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: Darrell Royal Conference: Southwest-
1971 Season Highlights
Darrell Royal enters his 15th season as Head Coach at Texas.
The Longhorns won the Southwest Conference Championship.
1971 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 18 @
UCLA
28
10
W
Sat., Sep. 25 vs.
Texas Tech
28
0
W
Sat., Oct. 2 vs.
Oregon
35
7
W
Sat., Oct. 9 vs.
Oklahoma
27
48
L
@ Dallas, TX
Sat., Oct. 16 @
Arkansas
7
31
L
@ Little Rock, AR
Sat., Oct. 23 vs.
Rice
39
10
W
Sat., Oct. 30 @
Southern Methodist
22
18
W
Sat., Nov. 6 vs.
Baylor
24
0
W
Sat., Nov. 13 vs.
Texas Christian
31
0
W
Thu., Nov. 25 @
Texas A&M
34
14
W
Sat., Jan. 1
Penn State
6
30
L
@ Dallas, TX
Cotton Bowl
1971 Season Totals
Record 8-3
Points Scored 281
Scoring Average 25.5
Points Allowed 168
Defense Average 15.3
Opponents Record 60-58
Conference Record 6-1
Home Record 5-1
Away Record 3-1
1971 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
18 8-3-0
AP
12 8-2-0
Coaches
12 8-2-0
UPI
1971 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1971 All Southwest Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.