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1981 SMU game. #10 Texas playing at (Texas Stadium) #8 SMU. SMU had Dickerson and James in the backfield. Texas won 9-7, holding the Mustangs to 205 yards (70 came on one pass play for the sole Mustangs TD). 
 
Sims had 11 solo tackles and four assists for 15 total tackles (SMU only had 68 plays, so Sims tackled over 1/5 of them). He had two sacks (McIlhenny went back to pass 23 times, but was only able to attempt 15 passes as he was sacked eight times), and four other tackles for loss. He forced a fumble and recovered a fumble (I can’t remember if it was the same play). 
https://stats.texassports.com/custompages/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/81/ut-smu.htm
 
He got hurt against TCU later that year, but there was a reason he was the number one draft pick. 

I was at that game in Irving. Hell of a game for a youngster! The Horns beat the Pony Express. Their defense was pretty salty back then too.

Hook’em!!!
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48 minutes ago, statsman said:

1981 SMU game. #10 Texas playing at (Texas Stadium) #8 SMU. SMU had Dickerson and James in the backfield. Texas won 9-7, holding the Mustangs to 205 yards (70 came on one pass play for the sole Mustangs TD). 
 
Sims had 11 solo tackles and four assists for 15 total tackles (SMU only had 68 plays, so Sims tackled over 1/5 of them). He had two sacks (McIlhenny went back to pass 23 times, but was only able to attempt 15 passes as he was sacked eight times), and four other tackles for loss. He forced a fumble and recovered a fumble (I can’t remember if it was the same play). 

https://stats.texassports.com/custompages/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/81/ut-smu.htm
 
He got hurt against TCU later that year, but there was a reason he was the number one draft pick. 

I was at this game.  While a 9-7 score might sound like a boring game these days, that '81 defense was a thing of beauty, and Sims was the anchor for the whole thing.  I remember seeing him around campus also.  He was an absolute mountain of a man.  RIP, big man.  Hook 'em.

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6 minutes ago, msucolt45 said:


I was at that game in Irving. Hell of a game for a youngster! The Horns beat the Pony Express. Their defense was pretty salty back then too.

Hook’em!!!

Was at that game, too, while a student.  Damn, that was a crazy defensive slugfest. RIP.

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Freddy always had a great defense, I’ll give him that! Dad always loved the Horns’ schemes.

I was a youngster, but knew FB, as my Dad would watch HS film at home, from previous games to upcoming opponents. He’d always narrate what he was seeing and writing down. The old reel-reel film days, he’d pause, rewind, and play a specific play over and over so many times, projected on his home office wall. I’d ask why can’t we just watch it. Most nights, I’d sit there with him until time for bed or I fell asleep.

Hook’em!!!

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I remember him from his days at Groesbeck when he was throwing shot and discus. I was in jr high but I knew who he was from Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. He was a man among boys. Also got to watch him play basketball for the Goats vs my old school. RIP big man.

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We tried to do some cool things for our dorm residents back in the day, and we were able to get several players and Akers to come on a series of visits and do a little Q&A. Kenneth was one. Obviously a big dude, had a bit of a suspicious nature as he gave us side-eye glances as if to say, “what do these tiny fellas want?” But he warmed up quickly and came out of his shell, and seemed to have a great time. I think someone, maybe me, asked, “So what was it like growing up in Groesbeck?” 

“I’m not from Groesbeck.”

”But, but everything says you’re from Groesbeck…”

”I’m from Kosse! But Kosse is too small to have its own school, so I had to go to Groesbeck!”

And he laughed. Kosse civic pride, and it was the first time I’d ever heard of Kosse. And frankly, one of the last.

RIP, 77. 

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Very sad news, saw him play many times and got to know him some at UT baseball games, he really liked baseball and had a lot of friends on the baseball team
 
 
Kenneth Sims, former No. 1 overall pick of the Patriots and Texas pass rusher, dies at 65

 

Tyler Sullivan
 
 
46 mins ago1 min read
 
 
 
 
NFL Player Draft: Patriots Kenneth Sims

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images

Kenneth Sims, the No. 1 overall pick of the New England Patriots in the 1982 NFL Draft and star at the University of Texas, died at the age of 65, the Patriots announced. Sims had been battling an illness and passed away in his sleep at his home on Friday. 

"Very sad day with the passing of our Longhorn Legend and College Football Hall of Famer Kenneth Sims," the official Texas Football account wrote on X. "Our thoughts & prayers go out to his family, friends, and teammates."

Sims, who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2021, was a dominant force for the Longhorns. After backing up future Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve McMichael and Bill Acker, the defensive tackle rose to prominence during his junior season where he notched 131 tackles and was named an All-American. He followed that breakout campaign with another All-American season as a senior and became the first Longhorn to win the Lombardi Award. He was also the top defensive vote-getter for the Heisman Trophy during that 1981 season.   

 

Texas went 10-1-1 during Sims' final collegiate season which culminated with a win in the 1982 Cotton Bowl. 

That all led to Sims becoming the No. 1 overall pick of the Patriots in 1982 and would go on to play eight seasons with the organization. In all, Sims played 74 career games for New England including 64 starts. He tallied 17 sacks over his tenure, which included a 5.5-sack season in his 13 games played in 1985. Unfortunately, Sims broke his leg that season, which prevented him from playing in Super Bowl XX, in which the Chicago Bears defeated the Patriots. 

 

In a post on social media, the Patriots wrote they are "deeply saddened by the passing" of Sims.

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3 hours ago, statsman said:

1981 SMU game. #10 Texas playing at (Texas Stadium) #8 SMU. SMU had Dickerson and James in the backfield. Texas won 9-7, holding the Mustangs to 205 yards (70 came on one pass play for the sole Mustangs TD). 
 
Sims had 11 solo tackles and four assists for 15 total tackles (SMU only had 68 plays, so Sims tackled over 1/5 of them). He had two sacks (McIlhenny went back to pass 23 times, but was only able to attempt 15 passes as he was sacked eight times), and four other tackles for loss. He forced a fumble and recovered a fumble (I can’t remember if it was the same play). 

https://stats.texassports.com/custompages/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/81/ut-smu.htm
 
He got hurt against TCU later that year, but there was a reason he was the number one draft pick. 

I too, was at this game.  He was a good guy.  I've told this story before, but the UT football players had a couple of intramural basketball teams, and they were unsurprisingly pretty good.  I played for a very good team, but I made a bad mistake trying to take the ball to the hole with Kenneth Sims rushing over to, er... stop me.  He hit me in midair and knocked me a good 20 feet.  Yeah, it hurt.

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I once hung out with him and Wadine Miles who played for A&M at the Red Rose.  He was a great guy, open and friendly.  The girls were all over us, it was a pleasant evening.  RIP Ken!

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52 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

I was there.

Went to the Cowboy’s game the next day.

This was the way back then, would pack my Cowboy's cap with my Longhorn gear.

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6 hours ago, statsman said:

1981 SMU game. #10 Texas playing at (Texas Stadium) #8 SMU. SMU had Dickerson and James in the backfield. Texas won 9-7, holding the Mustangs to 205 yards (70 came on one pass play for the sole Mustangs TD). 
 
Sims had 11 solo tackles and four assists for 15 total tackles (SMU only had 68 plays, so Sims tackled over 1/5 of them). He had two sacks (McIlhenny went back to pass 23 times, but was only able to attempt 15 passes as he was sacked eight times), and four other tackles for loss. He forced a fumble and recovered a fumble (I can’t remember if it was the same play). 

https://stats.texassports.com/custompages/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/81/ut-smu.htm
 
He got hurt against TCU later that year, but there was a reason he was the number one draft pick. 

I was at that game.  Went with a high school church group. 

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3 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Damn...  had classes with him at UT.

Cool Guy

RIP 🙏

Remember the Akers team’s players walking around campus with those t shirts, with “TEAM” in huge letters and “ME” in small letters. 

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36 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

I was at the game as well

We all kind of had to be, since fucking SMU was on probation again and barred from TV. 
 
Saturday afternoon, at Texas Stadium, I learned that a stadium could be surrounded by freeways on all sides and it still could take an hour and a half to get out of the parking lot. 

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I was NOT at the SMU game that ALL of the rest of you attended, but I was in the front row of the student section of the TCU game where the linemen hit him high and low and broke his leg. 
 

F’n cockroaches. 

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15 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

He was a great guy and used to come see Extreme Heat all of the time.

Yeah Sims was a good guy.   Used to hang a lot in Paradise as well.   Dude was prototypical of what you see today in a leaner more athletic players on defense.  And I agree Ken would say, son't put your junk behind our Driver's license.  Sad to see that he has passed.  A genuine good guy.

 

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1 hour ago, DoobieWah said:

I was NOT at the SMU game that ALL of the rest of you attended, but I was in the front row of the student section of the TCU game where the linemen hit him high and low and broke his leg. 
 

F’n cockroaches. 

I was at that game as well

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3 hours ago, horn4life said:

That video gave me chills - the sort of guy you are happy to have represent your school.

Except for his cocaine problem which held back his pro career. He would be in the hall of fame if he could have controlled it.

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1 hour ago, Bevo said:

Except for his cocaine problem which held back his pro career. He would be in the hall of fame if he could have controlled it.

Yeah - that's why you don't keep your baggie behind your driver's license... But we all have our flaws, and fuck "It was the 80's".  You would have had to have been a monster nerd not to have been around it to some degree then.  And yes... coke is addictive... it is not good stuff.    Sorry he fell short of your NFL Hall of Fame mark of success...

But in the early 80's Simms was a genuinely nice guy.  Like night and day hanging out with him and Craig James for example.  Both like the cola, but one was a nice guy, the other was... a prick.  So regardless of Simms flawlessness as a human, I remember him as an amazing football player, and a guy who did not let his status on campus explode his head beyond reason.  He was a large part of the reason when I came to UT in 1979, I got to enjoy some pretty nice seasons and an undergrad.  And for that I will always have respect for a guy who I liked on and off the field.

 

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43 minutes ago, horn4life said:

Sorry he fell short of your NFL Hall of Fame mark of success...

 

You don't know how good he was. He had the talent to be the best and made some extremely good offensive linemen like Brian Millard, Doug Dawson, Adam Schrieber, Joe Shearin, Terry Tausch, and Les Studdard look silly in practice. 

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5 minutes ago, Bevo said:

You don't know how good he was. He had the talent to be the best and made some extremely good offensive linemen like Brian Millard, Doug Dawson, Adam Schrieber, Joe Shearin, Terry Tausch, and Les Studdard look silly in practice. 

He wasn't the first pick in the draft for no reason.

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Fuck I feel young. I knew who he was, but unlike you dinosaurs my mom let the best part of me slide down the crack of her ass, left a stain, and I was still somehow conceived. 

One of 3 UT players to be drafted #1 overall (along with Nobis and of course the legend himself, Earl). Apparently he was huge, even for his time and day (6'5 270?). You know he had to be one bad mofo and offensive linemen back in that day had an average weight of 250-270. They had to be shitting themselves looking across from them. 

RIP, 77. 

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