The father of a Texas football player suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed outside of Darrell K. Royal/Texas Memorial Stadium prior to Saturday's game against West Virginia.

The school's police department confirmed a fan, 60, was listed in serious but stable condition and an Austin-Travis Country EMS spokesman said the fan was transported in "life threatening" condition.

As the story was unfolding it was discovered that the fan was the father of a current Longhorn football player. Local reporters in Austin are choosing not to identify the fan or the player out of respect for the family in this troubling time.