Loudest DKR Moment You've Experienced

[ztejas 43266]

28 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

The Mavs playoff game at Moody was the loudest sporting event I ever attended and it’s not close.

That's such a sweet little arena when it's full. 

What year was that? 

[Duane Moore 5236]

13 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Wally Pryor: 

“Someone get that idiot off the goal post”. 🤣

I’m trying to remember if we rushed the field after the A&M game that season? It was a huge win because we hadn’t beaten them in a while and it won us the conference but it was an early game and they had probably stepped up security after the UH result. 

[SDG 3319]

2 hours ago, BigBenBamboozle said:

Ohio State, even though we got Ginn’d, was the best atmosphere I’ve seen in DKR.

Single play has to be Kindle committing a felony on Taylor Potts. My lawd.

Had to go rewatch 

 

[morehornsepower 867]

1 hour ago, Sleepygrad said:

I've been to all the home games mentioned so far, except for UH 1990. The loudest individual moments were Ricky, Kindle decapitating Potts, and USC blocked kick scoop n score. Loudest sustained games were Nebraska 01, Mizzou 08 and Bama 22

Same here.  Ricky's run was the most amazing moment I've seen in DKR.  Nebraska was amazing, Okie State comeback was amazing, Bama this year.

Okie State was amazing because we all knew VY would get us back in it.  The crowd didn't 'give up'.

Bama this year, the overall atmosphere was the best I've seen.  But there has been so much added in and around the stadium itself, so the crowd noise was only a part of that.

[TexEx15 17485]

2 hours ago, ztejas said:

Per capita this was the best energy I've ever been in attendance for at DKR. I think the diving CJ catch was the loudest moment. Stadium wasn't full and there had to be a good 10k TCU fans that day but we were bringing the heat. 

TCU had beaten us 4 straight seasons by 17, 22, 43 and 38 points. There was a lot of catharsis that day. 

 

Then: Lost 4 straight to TCU. Sterns had 2 picks and we won big.

Now: Lost 4 straight to blowu. Sterns had 2 picks last night. Ergo we win big tomorrow and get more due catharsis. 

These are the two single loudest plays I’ve seen in person.

 

And for good karmic measure it was Sterns too.

[C-Man 27053]

20 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Wally Pryor: 

“Someone get that idiot off the goal post”. 🤣

I'll never get tired of telling everybody this but the "idiot" was my rush captain a couple of years later. He's a fellow San Antonian.

[Deej 76568]

45 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Yeah, I’m not sure I’ll ever experience a Texas home atmosphere like that again. I was a HS senior and came up for the game with my parents and younger brother. It was utter insanity. I haven’t been to DKR regularly in quite some time but those Nebraska games in the early Big 12 days were pretty sweet atmospheres.

 

[conVINCEd 21468]

Just now, ztejas said:

That's such a sweet little arena when it's full. 

What year was that? 

1984 maybe?  I was in 3rd or 4th grade.  It seems absurd that an NBA playoff game got bumped to an alternate location because tennis had first dibs on the arena.

[ztejas 43266]

2 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

1984 maybe?  I was in 3rd or 4th grade.  It seems absurd that an NBA playoff game got bumped to an alternate location because tennis had first dibs on the arena.

Ah - well before the reno. That was probably 10 years ago? 

Not sure if you've been since but they did a really nice job. 

[bluto 4893]

The ramonce reverse leading into March grandioso to close out the 3rd qtr in the 04 comeback on the pokes was ducking electric. 42 points in 1.5 qtrs, just bonkers. 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, hornfan785 said:

 

Mine would have to be this. The crowd exploded the instant Ramonce got the ball because we instantly all knew it was going to be a TD and Texas was winning that game. Greatest comeback I've ever witnessed. 2008 Missouri game was probably louder for a more sustained amount of time, but this single moment was the loudest I ever heard.

 

 

That was loud. 1990 Houston and 2008 Mizzou were louder. I have a friend that played OL on the ‘90 team. Said Bama this year was just as loud. 

[Surly Bevo 24696]

Sustained loudness, it was Bama.  I was a teenager at that UH game and it was the most "raucous" but not the pure loudest.  And how could it be?  The stadium seated about 23K more people for the Bama game and is more built to hold in sound these days with it more closed up.   If that Bama game had been a night game there would be no doubt in people's minds.

For moments I have attended there is always Ricky in 98, Mike Jones for the win in 99, Ramonce Reverse of course and a few others where the place exploded.  Didn't get to go to Mizzou 08.

And since it is this week the loudest I have ever heard a Texas crowd be "pound for pound" was when Stonie did his thing at the goal line.  That shit was nuts.  

Edited October 7, 2022 by Surly Bevo

[IDIOTsavant 8447]

Yeah, I’ve got to go with the Mike Jones TD against Nebraska in ‘99 as the single loudest moment at a game I’ve attended. It seemed like the slowest 17 yard catch and run I’ve ever seen, and the reaction kept building until it exploded when he crossed the goal line. Still remember some idiots (not me this time) getting electrocuted due to some exposed wires when they jumped into Littlefield fountain after the one on the east mall had already filled up with students. It was a wild day.

 

[kingkoopa6 8316]

*Horns vs Tech 2003 

In 2003, my cousin had the hook up.  I was allowed to work a few games as a volunteer for Quiznos - serving drinks and what not. I would be released for 2nd halves to roam the grounds and do whatever. 

We was down 5 with 2 mins to go....

multiple loud moments...

I remember squeezing my head through some black gates to see the field. 

Mock big bomb to Roy - LOUD!

Mock runs for first down- LOUD

Mock dart to B.J for TD - LOOOOUD!!

Techs missed FG. dead silence to LOOOOOUD!

 

- i had to hit the recap from espn for play by play- i swear i remembered it as an overtime game.... 

Does anyone remember any home OT games from 2001-2003?

 

[TexasHooch 5117]

It's Ricky's record for me.  The quietest was the 1997 UCLA game down 38-0 in the 1st half.  

[Huckleberry 32701]

3 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Does anyone remember any home OT games from 2001-2003?

 

Don't think there were any

[Surly Bevo 24696]

3 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

*Horns vs Tech 2003 

In 2003, my cousin had the hook up.  I was allowed to work a few games as a volunteer for Quiznos - serving drinks and what not. I would be released for 2nd halves to roam the grounds and do whatever. 

We was down 5 with 2 mins to go....

multiple loud moments...

I remember squeezing my head through some black gates to see the field. 

Mock big bomb to Roy - LOUD!

Mock runs for first down- LOUD

Mock dart to B.J for TD - LOOOOUD!!

Techs missed FG. dead silence to LOOOOOUD!

 

- i had to hit the recap from espn for play by play- i swear i remembered it as an overtime game.... 

Does anyone remember any home OT games from 2001-2003?

 

We did not play an OT game at all between OU 1996 and WVU 2013

[C-Man 27053]

48 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

1984 maybe?  I was in 3rd or 4th grade.  It seems absurd that an NBA playoff game got bumped to an alternate location because tennis had first dibs on the arena.

It wasn't long before that when NBA Finals games were shown on TV via tape delay

[Deej 76568]

Does it have to be football?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/12937247/the-night-zz-top-concert-trashed-texas-longhorns-stadium

[utee94 15745]

Agree on the loud moments/games mentioned so far

One loud moment that I haven't seen mentioned, was Phil Dawson's game-winning kick against UVA in 1995.  Not quite as loud as other moments mentioned, but it was definitely one quick, loud outburst from the fans.  

 

[taybo20 2815]

Tyrone Swoopes and Texas is Back… except of course I didn’t hear the TV call cause I was at the game. It was only after I discovered a meme had been born…and as much as I hate it, we beat ND and that’s fucking awesome!

[Loop 1604 227]

Missouri 2008

[Vito Andolini 9109]

47 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Sustained loudness, it was Bama.  I was a teenager at that UH game and it was the most "raucous" but not the pure loudest.  And how could it be?  The stadium seated about 23K more people for the Bama game and is more built to hold in sound these days with it more closed up.   If that Bama game had been a night game there would be no doubt in people's minds.

For moments I have attended there is always Ricky in 98, Mike Jones for the win in 99, Ramonce Reverse of course and a few others where the place exploded.  Didn't get to go to Mizzou 08.

And since it is this week the loudest I have ever heard a Texas crowd be "pound for pound" was when Stonie did his thing at the goal line.  That shit was nuts.  

What Surly Bevo wrote.

There was a play, I think Alabama had a 3rd and 7 and the crowd was absolutely ridiculous. Loudest I’ve ever heard DKR. Unfortunately, the tiny Heisman winning QB scrambled for a first down. But 105K, stadium configured in a more closed fashion,  we were giving #1 all they could handle, I give the noise nod to Alabama 2022. Only drawback was the heat perhaps sapping some energy.

[Js1 85110]

28 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

We did not play an OT game at all between OU 1996 and WVU 2013

if there was one thing Mack did pretty well at Texas, it was managing end of game situations well* and having a pretty damn good kicker to walk off. 

 

*not Tech 2008 though

[Surly Bevo 24696]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

if there was one thing Mack did pretty well at Texas, it was managing end of game situations well* and having a pretty damn good kicker to walk off. 

 

*not Tech 2008 though

Yep, after having only 2 OT games in 18 seasons, and only 1 in Mack's tenure (a win) CharlTomSark have had us in 7 in 8 1/3ish seasons with a nice shitty 3-4 record in them.  

[Tex Pete 20179]

I was at most of the games mentioned that occurred after the 1990 UH game.

For me, the loudest moment was Ricky running into the record books. The stadium erupted when he broke past the line and roared continuously for several minutes. It was awesome!

[Sgt Hulk 13647]

Sergio kindled Potts in the revenge game for tech. I was TDY to San Antonio and had tickets it was glorious 

[Carl Spackler 3461]

22 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

Unfortunately, the tiny Heisman winning QB scrambled for a first down.

With the aid of a blatant uncalled hold.  *fucktherefs*

For me the loudest game/most energy/whatever you want to call it was definitely '90 Houston.

[Chuckie Finster 22600]

Glad the Kindle hit is getting the respect it deserves. I’ve been to louder games, but I have never heard a single louder moment. 100k people letting out a years worth of frustration at the same time. A primal noise that I haven’t heard before or since.

[ShowmeyourTDs 1140]

4 hours ago, Tylerocks said:

Louded sustained crowd noise As mentioned, UH 1990

Other games where I was in attendance.

Ricky breaking the all time rushing record

ND OT game in 2016?

WV in 2012 was an awesome night...although an L. Jump Around was fun to watch/see

I was at all of those games, and the Texas Fight during the WVU game just kept getting louder and louder.  It was impressive!

[UTEX_ME 4754]

2 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Probably the WVU game in 2012

Jeffcoat's strip sack TD of Geno Smith in that game was one of the loudest I've ever heard the stadium. 

[Chuckie Finster 22600]

Even though we lost, 2007 KSU when the sky opened up and the students who stayed got LOUD

This is a good one too. One of the 5 most fun games I’ve ever attended, which makes absolutely no sense to anyone who wasn’t there.

[LonghornSean 3942]

The Mizzou game is probably it, but one I don't often see mentioned is the aggy game from that year. I feel like there was a moment when we had them pinned deep in the NEZ and the crowd was lit as fuck. Obviously this was during the style points comparison with OU and the Big 12 title bid so the crowd was really lively.

[Valmy77 13094]

2 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

The Mizzou game is probably it, but one I don't often see mentioned is the aggy game from that year. I feel like there was a moment when we had them pinned deep in the NEZ and the crowd was lit as fuck. Obviously this was during the style points comparison with OU and the Big 12 title bid so the crowd was really lively.

Yeah that game was pretty awesome. All the frustration of the Tech game was let loose on poor A&M.

[Horn80 6075]

1 hour ago, kingkoopa6 said:

*Horns vs Tech 2003 

In 2003, my cousin had the hook up.  I was allowed to work a few games as a volunteer for Quiznos - serving drinks and what not. I would be released for 2nd halves to roam the grounds and do whatever. 

We was down 5 with 2 mins to go....

multiple loud moments...

I remember squeezing my head through some black gates to see the field. 

Mock big bomb to Roy - LOUD!

Mock runs for first down- LOUD

Mock dart to B.J for TD - LOOOOUD!!

Techs missed FG. dead silence to LOOOOOUD!

 

- i had to hit the recap from espn for play by play- i swear i remembered it as an overtime game.... 

Does anyone remember any home OT games from 2001-2003?

 

I was at this game and as I recall, Vince Young got pulled for Mock who got the win as you described.  

[Noogman 161]

20 minutes ago, UTEX_ME said:

Jeffcoat's strip sack TD of Geno Smith in that game was one of the loudest I've ever heard the stadium. 

I was at the 2004 Okie State game as well as this one, and both were extremely loud. Underrated part of the Okie St game is that the old north end zone was still there, so there were only about 80,000 fans.

For WVU, I remember watching the strip sack happen and turning to my buddy sitting next to me, not two feet away. I couldn't hear him yelling over the crowd noise. 

Edited October 7, 2022 by Noogman

[Js1 85110]

11 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

This is a good one too. One of the 5 most fun games I’ve ever attended, which makes absolutely no sense to anyone who wasn’t there.

Yep! 

[BurntOrange&White 39655]

10 minutes ago, Noogman said:

I was at the 2004 Okie State game as well as this one, and both were extremely loud. Underrated part of the Okie St game is that the old north end zone was still there, so there were only about 80,000 fans.

For WVU, I remember watching the strip sack happen and turning to my buddy sitting next to me, not two feet away. I couldn't hear him yelling over the crowd noise. 

I believe it's also the first time they played "Jump Around" and I literally felt the stadium shaking.

[Tex Long 4348]

 

2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Say what you want, sonny. 
But for us really olds it was Tommy Ford’s TD with 36 seconds to go in the 1962 game vs. the Piggies.

Yeah, this was my choice, as well. I figgered you or one of the other great-grand-olds would pick it. I almost posted it, but got off onto other things... like, did someone poison Miz Long's doggie, or did he just get beat up by a raccoon again? Still dunno the answer to that, so thought I'd expand on that game just a bit.

As noted, this was 1962 game. We were #1 in 1961, with 2 games to go... TCU derailed that, putting James Saxton, our best RB out of the game by kicking him in the head "accidentally", then scoring once while we scored not at all. This was limited substitution days, no or nearly no specialists. You went with who you had on the field for things like punting and FGs. Saint Darrell said after the game he had 5 or 6 first-and-goals, and if he'd gone for a FG on 4th every time, we woulda coulda shoulda won the game. 

The loud game against Arkysaw that next year, 1962, we were in almost the same position, we were #1 and piggies were top ten as well. They were clearly our biggest rival, so the atmosphere was loud and heavy already. By about ten minutes into the game, the student section had already lost several benches - the old wooden slats just couldn't take the jumping up and down. I'm not sure we sat down at all that night. I know I didn't - the bench I was on was one of the first to go.

Arky kicked a FG in 2nd quarter, and led 3-0 for the rest of the game - almost. They had a couple of 1st and goals to try to extend their lead, but we held them out, including a fumble or two. With about 9 minutes left, they were driving, looking to put it away. We again took the ball away from them - either a fumble or an INT, I don't recall... but what ensued gives enough reason for understanding leaving that part behind. 

We took over on about our 15 yard line. With increasing pandemonium in the stands, that team pushed the ball down the field for the next 8 minutes, with 20 plays, 20 running plays, not so much as a single pass. Went for, and made, 4th downs twice (I think it was only two), and on 3rd and goal, with just seconds left - about 30 of them - Tommy T-Bird Ford dived into the end zone. After 20 plays and nearly nine minutes, we were down to our last two possible plays... and it was done. 

It wasn't just loud, it was FUCKING loud.

 

[Armybrat 40741]

The piggie fumble on their last drive was forced by Pat Culpepper, and a young Tommy Nobis when they stuffed Danny Brabham (See below)
On the Horns’ ensuing drive up the field to win, the Silver Spurs were swept up in the excitement and started firing Old Smokey (the real one) for every first down we made. 
And there were a bunch of them since those were the days of “three yards and a cloud of dust” football.

 

 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

We did not play an OT game at all between OU 1996 and WVU 2013

For the majority of that time we didn’t need overtime. 

[Domedriver 655]

2 hours ago, Deej said:

Does it have to be football?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/12937247/the-night-zz-top-concert-trashed-texas-longhorns-stadium

I was there!  Good times for a 14 year old kid!

[Domedriver 655]

The Houston Cougars game where we totally shutdown the Run and Shoot and slaughter Klingler, comes to mind.

 

[Vic Mackey 46936]

Was going to say this one.
I wasn't at the legendary 1990 Houston game, which seems to get mentioned a lot.  I was at Ricky's 1998 record-breaker against aggy, the 2016 OT thriller against Notre Dame, the 2018 blasting of USC, and this year's game against Bama, to name some of the loudest games I've attended.
But the Mizzou game in 2008 was the first time I've ever seen the Longhorns play at home ranked No. 1 (don't forget, Mizzou was ranked 11 at the time and had a damned good team), and it was after one of the best Texas/OU games in recent history.  When we jumped to a pretty big lead in the first half, that place was louder than I've ever experienced.

My cousin was at that game and he still says the same thing. Loudest game has ever been to with 2008 Mizzou. The stretch of OU, Mizzou, Okie State and Tech is the toughest we've ever had. OU, Mizzou and Tech were all damn good that year. 3 of them were legit national championship contenders during that stretch. The Tech loss to OU a few weeks later in a buttfucking fashion took the shine off them though.

[936horn 910]

06 tOSU and 08 Mizzou come to mind

Edited October 7, 2022 by 936horn

[Bigjohns97 125]

 

[Cairn Horn88 8174]

UCLA vs Texas Sept 1970

The air went out of the stadium, and there was only 52 second left when Texas got the ball back, with no timeouts. There was a break in the action after the UCLA punt, and the PA announcer, sensing that the game was slipping away, made an announcement about the Longhorns 22-game winning streak. He in essence was asking for applause for what the team had accomplished.

Then a wondrous thing happened. The entire student section on the east side stood on the new aluminum benches and began to stomp and cheer.

It quickly spread throughout the stadium -- even to the west side. Over 65,00 people were standing and stomping making more noise than I had ever hear in Memorial Stadium. A friend who was in the press box working for the Daily Texas said that suddenly the wooden structure began to wobble as if there was an earthquake. The noise continued as Texas broke the huddle.

After making one first down, Eddie Phillips was chased out of the pocket, and as he was going down for a 9-yard loss he fumbled the ball out of bounds. Good thing, since it stopped the clock.

Facing 3rd and 19, Royal called "86 pass, Ted crossing, Sam post."

Jim Bertlesen broke the 'bone and ran a short hook to help clear the middle. Tight End Tommy Woodard (Ted) ran a deep middle route, while Cotton Speyrer (Sam) ran the post. The ball barely went over Woodard's head (he was double covered) and as it reached Speyrer the UCLA defender in the prevent tried for the interception while another UCLA defender nearbye was caught leaning the wrong way.

The noise factor doubled and those still in the press box began to fear for their lives as that structure began to shake like a bowl of jello. I don't remember a whole helluva lot of what I did that night, but I do remember that I was in no shape for class on Monday and it took all the energy I had just to drag my ass to work that afternoon.

The win gave Texas the new SWC record for most victories in a row at 23. But the post-game atmosphere was strikingly reminiscent of that in Lubbock last week. Royal was bombarded with questions about the offensive troubles until he finally said,

"There are some people around here who think all we have to do is put on an orange uniform, crawl out there in the Wishbone and say, 'Bang, you're dead'."
 

 

[DoobieWah 1411]

1990

1998

[The_highest_of_fives 608]

5 hours ago, C-Man said:

I went to the final two Spurs/Blazers games in SA in the 1990 Western Semifinals and those were maybe the loudest basketball crowds I was ever part of — and I was at Game 7 in 2005. We whipped Portland’s asses in those games and HemisFair’s roof nearly blew off.

Hemisphere Arena Spurs games were just old school awesome.  You could smoke and so many people ripped heaters that there was a perpetual smoke fog covering the nosebleeds.  Don’t forget how brutal the Baseline Bums were, nothing was out of bounds, lol.  

[midtown 3342]

I was at Ricky run.  in the upper deck.  I swear that fucker was moving