23 Facts About Rick McIvor

Rick McIvor was raised almost entirely by his mother and his extended family.

Rick McIvor prepped at Fort Stockton High School where he led the football team to the district championship his senior year.

Rick McIvor started out as a running back and defensive back, but after Tate Randle graduated, he moved to quarterback to replace him.

Rick McIvor was an all-around great athlete from an athletically-inclined family.

Rick McIvor made four All-American lists include Parade; and made All-State as both a Quarterback and Defensive Back, 2nd Team All-State as a kicker, and All-District as a punter and for basketball.

Rick McIvor played baseball and ran on the 1978 State Champion mile relay team.

Rick McIvor's mother was a basketball and tennis coach and his sister was a two-sport athlete at Angelo State University.

Rick McIvor grew up riding horses and roping cattle on his relatives' ranches around Fort Stockton.

Rick McIvor arrived in Austin in 1979, as part of a highly touted class of quarterback recruits and was often considered as a player that could be moved to defense.

Rick McIvor threw the game's only touchdown pass and most of the passing yards for Texas.

When Little was injured during the last game of the season, Rick McIvor was again named the starting quarterback for the bowl game, which they again lost, this time to North Carolina in the Bluebonnet Bowl.

Just before the start of the 1982 season, Rick McIvor suffered a knee injury in practice that would require surgery to repair damaged ligaments, so he redshirted the 1982 season.

Rick McIvor missed the following spring practice because his grade point average had dropped below the requirement for upperclassmen and he had to drop out of school for a semester.

Rick McIvor went home and worked on his father's ranch.

In 1983, it appeared that Rick McIvor would be the starting quarterback.

Later in the fall, a shoulder injury to Dodge in the final preseason scrimmage led to Rick McIvor splitting time with his best friend Rob Moerschell in the first game of the season against Auburn.

Thanks to a head injury in the next game against North Texas, Rick McIvor saw limited play for most of the season as the starting quarterback role went from Moerschell to Dodge and back to Moerschell.

Rick McIvor led the undefeated Longhorns to score 45 unanswered points, throwing for 170 yards and a record 4 touchdown passes without any turnovers.

Rick McIvor played so well that he was named the starter in the following game, the 1984 Cotton Bowl.

Rick McIvor threw for 168 yards and 2 interceptions with no touchdowns.

Rick McIvor went on to play two seasons in the NFL, but he only played in 6 games, and only threw four passes, none of which were completed.

Rick McIvor was one of the last players cut by the Cardinals before the 1986 season.

Rick McIvor moved to Fort Davis, where he worked as a wildlife manager on the 06 Kokernot Ranch, which covers 120,000 acres in Jeff Davis, Pecos and Brewster counties.