Duke Carlisle

Duke Carlisle
Texas Longhorns – No. 11
PositionQB, DB
Class1964
Personal information
Born:Kaufman, Texas, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight176 lb (80 kg)
Career history
CollegeTexas (1961–1963)
Bowl gamesCotton Bowl (1962, 1963, 1964)
High schoolAthens (TX)
Career highlights and awards
  • National champion (1963)
  • Second-team All-SWC (1963)
  • 1963 Texas Longhorn MVP
  • 1964 Cotton Bowl Classic MVP
  • 1963 Academic All-American
  • 1964 College All-Star Game
  • Cotton Bowl All-Decade Team – 1960s
  • Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame – 2000
  • Most yards per pass completion (30.4) by a Longhorn in a bowl game
  • Most yards per pass completion (30.4) in the Cotton Bowl
  • 1961 Co-Southwest Conference championship
  • 1962 Southwest Conference championship
  • 1963 Southwest Conference championship

Emmet Augustus "Duke" Carlisle III is a former American football player who started as a 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 named the game's Offensive MVP. He still holds the Cotton Bowl record for most yards per pass completion.


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