Article By Dino Nicandros on 8th December, 2009
It has been over 27 years since Alabama and Texas last met (1982 Cotton Bowl, Texas won 14-12).
Texas is 7-0-1 all time against the Tide, with perhaps the greatest matchup between these two teams coming in the 1965 Orange Bowl.
It was the first time the Orange Bowl had been moved to a prime-time slot on network television, and it featured two of the most dominant teams of the 1960s.
Bama was 48-4-2 (an incredible 91 percent winning percentage) over the previous five years.
They won the national championship in 1961, as well as 1964.
Texas came into the game 46-6-2 (87 percent winning percentage) for the half de...
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