1974 Texas Longhorns football team
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The 1974 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1974 college football season.
Schedule
The Longhorns finished the regular season with an 8-3 record and lost to Auburn in the 1974 Gator Bowl. This was the first season where Texas, alongside Ohio State, Army, and Notre Dame, played an 11-game regular season schedule. Many schools had been playing 11 games since it was first permitted by the NCAA in 1970.
September 146:30 PMat Boston College*No. 10
W 42-19 32,227 September 217:00 PMWyoming*No. 9
W 34-7 52,800 September 281:00 PMat Texas TechNo. 6
ABCL 3-26 51,082 October 57:00 PMWashington*No. 19
- Texas Memorial Stadium
- Austin, TX
W 35-21 50,250 October 122:00 PMvs. No. 2 Oklahoma*No. 17
L 13-16 72,032 October 192:00 PMArkansasNo. 16
- Texas Memorial Stadium
- Austin, TX (Rivalry)
ABCW 38-7 66,700 October 267:30 PMat RiceNo. 13
W 27-6 56,500 November 22:00 PMSMUNo. 12
- Texas Memorial Stadium
- Austin, TX
W 35-15 58,500 November 92:00 PMat BaylorNo. 12
L 24-34 48,300 November 162:00 PMat TCU
W 81-16 30,000 November 2912:00 PMNo. 8 Texas A&MNo. 17
- Texas Memorial Stadium
- Austin, TX (Rivalry)
ABCW 32-3 77,584 December 307:00 PMvs. No. 6 Auburn*No. 11
ABCL 3-27 63,811