1971 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1971 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Southwest Conference champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 6–30 vs. Penn State | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 12 |
| AP | No. 18 |
| 1971 record | 8–3 (6–1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Darrell Royal (15th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Emory Bellard |
| Defensive coordinator | Mike Campbell |
| Home stadium |
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 77,809) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Texas $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Arkansas | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1971 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1971 college football season.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 18 | 3:30 p.m. | at UCLA* | No. 3 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | ABC | W 28–10 | 36,504 | ||
| September 25 | 4:00 p.m. | Texas Tech | No. 3 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 28–0 | 76,639 | |||
| October 2 | 4:00 p.m. | Oregon* | No. 3 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 35–7 | 66,500 | |||
| October 9 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. No. 9 Oklahoma* | No. 3 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | CBS | L 27–48 | 73,580 | ||
| October 16 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Arkansas | No. 10 | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR (rivalry) | ABC | L 7–31 | 54,446 | ||
| October 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Rice | No. 16 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 39–10 | 61,000 | |||
| October 30 | 2:00 p.m. | at SMU | No. 14 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX | W 22–18 | 40,551 | |||
| November 6 | 2:00 p.m. | Baylor | No. 15 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 24–0 | 54,500 | |||
| November 13 | 2:00 p.m. | TCU | No. 13 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 31–0 | 63,500 | |||
| November 25 | 1:30 p.m. | at Texas A&M | No. 12 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry) | W 34–14 | 53,000 | |||
| January 1, 1972 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. No. 10 Penn State* | No. 12 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | L 6–30 | 72,000 | ||
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Source:[1]
Game summaries
Oregon
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Source:[2]
NFL Draft
Two seniors from the 1971 Longhorns were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft:[3]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Jim Bertelsen | RB | 2 | 30 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Eddie Phillips | QB | 4 | 95 | Los Angeles Rams |
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
- ↑ Cawood, Neil (October 3, 1971). "Oregon overpowered by Longhorns, 35-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
- ↑ Pro Football Reference.com - 1972 NFL Draft
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