Duke Carlisle Emmet Augustus “ Duke ” Carlisle III is a former football player who started as quarterback and defensive back for the Texas Longhorns in the early 1960s . He was the starting quarterback on Texas ' first National Championship team in 1963 . In his final game , he set the NCAA record for most yards per pass completion in a bowl game and three Cotton Bowl records on his way to being the named the game ' s Offensive MVP . He still holds the Cotton Bowl record for most yards per pass completion . Early Life . Carlisle was born in Kaufman , Texas but moved to Athens , Texas in November , 1955 . He was called Duke to differentiate himself from his father and grandfather , both also named Emmett . At Athens , he played quarterback and led his high school to three consecutive district titles , as well as the state quarterfinals in his junior year . Football . Arriving at Texas in 1960 , Carlisle played on an undefeated freshman team . During his sophomore season in 1961 , Carlisle was the starting safety and also saw some playing time as the third - string quarterback behind Mike Cotten and Tommy Wade . In 1962 , after Wade was injured in the preseason , Johnny Genung was named the starting quarterback , but a close call against Oklahoma led to head coach Darrell Royal naming Carlisle as the starter against # 6 Arkansas in Little Rock . Down by 3 in the 4th quarter , Texas took over on their own 10 with Carlisle leading the Longhorns to midfield . He was then replaced by Genung who led the Longhorns down to the 3 yard line before handing the ball to running back Tommy Ford for the win . Carlisle sealed the game by intercepting Arkansas on the subsequent possession , but Genung was the hero and Carlisle wouldn ' t start at quarterback again until the next season . He did start every game on defense though . By 1963 though , Carlisle had taken the starting quarterback role from Wade and started every game . He led the team to an 11 - 0 record and to Texas ' first ever national title in football . Texas started the season ranked # 5 , but by the time the Red River Rivalry rolled around they were # 2 and Oklahoma was # 1 . The game became the first # 1 vs . # 2 that Texas has ever played in , and after they won , Carlisle graced the cover of Sports Illustrated . Texas won the following six games to win both the Southwest Conference and National Championships . Perhaps Carlisle ' s most important contribution towards the national title came not behind center , but on defense . Against Baylor , in the only game ( and only series ) in which he played safety during his senior year , he had a game - saving end - zone interception to preserve a 7 - 0 win . Two weeks later against Texas A & M , Texas fell behind and Carlisle was pulled in favor of Wade . After Wade drove Texas to the 2 - yard line and nearly threw the ball away , Carlisle came back in and scored the game winning touchdown with a little more than a minute left . Carlisle saved his best game for last against # 2 Navy in the 1964 Cotton Bowl , played only six weeks after John F . Kennedy ' s assassination a few miles away . This would be the 2nd # 1 vs . # 2 game in Texas history and the only season in which Texas ever played in two such games . Though overshadowed by Heisman trophy winner Roger Staubach , Carlisle was the star of the day . On the 6th play of the game , Carlisle threw a 58 yard TD pass to Phil Harris . In the 2nd quarter , on an identical play , he threw a 63 yard touchdown pass , again to Harris . He passed for 213 yards and 2 touchdowns and rushed for another 54 yards and a touchdown , for 267 all purpose yards and 3 touchdowns - and he sat out much of the 2nd half . For comparison , in the previous 10 games that season he had amassed only 415 yards and 4 touchdowns . He was named Outstanding Back in the game averaging a then NCAA - record 30 . 4 yards per completion . He still holds the Cotton Bowl Record for yards per completion . Carlisle ' s final record as a Texas starting quarterback was a perfect 12 - 0 . After the season was over , he was selected as a quarterback in the annual College All - Star Football Game in Chicago . Later Life . The Green Bay Packers drafted Carlisle in the fifth round of the 1964 NFL Draft , but he was cut in training camp . The Dallas Cowboys picked him up , but he spent the entire 1964 season on the taxi squad and never played a down of professional football . In 1965 , after an injury ended his chance at pro football , Carlisle returned to UT and earned an M . B . A . He then applied to the Army ' s Medical Service Corps , rather than waiting to be drafted , and was sent to Germany for three years . He assumed he would be shipped to Vietnam , but the call never came . After a stint from 1969 - 73 as an investment banker with Merrill Lynch in New York City and then Dallas , Carlisle joined his father - in - law in the oil business in McComb , Mississippi . His brother Todd played football at Mississippi and his nephew , Cooper Carlisle , was a standout football player at Florida who played in the NFL . In 1974 Duke was inducted into the University of Texas Athletic Hall of fame ; in 2000 , he was inducted into the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame ; and in 2008 , the field house at Athens High School was named for him .