1983 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1983 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Southwest Conference champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 9–10 vs. Georgia | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 5 |
| AP | No. 5 |
| 1983 record | 11–1 (8–0 SWC) |
| Head coach | Fred Akers (7th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Ron Toman (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | David McWilliams (2nd season) |
| Home stadium |
Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 77,809) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Texas $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 SMU | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with an 11–0 record and lost to Georgia in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 17 | 11:30 a.m. | at No. 5 Auburn* | No. 3 | Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL | CBS | W 20–7 | 73,500 | ||
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | North Texas State* | No. 2 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 26–6 | 71,202 | |||
| October 1 | 7:00 p.m. | Rice | No. 2 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 42–6 | 70,005 | |||
| October 8 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. No. 8 Oklahoma* | No. 2 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | W 28–16 | 75,587 | |||
| October 15 | 11:30 a.m. | at Arkansas | No. 2 | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR (rivalry) | CBS | W 31–3 | 54,882 | ||
| October 22 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 9 SMU | No. 2 | Texas Stadium • Irving, TX | CBS | W 15–12 | 63,805 | ||
| October 29 | 1:00 p.m. | Texas Tech | No. 2 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 20–3 | 75,402 | |||
| November 5 | 2:00 p.m. | at Houston | No. 2 | Houston Astrodome • Houston, TX (rivalry) | W 9–3 | 47,103 | |||
| November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | TCU | No. 2 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 20–14 | 61,156 | |||
| November 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Baylor | No. 2 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 24–21 | 76,208 | |||
| November 26 | 11:30 a.m. | at Texas A&M | No. 2 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry) | ABC | W 45–13 | 76,751 | ||
| January 2, 1984 | 12:30 p.m. | vs. No. 7 Georgia* | No. 2 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | L 9–10 | 67,891 | ||
*Non-conference game.  | |||||||||
References
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