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-
1970 Season Highlights
Darrell Royal enters his 14th season as Head Coach at Texas.
The Longhorns won the Southwest Conference Championship.
The Longhorns won the National Championship.
1970 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 19 vs.
California
56
15
W
Sat., Sep. 26 @
Texas Tech
35
13
W
Sat., Oct. 3 vs.
UCLA
20
17
W
Sat., Oct. 10 vs.
Oklahoma
41
9
W
@ Dallas, TX
Sat., Oct. 24 @
Rice
45
21
W
Sat., Oct. 31 vs.
Southern Methodist
42
15
W
Sat., Nov. 7 @
Baylor
21
14
W
Sat., Nov. 14 @
Texas Christian
58
0
W
Thu., Nov. 26 vs.
Texas A&M
52
14
W
Sat., Dec. 5 vs.
Arkansas
42
7
W
Fri., Jan. 1
Notre Dame
11
24
L
@ Dallas, TX
Cotton Bowl
1970 Season Totals
Record 10-1
Points Scored 423
Scoring Average 38.5
Points Allowed 149
Defense Average 13.5
Opponents Record 64-56
Conference Record 7-0
Home Record 6-0
Away Record 4-0
1970 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
3 10-1-0
AP
1 10-0-0
Coaches
1 10-0-0
UPI
1970 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1970 All Southwest Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
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