1984 Texas Longhorns football team

1984 Texas Longhorns football
Freedom Bowl, L 17–55 vs. Iowa
Conference Southwest Conference
1984 record 7–4–1 (5–3 SWC)
Head coach Fred Akers (8th season)
Offensive coordinator Ron Toman (4th season)
Defensive coordinator David McWilliams (3rd season)
Home stadium Texas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 77,809)
1984 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 SMU + 6 –2 –0  10 –2 –0
Houston + 6 –2 –0  7 –5 –0
TCU 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Arkansas 5 –3 –0  7 –4 –1
Texas 5 –3 –0  7 –4 –1
Baylor 4 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Texas A&M 3 –5 –0  6 –5 –0
Texas Tech 2 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
Rice 0 –8 –0  1 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 7–3–1 record and lost to Iowa in the Freedom Bowl.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 15 6:45 p.m. No. 11 Auburn* No. 4 Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX ESPN W 35–27   78,348
September 29 11:00 a.m. vs. No. 4 Penn State* No. 2 Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ Raycom W 28–3   76,883
October 6 7:00 p.m. at Rice No. 1 Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry) HSE W 38–13   56,047
October 13 3:00 p.m. vs. No. 3 Oklahoma* No. 1 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) ABC T 15–15   75,587
October 20 1:00 p.m. Arkansas No. 3 Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) W 24–18   77,809
October 27 2:30 p.m. No. 14 SMU No. 3 Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX Raycom W 13–7   80,759
November 3 2:00 p.m. at Texas Tech No. 2 Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX (rivalry) W 13–10   50,722
November 10 11:30 a.m. Houston No. 3 Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) L 15–29   80,348
November 17 2:30 p.m. at No. 12 TCU No. 10 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry) ABC W 44–23   47,280
November 24 11:30 a.m. at Baylor No. 6 Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX Raycom L 10–24   33,500
December 1 6:45 p.m. Texas A&M No. 13 Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) ESPN L 12–37   81,309
December 26 7:15 p.m. vs. Iowa* No. 19 Anaheim Stadium • Anaheim, CA (Freedom Bowl) Raycom L 17–55   24,093
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Game summaries

Oklahoma

#3 Oklahoma vs. #1 Texas
1 234Total
Texas 7 305 15
Oklahoma 0 0150 15

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012.


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