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Texas Honors Darrell Royal With Wishbone Offense, Kinda

by Joe Levine | 6:06 pm, November 10th, 2012

Former Texas Longhorns coach and father of the wishbone offense, Darrell Royal, passed away Wednesday. To honor the UT legend, current Texas coach Mack Brown promised to run a play out of the wishbone today against Iowa State.

Fittingly, it worked to perfection, even if it wasn’t a typical wishbone play.

Whatever works, right?

Texas also paid tribute to Royall by having his initials, DKR, on the the Longhorn logo on their helmets and at midfield.

And as if by design, the Longhorns ultimately defeated Iowa State 33-7. A fitting end to a game played in tribute to a Texas great.

Photo via Brett Davis, US Presswire

[USA Today]

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