1957 Texas Longhorns football team
1957 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Sugar Bowl, L 7–39 vs. Ole Miss | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 11 |
AP | No. 11 |
1957 record | 6–4–1 (4–1–1 SWC) |
Head coach | Darrell Royal (1st season) |
Home stadium |
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130) |
1957 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Rice $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Texas | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Texas A&M | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1957 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1957 college football season. This was the first year as head coach for future College Football Hall of Fame coach, Darrell Royal.[1] On Thanksgiving Day, Texas upset #4 Texas A&M, led Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow, at Kyle Field, 9–7.[2]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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September 21 | at Georgia* | Grant Field • Atlanta, GA | W 26–7 | 33,000 | |||||
September 28 | Tulane* | No. 13 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 20–6 | 35,000 | ||||
October 5 | South Carolina* | No. 20 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | L 21–27 | 37,000 | ||||
October 12 | vs. No. 1 Oklahoma* | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | L 7–21 | 75,504 | |||||
October 19 | at No. 10 Arkansas | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (rivalry) | W 17–0 | 27,000 | |||||
October 26 | No. 13 Rice | No. 19 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 19–14 | 48,000 | ||||
November 2 | at SMU | No. 13 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX | L 12–19 | 42,000 | ||||
November 9 | Baylor | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | T 7–7 | 37,000 | |||||
November 16 | No. 17 TCU | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 14–2 | 30,000 | |||||
November 28 | at No. 4 Texas A&M | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry) | W 9–7 | 42,000 | |||||
January 1 | vs. No. 7 Ole Miss* | No. 11 | Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | L 7–39 | 79,000 | ||||
*Non-conference game. |
References
- ↑ "Texas Rips Georgia Easily". The Sunday News Journal, via Google News. Daytona Beach, Florida. Associated Press. September 22, 1957.
- ↑ "Texas Knocks Aggies Out of Title Race". The Milwaukee Journal, via Google News. November 29, 1957.
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