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[CHerron604 at aol.com]

Mike said

"They also shut out Texas, the first time the Horns been shut out since, what, the Truman administration?  (On that basis alone I think Cal got shafted Royally.)"

Would that be Darrell Royally ?

Since the Truman Administration (April 12, 1945), Texas has been shut out a surprising 12 times:

1946  @TCU   0-14  Dana X Bible
1954  @ND    0-21  Ed Price
1955  vOK    0-20
1956  vOK    0-45
      @TCU   0-46
1960  @Rice  0-7   Darrell Royal
1961   TCU   0-6
1963  vLSU   0-13  (Cotton Bowl)
1972  vOK    0-27
1976   Hous  0-30
1980  @Bayl  0-16  Fred Akers
2004  vOK    0-12  Mack Brown

So it was 24 years between shutouts, which is an interval I would not mind seeing in Evanston.

No shutouts were suffered by John Mackovic or Texas' forgotten coach, David McWilliams.

Dana Bible suffered all sorts of shutouts, including 8 in his first three seasons (1937-39).  The best of Bible's shutouts was on October 3 1942, when he ventured to Evanston and was shut out by Northwestern 3-0.  That Texas team went on to be Southwest Conference and Cotton Bowl Champions (9-2).

Chuck Herron   Tech '85