Fred Akers, Texas football coach in 1970s and ’80s, dies at 82

Fred Akers, who was agonizingly close to glory as the football coach at the University of Texas with two undefeated seasons before his national title hopes ended in the Cotton Bowl, died Dec. 7 at his home in Horsehoe Bay, Tex. He was 82.

He had complications of dementia, his daughter Lesli Akers told the Associated Press.