Texas Football Team History
Texas Longhorns
The University of Texas
Austin, TX
Founded: 1883 Stadium: Royal-Memorial Stadium Capacity: 94,113 Colors: Orange & White Coach: Fred Akers Conference: Southwest-
1983 Season Highlights
Fred Akers enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Texas.
The Longhorns won the Southwest Conference Championship.
1983 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 17 @
Auburn
20
7
W
Sat., Sep. 24 vs.
North Texas
26
6
W
Sat., Oct. 1 vs.
Rice
42
6
W
Sat., Oct. 8 vs.
Oklahoma
28
16
W
@ Dallas, TX
Sat., Oct. 15 @
Arkansas
31
3
W
@ Little Rock, AR
Sat., Oct. 22 @
Southern Methodist
15
12
W
Sat., Oct. 29 vs.
Texas Tech
20
3
W
Sat., Nov. 5 @
Houston
9
3
W
Sat., Nov. 12 vs.
Texas Christian
20
14
W
Sat., Nov. 19 vs.
Baylor
24
21
W
Sat., Nov. 26 @
Texas A&M
45
13
W
Mon., Jan. 2
Georgia
9
10
L
@ Dallas, TX
Cotton Bowl
1983 Season Totals
Record 11-1
Points Scored 289
Scoring Average 24.1
Points Allowed 114
Defense Average 9.5
Opponents Record 74-58
Conference Record 8-0
Home Record 6-0
Away Record 5-0
1983 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
5 11-1-0
AP
5 11-1-0
Coaches
5 11-1-0
UPI
5 11-1-0
USA Today/CNN
1983 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1983 All Southwest Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
Quarterbacks from Alabama won the first three Super Bowls. They also have more Super Bowl wins than quarterbacks from any other school (Kenny Stabler 1, Joe Namath 1 and Bart Starr 2).