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: J. Blair Cherry Conference: Southwest-
1950 Season Highlights
J. Blair Cherry enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Texas.
The Longhorns won the Southwest Conference Championship.
1950 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 23 @
Texas Tech
28
14
W
Sat., Sep. 30 vs.
Purdue
34
26
W
Sat., Oct. 14 vs.
Oklahoma
13
14
L
@ Dallas, TX
Sat., Oct. 21 vs.
Arkansas
19
14
W
Sat., Oct. 28 @
Rice
35
7
W
Sat., Nov. 4 vs.
Southern Methodist
23
20
W
Sat., Nov. 11 @
Baylor
27
20
W
Sat., Nov. 18 @
Texas Christian
21
7
W
Thu., Nov. 30 vs.
Texas A&M
17
0
W
Sat., Dec. 9 vs.
Louisiana State
21
6
W
Mon., Jan. 1
Tennessee
14
20
L
@ Dallas, TX
Cotton Bowl
1950 Season Totals
Record 9-2
Points Scored 252
Scoring Average 22.9
Points Allowed 148
Defense Average 13.5
Opponents Record 63-50
Conference Record 6-0
Home Record 5-1
Away Record 4-0
1950 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
3 7-1-0
AP
2 7-1-0
Coaches
2 7-1-0
UP
1950 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1950 All Southwest Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
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