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1957 Texas Longhorns football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 11
1957 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Rice $ 5 1 0 7 4 0
No. 11 Texas 4 1 1 6 4 1
No. 9 Texas A&M 4 2 0 8 3 0
SMU 3 3 0 4 5 1
Arkansas 2 4 0 6 4 0
TCU 2 4 0 5 4 1
Baylor 0 5 1 3 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1957 college football season. This was the first year as head coach for future College Football Hall of Fame coach, Darrell Royal.[1] On Thanksgiving Day, Texas upset #4 Texas A&M, led Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow, at Kyle Field, 9–7.[2]

Schedule

September 21at Georgia*

W 26–7 33,000 September 28Tulane*No. 13

W 20–6 35,000 October 5South Carolina*No. 20

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

L 21–27 37,000 October 12vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*

L 7–21 75,504 October 19at No. 10 Arkansas

W 17–0 27,000 October 26No. 13 RiceNo. 19

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)

W 19–14 48,000 November 2at SMUNo. 13

  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX

L 12–19 42,000 November 9Baylor

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

T 7–7 37,000 November 16No. 17 TCU

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)

W 14–2 30,000 November 28at No. 4 Texas A&M

W 9–7 42,000 January 1vs. No. 7 Ole Miss*No. 11

L 7–39 79,000

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "Texas Rips Georgia Easily". The Sunday News Journal, via Google News. Daytona Beach, Florida. Associated Press. September 22, 1957.
  2. ^ "Texas Knocks Aggies Out of Title Race". The Milwaukee Journal, via Google News. November 29, 1957.