Longhorns Wire is continuing the series of jersey numbers to match the days until the Texas kicks off the season. On Thursday we find ourselves remembering number 76. Currently Reese Moore wears number 76.
Jerald Grant “Jerry” Sisemore, Offensive Tackle (1970-72)
Sisemore joined the Longhorns in 1970. That year the team extended their winning streak to 30 games. That is the 12th longest win streak in NCAA history. The team finished the year unscathed until the final game of the year. The win streak started on October 5, 1968 and ended in 1970 when the Longhorns met the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Cotton Bowl. The Longhorns were coming off a consensus National Championship in 1969. Despite their lone loss, the coaches poll still named them National Champions in 1970.
Sisemore would be named Consensus All-American in 1971-72. Both seasons he would also be named All-Southwest Conference and helped Texas win the Southwest Conference all three seasons. Each year they would play in the Cotton Bowl. In his final collegiate game they defeated the number four ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.
Sisemore would go on to play in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles. He would only play in Philadelphia for the duration of his 12-year NFL career. Sisemore was the third overall selection in the 1973 NFL Draft. He would eventually play in the Super Bowl XV.
Accomplishments:
- Two-time Unanimous All-American (1972-73)
- Two-time All-Southwest Conference (1972-73)
- 1972 Co-Captain
- 1970’s SWC and Cotton Bowl All-Decade Team
- 1973 NFL Draft first round selection
- 12-year NFL career
- Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame
- Texas Hall of Honor inductee in 1980
- College Football Hall of Fame inductee in 2002