I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field. It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too. They'd never seen anything like it.

It was the most points scored against Texas in eighty years and the second most points ever allowed by the Longhorns. Iowa began the year by upsetting sixth ranked Nebraska a team that had defeated Iowa 57–0 the previous season. It was the first such meeting where the victor scored the winning points on the game's final play.

He played college football for Baylor University. He served as the head coach at Southern Methodist University (1962–1972) North Texas State University now the University of North Texas (1973–1978) and the University of Iowa (1979–1998) compiling a career college football record of 232–178–10. John Hayden Fry (born February 28 1929) is a former American football player and coach.