"Jackrabbit" Crain was a two-time All-American running back at the University of Texas and finished 10th in the Heisman Trophy voting his senior year.
Played both center and guard at Texas and joined Bobby Layne as the only Longhorns to win All-Southwest Conference honors four times.
Played offensive guard and defensive tackle for Texas from 1948 through 1950 and made All-American both ways and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
In 1951, McPhail was an All-American at OU as he and Heisman Trophy winner Billy Vessels made up one of the greatest rushing tandems of all-time.
This College Football Hall of Famer was an All-American offensive tackle who helped Texas win three straight Southwest Conference championships.
The oldest of the Selmon brothers was a two-time All-American defensive tackle in 1972 and 1973 and played on three OU teams that had a combined 32–2–1 record and won a national title in 1973.
He followed the large footsteps of his Heisman Trophy-winner brother Steve to OU but quickly made a name for himself with a 132-yard MVP performance in the Sugar Bowl his freshman year.
After playing for University of Houston from 1974 to 1977, he made a name for himself in coaching, most notably at Stephenville High School, where he won four state championships in 12 years there.
After setting several receiving records catching passes in the University of Houston's heralded run-and-shoot offense, Dixon started two seasons (1989 and 1990) for the Dallas Cowboys.
This native of Haskell, Texas, coached SMU to a co-national championship and a Rose Bowl berth in 1935; finished with 153 victories and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.
Joined Dana X Bible's staff at the University of Texas where he coached Tom Landry and Bobby Layne and became one of the pioneers of the T-formation.
Jack "Jackrabbit" Crain of Nocona ran a punt back 55 yards for a touchdown in the final two minutes to give the West a 15–13 win.
Key players in the game were Preston Johnston of Newcastle, Cullen Rogers of Mart, Murray Evans of Burkburnett and Huck Schafer of Yoakum.
Blair Cherry was an assistant coach for the North and got to look at one of his future University of Texas stars, quarterback Bobby Layne of Highland Park.
1945: In the first Oil Bowl matching Texas vs. Oklahoma, August Pelz of Wichita Falls was the passing star in a 13–0 win for the Texans.
Pelz set up Texas' first touchdown with a pair of 16 and 15-yard passes, first to Art Sweet of San Antonio Brackenridge and then to Sammie Pierce of Vernon.
However, history was made when Oklahoma scored for the first time in the series on a touchdown pass from Eddie Crowder of Muskogee to Mac Odell of Watonga in the second quarter.
[4] 1951: After helping Wichita Falls win back-to-back state championships in 1949 and 1950, speedy James Self had a big night in his final game at Coyote Stadium.
1954: Ardmore quarterback Royce McQueen's 9-yard touchdown pass to Dean McMasters gave Oklahoma a 6–0 lead, but LaNoal Castleberry of Childress countered for Texas in the third quarter.
[4] 1965: Bill Bradley of Palestine, Jerry Levias of Beaumont Hebert and Chris Gilbert of Houston Spring Branch were the biggest names in this game—and all made big contributions to Texas' 21–13 win.
1966: Bub Deerinwater of Wichita Falls Rider played his final game before the hometown fans and ran for 54 yards on 11 carries, scored on a 7-yard run and kicked both extra point in Texas' 14–0 win.
Chuck Hixson of San Antonio Highlands started at quarterback for Texas but was knocked out of the game on a vicious tackle by future Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens of Miami.
He threw two touchdown passes of 10 and 21 yards to Gordon Gilder of Kountze, a 28-yarder to Riley Odoms of Corpus Christi and a 27-yarder to Mike Lowrey of Wichita Falls High.
Roosevelt Manning of Wichita Falls Washington was voted the top lineman of the game after helping the Texas defense hold All-American Roy Bell of Clinton to only 38 yards rushing.
The biggest name to come out of this game was Jerry Sisemore of Plainview, who went on to become an All-American at Texas and an All-Pro offensive lineman with the Philadelphia Eagles.
[4] 1971: Haskell's Charlie Franklin and Wichita Falls High's Lawrence Williams led a Texas defense that intercepted five Oklahoma passes in a 15–0 win.
1972: Marty Akins of Gregory-Portland threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Ronnie Littleton of Wichita Falls with 1:22 to play and then hooked up with Dallas Carter's Joe Rust for the two-point conversion to rally Texas to a thrilling 21–20 win.
1974: Rodney Allison of Odessa High threw two touchdown passes of 58 and 20 yards to Mike Renfro of Fort Worth Arlington Heights and also scored on a 19-yard bootleg to lead Texas to a 20–13 win.
1975: In the first Oil Bowl played on the artificial turf of Memorial Stadium, Kenneth King of Clarendon ran for 140 yards and was instrumental in all three touchdown drives that gave Texas a 20–6 win.
Chris Massey of Spiro scored the game's first touchdown on a flashy 13-yard reverse and then finished it with a 57-yard punt return for a TD in the fourth quarter.