach. We have the same,” Tarkenton said. “It’s what it’s supposed to be. Great teams like Texas and Georgia are supposed to play each other.”

(Illustration: Meech Robinson / The Athletic; photos: Hargrett Library / UGA)

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7 predictions for Georgia’s 2026 legislative session

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January 12, 2026

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7 predictions for Georgia’s 2026 legislative session

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Your daily jolt of news and analysis from the AJC politics team.

Legislators in the House chambers as seen on Crossover Day at the Capitol in Atlanta on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Today’s newsletter highlights:

Clay Fuller’s congressional campaign launches first digital ad.
House Republicans highlight their “affordable” agenda.
Jon Ossoff asks why Georgia is still waiting on some Helene aid.

Back in session

House lawmakers listened to debate on a bill last March at the Capitol in Atlanta. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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Things to know

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens began his second term of office this month. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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Former Macon-Bibb Commissioner Seth Clark launched his campaign for lieutenant governor today, making him the second Democrat to enter the race, the AJC’s Maya T. Prabhu reports.
The AJC’s Riley Bunch writes about Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens’ goal of expanding MARTA into Cobb and Gwinnett counties, an ambitious plan that would require reversing half a century of opposition.
Georgia is on track to receive about three-quarters of the $1.4 billion in rural health care grants it requested from the federal government, the AJC’s Ariel Hart reports.

Tread lightly

Gerald Pilgrim (front left) told reporters about the restoration process at the House of Representatives in Atlanta last Wednesday. (Arvin Temkar/AJC

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The new carpet installed at the House of Representatives at the Capitol in Atlanta. (Adam Beam/AJC)

Ad watch

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Affordability battle

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Under the Gold Dome

The Capitol in Atlanta. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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10 a.m.: House and Senate convene.
2 p.m.: House Health Committee meets to hear presentations from the Northside Cardiovascular Institute and the Children’s Care Network, among other groups.

Health care talks

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., is playing a role in health care discussions in the Senate. (Nathan Posner for the AJC)

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Today in Washington

President Donald Trump meets at the White House with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He will also meet with Frank Siller, founder and CEO of Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
The House returns for evening votes.
The Senate will take a procedural vote tied to advancing three appropriations bills.

Helene relief

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is running for reelection in 2026. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Shoutouts

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Georgia loses another outside linebacker to the transfer portal

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January 11, 2026

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Georgia loses another outside linebacker to the transfer portal

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Jake Fromm reveals where Gunner Stockton can improve most before 2026 …

ATHENS — Gunner Stockton could be on the verge of taking a big jump in his quarterback skills this offseason, according to former Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm.

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Georgia Men Defeat Florida State; Women Take Down Florida State and Arkansas

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January 11, 2026

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Georgia Men Defeat Florida State; Women Take Down Florida State and Arkansas

Georgia vs Arkansas vs Florida State

January 10, 2026
Athens, GA — Gabrielsen Natatorium
SCY (25 Yards)
Full Meet Results
Team Scores Women
- #14 Georgia 170 — Florida State 116
- #14 Georgia 169 — Arkansas 124
- Arkansas 195 — Florida State 101
Team Scores Men
- #4 Georgia 183.5 — #10 Florida State 114.5

The Georgia Bulldogs swept Florida State and the women also took down Arkansas in their first dual meet of 2026. The Arkansas women beat Florida State in their dual, 195 to 101.

Women’s Meet Recap

The #14 ranked UGA women easily defeated Florida State and Arkansas in their double dual meet on Saturday, outscoring Florida State by more than 50 and Arkansas by more than 40.

Despite earning the overall win, the Georgia women did not take home either relay titles, but they had the fastest times in most of the individual events.

Freshman Kennedi Dobson continued to build on her strong NCAA season, taking home three event wins with the top times in the 1000 free, 200 back, and 500 free. In the 1000, she swam 9:29.05, a new personal best time and the 3rd fastest time in the country this season.

She also swam the 200 back and 500 free double, which sees only the 200 breast come in between, setting a new best time in the 200 back of 1:53.66 and in the 500 free, she swam 4:39.48 for the win.

The only other Georgia swimmer to set the fastest time in multiple events was Ieva Maluka. She won the 200 fly in 1:56.29, a new season best time. She also had the fastest time in the 200 IM, touching in 1:58.11, but the Bulldogs exhibitioned the last event to allow Arkansas and Florida State to score more points.

Charlotte Headland and Elizabeth Nawrocki split the breaststroke events for Georgia. Headland swam the 100 breast in a personal best 1:00.50, building on her progression this season. She came into the year at 1:01.39, and has dropped three times since then.

Nawrocki, a freshman, swam 2:11.48, just missing her personal and season best of 2:08.44 This swim was still more than a second faster than the 2:13.00 she started college with.

Marie Landreneau won the women’s 200 freestyle for Georgia, touching in 1:44.46 to beat teammate Shea Furse‘s 1:46.77 by a little over two seconds.

Finally, senior Olivia Della Torre won the 100 fly in 53.09, just off her season and personal best of 52.95 from the UGA Fall Invitational.

Arkansas bested Florida State in their dual meet, due, in part, to the strong performance from Harriet Rogers. Rogers won both the 50 and 100 free, swimming 22.23 in the 50 and 48.77 in the 100 to earn the top spots.

Holly Robinson won the 200 IM with her 2:03.06 coming in as the fastest non-Georgia swimmer, so she won the event, picking up nine points for the Razorbacks.

Arkansas also won the 400 free relay. Tammy Greenwood led off in 49.69. Rogers swam 48.38. Delaney Harrison was 3rd in 49.54, and Viola Petrini swam 49.73.

They also had the top two divers at the meet with Lotti Hubert earning the top spot on the 1 meter board in 314.75, leading three other Razorbacks to take the top four overall spots in the event. The 3 meter went to Maria Jose Sanchez in 348.00, more than 20 points ahead of 2nd place Kayleigh Clark from Florida State.

Florida State won one individual event and one relay. They started the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay with their team of Alice Velden (24.50), Martina Fanunza (28.07), Maryn McDade (22.95), and Mary Leigh Hardman (22.20) swimming 1:37.72 to beat the Georgia ‘A’ team by half-a-second.

Velden also won the 100 backstroke in 53.76, missing her season best of 52.40 by about a second.

Men’s Meet Recap

The men’s meet was just a dual meet between Georgia and Florida State, and the Bulldogs came out on top, scoring 183.5 points to Florida State’s 114.5.

Georgia won both relays, starting with the top time in the 200 medley relay where they swam 1:24.38 to come in just two tenths ahead of Florida State. Luca Urlando led off for Georgia, splitting 21.10 to earn the Georgia team a near seven tenth lead. Elliot Woodburn was 23.94 on the breaststroke, Ruard Van Renen split 20.18 on the butterfly, and Tane Bidois was 19.16 on the freestyle.

Florida State’s relay consisted of Max Wilson (21.77), Tommaso Baravelli (23.72), Michel Arkhangelskiy (19.91), and Sam Bork (19.20), and they touched in 1:24.60.

The 400 freestyle relay was made up of Van Renen (43.26), Tomas Koski (42.81), Bidois (43.04), and Luke Sandberg (43.21) swimming 2:52.32 to win the event by more than two seconds.

Luca Urlando won three events for the Bulldogs, swimming 1:39.59 in the 200 fly to win by almost four seconds over teammate Drew Hitchcock. He also won the 100 fly in 45.27, coming in more than a second ahead of Florida State’s Michel Arkhangelskiy‘s 46.72

Urlando also swam the 200 IM for the first time this season, touching in 1:42.95, the 15th fastest time in the country this season.

Georgia freshman Sean Green won two events, swimming 8:57.64 in the 1000 and 4:19.57 in the 500.

Hayden Meyers and Ruard Van Renen split the backstroke events. Van Renen won the 100 back in 44.68 and Meyers won the 200 back in 1:41.66.

Florida State picked up event wins in both distances of breaststroke and the 50 and 100 freestyles. Michel Arkhangelskiy won the 50 free in 19.64 and he won the 100 free in 42.92, off his season best times in both.

Tommaso Baravelli won the 100 breast for the Seminoles in 53.63, coming in more than half-a-second ahead of teammate Liam O’Connor‘s 54.26 in 2nd.

Mathias Christensen won the 200 breast in 1:57.15, just 17 hundredths ahead of Georgia’s Cale Martter, who swam 1:57.32.

Up Next

Georgia will race Tennessee on January 24th in Knoxville.

Florida State will host Florida on January 30th.

Arkansas will race kansas on January 23rd in Kansas.

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