Dave Allerdice David Way Allerdice ( March 26 , 1887 – December 31 , 1941 ) was an American football player and coach . He played football for the University of Michigan from 1907 to 1909 and coached football at Butler University ( 1910 ) and the University of Texas at Austin ( 1911 – 1915 ) . Early life and playing career . Allerdice was born in Indianapolis , Indiana in 1887 . He enrolled at the University of Michigan and played at the right halfback position for coach Fielding H . Yost ' s Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1907 to 1909 . Allerdice played on offense and defense for Michigan , and he also handled place - kicking and punting responsibilities . He was Michigan ' s leading scorer in 1908 with 64 points in seven games , and again in 1909 with 51 points in seven games . In 1908 , he scored all of Michigan ' s points a 12 – 6 win over Notre Dame and a 10 – 6 win over . He scored a career - high 19 points ( two touchdowns , six extra points , and a field goal ) in a 1909 victory over Syracuse . Allerdice won praise from the press for playing through injuries , playing the 1908 Penn game with a broken collarbone and the 1909 Penn game with a broken hand . Allerdice served as captain of the 1909 Michigan football team that compiled a record of 6 – 1 , outscored opponents 116 to 34 , and held six of seven opponents to six points or less . At the end of the 1909 season , he was selected as a first - team All - American by " The New York Times " and syndicated sports writer , Tommy Clark . He was a second - team pick on Walter Camp ' s 1909 College Football All - America Team . Walter Eckersall also picked Allerdice as a first - team halfback on his 1909 All - Western team . Coaching career . After one year as an assistant coach to Yost in 1910 , Allerdice became head coach at Butler University in his hometown of Indianapolis , Indiana , but left for the University of Texas to assume the head coaching position there after Billy Wasmund suddenly died in October 1911 . At age 25 , Allerdice is still the youngest head coach in Texas football history . His Longhorns finished 5 – 2 in 1911 , 7 – 1 in both the 1912 and 1913 seasons , and went unbeaten at 8 – 0 in 1914 . In the inaugural Southwest Conference season in 1915 , Texas finished 6 – 3 with losses to Oklahoma , Texas A & M , and Notre Dame . At season ' s end , despite a career record of 33 – 7 with the Longhorns , Allerdice informed the Athletic Council of his resignation because of the " super critical nature of the Texas fans . " Later life . Allerdice was married in October 1916 to Cornelia Simrall Keasbey , in Austin , Texas . He returned to Indianapolis and went into his family ' s meat packing business . In a draft registration card completed in June 1917 , Allerdice indicated that he was working as cattle buyer in Indianapolis . At the time of the 1920 Census , Allerdice and his wife were listed as residents of Indianapolis along with their son , David W . Allerdice , Jr . , age one . In 1930 , Allerdice continued to be a resident of Indianapolis along with his wife , Cornelia , and sons David ( age 11 ) and John ( age 8 ) . Allerdice , along with his wife and son , died from the injuries suffered in a house fire during the 1941 Christmas holiday . He was posthumously inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor in 1981 .