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1985 Texas Longhorns football team

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1985 Texas Longhorns football
Bluebonnet Bowl, L 16–24 vs. Air Force
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record8–4 (6–2 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Toman (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid McWilliams (4th season)
Home stadiumTexas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 77,809)
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Texas A&M $ 7 1 0 10 2 0
No. 12 Arkansas 6 2 0 10 2 0
No. 17 Baylor 6 2 0 9 3 0
Texas 6 2 0 8 4 0
SMU 5 3 0 6 5 0
Houston 3 5 0 4 7 0
Rice 2 6 0 3 8 0
Texas Tech 1 7 0 4 7 0
TCU 0 8 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with an 8–3 record and lost to Air Force in the Bluebonnet Bowl.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 217:00 p.m.Missouri*W 21–1776,437
September 282:30 p.m.at Stanford*CBSW 38–3453,000
October 57:00 p.m.RiceNo. 20
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 44–1669,471
October 1212:00 p.m.vs. No. 2 Oklahoma*No. 17HSEL 7–1475,587
October 192:30 p.m.at No. 4 ArkansasABCW 15–1353,212
October 262:00 p.m.at SMUNo. 19L 14–4456,874
November 212:00 p.m.Texas Tech
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
RaycomW 34–2165,137
November 912:00 p.m.at HoustonRaycomW 34–2435,821
November 161:00 p.m.TCU
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 20–066,397
November 2312:00 p.m.No. 15 Baylor
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
RaycomW 17–1078,912
November 287:00 p.m.at No. 15 Texas A&MNo. 18ESPNL 10–4277,607
December 311:30 p.m.vs. No. 11 Air Force*LorimarL 16–2442,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

  • QB Todd Dodge

References

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