There aren’t many firsts left to be accomplished or earned for a historic team like the Texas Longhorns; however, when one does happen, it’s usually a pretty big feat.
And after the Longhorns scored a bounce-back win over the No. 7 Ole Miss Rebels over the weekend; head coach Steve Sarkisian put himself in rarefied air and accomplished something no coach at Texas has done before.
With the win over the Rebels, Sarkisian became the first-ever Texas head coach to record four straight wins over AP Top 10-ranked opponents at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Steve Sarkisian Makes Program History After Ole Miss Win
The feat of winning four straight games against top 10 opponents at home has happened before, as the Longhorns did that in 1949–1953 and 1968–1978; however, it had never been done under one head coach, as the four-game winning streaks occurred under multiple head coaches each of the previous times…