It was called Route 66. As in the Houston Cougars 66, Texas 15.
On November 5, 1988, UH went to Austin and put 66 points on the Texas Longhorns, the most ever surrendered by UT at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (UCLA tied it in 1997). The 66 points are the most points scored on the Horns since 1904.
Chuck Weatherspoon ran for 218 yards on just 11 carries while Andre Ware threw for 5 touchdown passes. Jason Phillips caught 11 passes, four of them for scores, and finished with 171 yards. A year after setting an NCAA record with 3 INTs for touchdowns, Johnny Jackson had two more interceptions of Texas QBs.
To tell the full story, here are game stories, photos, great headlines, gifs, and the box score.
Jack Pardee, “Hoss” John Jenkins, Andre Ware, guy in short shorts:
After this run in the 3rd quarter, it was Spoon 209 yards and Texas 204 yards:
Williams’ TD catch:
Andre Ware to Jason Phillips to go up 35-3 just before the half:
Spoon punishing the Longhorn defense in the first half:
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