Stupid Question: Will this be Texas’ hottest game ever?

[GreenspointTexas 9,567]

With predictions of temps at kickoff being anywhere from 99-101 degrees, is this our warmest game ever?

 

Ive been a season ticket holder for 15 years and the hottest game ive been to was 09 UTEP... i think temps were around 97. Cant remember a hotter game, someone correct me if im wrong

 

Also, while we are on it, what is the hottest college football kickoff temp ever? Ill hang up and listen

[deft 6,800]

Hottest game ever.....possibly in the world. 

[Sock Drawer 214]

1 minute ago, deft said:

Hottest game ever.....possibly in the world. 

Route 66 was the hottest I can remember.

[Butch Had Not 2,940]

2 minutes ago, Sock Drawer said:

Route 66 was the hottest I can remember.

Think Pitt in 95? Fans were passing out.

[Sock Drawer 214]

1 minute ago, Butch Had Not said:

Think Pitt in 95? Fans were passing out.

I thought we drank at just about all of them . . .

[Fred Willard 115]

That time at acl when Katrina was in the gulf.

[Marfa Low Crown 2,544]

Feel my heat. 
 

 

[Bevo14 8,274]

depends on how much talent LSU is bringing

[Goo Punch 4,275]

Colt's debut in 2006 vs UNT was the hottest game I (and my dad) have ever been to, and he's been to more cfb games than everyone i know combined. it was an 11 am kickoff in late August/early September in Austin, Texas. that day was absolutely brutal. dozens if not hundreds of people being treated on site for heat related issues, with more than a dozen hospitalized. 

After that would be vs UTEP in 09 iirc. the one where we destroyed them. another just brutal day with the sun beating down on everyone. UT is insane for ya int those start times. 

 

[Henry Hill 3,156]

[Bullneck 18,987]

It'll be the hottest  . . . until next year.

 

Also, I'd  have to think Arizona or ASU has played a game in 100+ heat before.  Maybe not, but you'd think so.

[Kennythetiger 9,334]

Sorry someone negged you- seemed like a pretty decent topic to me. 

[WBT 20,422]

Not with a 6:30 kick.  It will be hot at the beginning but cool off throughout the game.  11:00 and especially 2:30 kicks are the worst as it is broiling through the whole game.

Two that I remember as being especially hot while I was a student were Stanford 1999 and ULaLa 2000.  The box scores show only mid-80s at kick for both but the highs those days in Austin were 97 and 99.  Earlier the week of that ULaLa game were the two all-time highest temperatures recorded in Austin, 108 and 110.

Historical high temperatures for Austin can be looked up here:

http://api.wunderground.com/history/airport/KATT/1999/9/4/DailyHistory.html?req_city=Austin&req_state=TX&req_statename=&reqdb.zip=78735&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

[WBT 20,422]

10 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

Colt's debut in 2006 vs UNT was the hottest game I (and my dad) have ever been to, and he's been to more cfb games than everyone i know combined. it was an 11 am kickoff in late August/early September in Austin, Texas. that day was absolutely brutal. dozens if not hundreds of people being treated on site for heat related issues, with more than a dozen hospitalized. 

After that would be vs UTEP in 09 iirc. the one where we destroyed them. another just brutal day with the sun beating down on everyone. UT is insane for ya int those start times. 

 

UNT was another 11 am kick and the high that day was 98.  UTEP was a 2:30 kick but the listed high was only 92.

UT really shouldn't play home day games in September.

Edited September 5, 2019 by WBT

[texifornia 56,520]

7 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

Sorry someone negged you- seemed like a pretty decent topic to me. 

@po elvis is apparently NOT FUCKING HERE for threads about weather history

[Victor Lazlo 1,767]

That opener against New Mexico State in 2013 was the absolute worst I ever attended. 

102* an hour or two before kickoff. Hot as hell on the east side with no breeze at all. 

Sweated my ass off all game. 

[mr. sunshine 2,824]

On a related note we toured the pyramids at Chichen Itza on a cruise stop years ago.  It was hotter than the face of the sun and the tour guide said the Mayans used to play rugby with human heads so in the big scheme of things maybe some of y’all should man the fuck up

[Walden Ponderer 12,639]

Louisiana Lafayette in 2000, it was 96° for an 11:30 am kickoff. Route 66 in 1997, it was only 93°; just seemed hotter, because we were staring into the maw of Hell.

[Steel Shank 9,415]

Got pretty hot at your momma's house last night.

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3,868]

There is a reason we used to open with away games.

[C-Man 27,053]

Syracuse in the early 90’s was pretty brutal

[Deguello 54]

Stanford 1999. Everything else vies for second place. 

[Steel Shank 9,415]

Y'all's memories are far fucking better than mine. I know there've been a shitload of games where I was sweating like a pig.

/csb

edit to add: sweating out chili, queso, meat sweats, paper plates I accidentally ate, cold beer, etc.

Edited September 5, 2019 by Steel Shank

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3,868]

6 minutes ago, Deguello said:

Stanford 1999. Everything else vies for second place. 

99F on that one as was NCST the previous week. You just remember the one we won.

Edited September 5, 2019 by ShaggyBevo RIP

[C-Man 27,053]

Checking Texas Sports and:

Stanford 1999, 83 degrees
Pitt 1995, 89
Syracuse 1993, 92-94

[Walden Ponderer 12,639]

2 minutes ago, Deguello said:

Stanford 1999. Everything else vies for second place. 

Sept 4, 1999. High that day was 97°.

 

[C-Man 27,053]

Rout 66 was 93 degrees

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3,868]

3 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Checking Texas Sports and:

Stanford 1999, 83 degrees
Pitt 1995, 89
Syracuse 1993, 92-94

How did you find that? I was going by high for the day.

EDIT- appears there is also a difference based on which temperature source you use.

Edited September 5, 2019 by ShaggyBevo RIP

[C-Man 27,053]

2 minutes ago, ShaggyBevo RIP said:

How did you find that? I was going by high for the day.

Box scores under All Time Results shows the temperature at kickoff. Says Stanford ‘99 was 83 at kick (11AM)

[GreenspointTexas 9,567]

Soooo this will basically beat all those then

[Deguello 54]

4 minutes ago, Walden Ponderer said:

Sept 4, 1999. High that day was 97°.

 

97 degrees. No clouds. No real wind. 11AM kickoff. 

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3,868]

High of the day in Austin is usually around 5pm but direct brutal sun is earlier.

Edited September 5, 2019 by ShaggyBevo RIP

[MIkeHoncho 1,895]

TX vs. Houston - 1992. 

[C-Man 27,053]

Remember the early 90’s games were on artificial turf too

[gmr548 16,513]

Probably not the hottest ever but 2017 Maryland was pretty bad. 11am kick, close to 90 at kick and incredibly humid/swampy because Harvey had just hit Texas. Plus the collective rage in the stadium had to add a few degrees.

[C-Man 27,053]

1 minute ago, MIkeHoncho said:

TX vs. Houston - 1992. 

74 degrees

[C-Man 27,053]

https://texassports.com/sports/2013/7/21/FB_0721134841.aspx?id=131

[Sock Drawer 214]

6 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Box scores under All Time Results shows the temperature at kickoff. Says Stanford ‘99 was 83 at kick (11AM)

And heights/weights are never, ah, "improved" in programs either.

[Skipper 6,103]

I remember as a 14 year old that Texas/Colorado 1994 was damn hot but box score says only 88 at kick 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,781]

It seems like we used to always open at home with a fucking afternoon game where people’s faces were melting off like in Indiana Jones

[Huckleberry 32,701]

20 minutes ago, Skipper said:

I remember as a 14 year old that Texas/Colorado 1994 was damn hot but box score says only 88 at kick 

Those are misleading. Pittsburgh 1995 was apparently 89° at kickoff but that was like sitting in a broiler on the east side of the stadium.

Looked it up. High temperature was 93° that day with a heat index over 100° due to humidity. Also only a 4mph wind, meaning there was no breeze in the stadium. Page says "scattered clouds" during the game but I don't think a single one ever blocked the sun. I had to leave the game early with my girlfriend (now wife) because she was showing heat exhaustion symptoms.

http://api.wunderground.com/history/airport/KATT/1995/9/16/DailyHistory.html?req_city=Austin&req_state=TX&reqdb.zip=78735&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

So basically as others said, temperature at kickoff doesn't come close to telling the story of how hot a game was.

Edited September 5, 2019 by Huckleberry

[MIkeHoncho 1,895]

1 minute ago, C-Man said:

74 degrees

at kickoff.  

High for the day got to 88.  Game didn't end until 4:11pm.  

Normally my seats are in the upper deck, so while I've attended hotter games temperature-wise, this one was during my student days so I drew somewhere in around the 40 yd line, first few rows.  We got the benefit of feeling the heat radiating off the turf field.  We baked for 4 hours. 

 

[Blotto 23,434]

According to  Weather Underground, it was 98 as a high last Saturday, and it wasnt bad at all by 8PM. Humidity and breeze will be the key. Hottest part of the game last week was being stuck in the mass of humanity at gate 16 for 10 minutes trying to get into DKR. 

[1bigtx 129]

Stanford day game.  The Cardinal and many fans melted that day.

[Bullneck 18,987]

50 minutes ago, Walden Ponderer said:

Louisiana Lafayette in 2000, it was 96° for an 11:30 am kickoff. Route 66 in 1997, it was only 93°; just seemed hotter, because we were staring into the maw of Hell.

Ooh, look at WP and his little degree symbols.  Keyboard knowledge level: 1000

[Ravishing Rick 1,128]

I talked to my doctor about this heat, and he recommended drinking 15-20 beers prior to kickoff.

Edited September 5, 2019 by Ravishing Rick

[ramirezut 63]

34 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Rout 66 was 93 degrees

Pt II in 2010 was 93 degrees. Fuck that game. 

 

[Tex Long 4,348]

IIRC from the Olden Daze - early 1960s - we never played a day game (at home for sure, but generally most anywhere) until 0U, and sparingly after that in October. I blame the current stupidity on TV.

[BigBenBamboozle 1,950]

1 hour ago, Bullneck said:

 

It'll be the hottest  . . . until next year.

 

“Wait ‘till next year!”

~ The Sun

Edited September 5, 2019 by BigBenBamboozle

[NowThis 931]

50 minutes ago, Deguello said:

Stanford 1999. Everything else vies for second place. 

i was there. Hot and humid mofo