1972 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1972 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Southwest Conference champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 17–13 vs. Alabama | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 5 |
| AP | No. 3 |
| 1972 record | 10–1 (7–0 SWC) |
| Head coach | Darrell Royal (16th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Fred Akers |
| Defensive coordinator | Mike Campbell |
| Home stadium |
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 77,809) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Texas $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1972 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1972 college football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–1 record and defeated Alabama in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 23 | Miami (FL)* | No. 14 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 23–10 | 62,000 | ||||
| September 30 | 7:30 p.m. | at Texas Tech | No. 12 | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX (rivalry) | W 25–20 | 52,187 | |||
| October 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Utah State* | No. 9 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 27–12 | 58,122 | |||
| October 14 | 2:50 p.m. | vs. No. 2 Oklahoma* | No. 10 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | ABC | L 0–27 | 72,030 | ||
| October 21 | No. 17 Arkansas | No. 14 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | ABC | W 35–15 | 80,844 | |||
| October 28 | 7:30 p.m. | at Rice | No. 10 | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry) | W 45–9 | 65,000 | |||
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | SMU | No. 9 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 17–9 | 72,500 | |||
| November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at Baylor | No. 9 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 17–3 | 48,394 | |||
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at TCU | No. 7 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry) | W 27–0 | 33,536 | |||
| November 23 | 8:05 p.m. | Texas A&M | No. 7 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | ABC | W 38–3 | 68,000 | ||
| January 1, 1973 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. No. 4 Alabama* | No. 7 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | W 17–13 | 72,032 | ||
*Non-conference game.  | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. 2010-01-07. Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
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