1983 Texas Longhorns football team

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.

1983 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
1983 record11–1 (8–0 SWC)
Head coachFred Akers (7th season)
Offensive coordinatorRon Toman (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid McWilliams (2nd season)
Home stadiumTexas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 77,809)
1983 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1711:30 a.m.at No. 5 Auburn*No. 3CBSW 20–773,500
September 247:00 p.m.North Texas State*No. 2W 26–671,202
October 17:00 p.m.RiceNo. 2
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 42–670,005
October 82:00 p.m.vs. No. 8 Oklahoma*No. 2W 28–1675,587
October 1511:30 a.m.at ArkansasNo. 2CBSW 31–354,882
October 222:30 p.m.at No. 9 SMUNo. 2CBSW 15–1263,805
October 291:00 p.m.Texas TechNo. 2
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 20–375,402
November 52:00 p.m.at HoustonNo. 2
W 9–347,103
November 121:00 p.m.TCUNo. 2
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 20–1461,156
November 191:00 p.m.BaylorNo. 2
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 24–2176,208
November 2611:30 a.m.at Texas A&MNo. 2ABCW 45–1376,751
January 2, 198412:30 p.m.vs. No. 7 Georgia*No. 2
CBSL 9–1067,891
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[1]

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.