1975 Texas Longhorns football team
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Coaches | No. 7 |
AP | No. 6 |
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No. 7 Arkansas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Texas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Texas A&M + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1975 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and defeated #10 Colorado in the 1975 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, 38–21.
Schedule
September 136:30 p.m.Colorado State*No. 12
W 46–0 46,400 September 202:30 p.m.at Washington*No. 8
W 28–10 56,000 September 276:30 p.m.Texas TechNo. 6
- Memorial Stadium
- Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 42–18 77,809 October 46:30 p.m.Utah State*No. 7
- Memorial Stadium
- Austin, TX
W 61–7 40,130 October 111:00 p.m.vs. No. 2 Oklahoma*No. 5
L 17–24 72,204 October 182:30 p.m.at No. 20 ArkansasNo. 8
ABCW 24–18 43,860 October 256:30 p.m.RiceNo. 8
- Memorial Stadium
- Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 41–9 55,000 November 12:00 p.m.at SMUNo. 8
- Cotton Bowl
- Dallas, TX
W 30–22 35,010 November 81:00 p.m.BaylorNo. 7
- Texas Memorial Stadium
- Austin, TX
W 37–21 75,500 November 152:30 p.m.TCUNo. 7
- Memorial Stadium
- Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 27–11 34,500 November 282:30 p.m.at No. 2 Texas A&MNo. 5
ABCL 10–20 56,679 December 272:30 p.m.vs. No. 10 Colorado*No. 9
ABCW 38–21 52,748
Game summaries
TCU
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1976 NFL Draft
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
Bob Simmons | Guard | 3 | 77 | New Orleans Saints |
Marty Akins | Defensive back | 11 | 315 | St. Louis Cardinals |
Will Wilcox | Guard | 13 | 365 | Buffalo Bills |
Rick Thurman | Tackle | 14 | 388 | Kansas City Chiefs |
Awards and honors
- Bob Simmons, Tackle, Consensus All-American[4]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
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