The team featured future Heisman Trophy winner Earl Campbell and Olympic gold medalist Lam Jones.
But when Earl Campbell pulled a hamstring in the opening game, and Texas was upset, the season started to slip away.
But Royal lost confidence in him, pulling him in the first quarter against Texas Tech and trying two other signal callers in a 30-0 loss to Houston the following week.
[6] The following week, Constanzo was named the starter, though Cordaro saw significant playing time, in an embarrassing 30-0 loss to Houston.
That led to both Cordaro and Constanzo being benched for the rest of the season in favor of true freshman Mark McBath.