1988 Texas Longhorns football team

1988 Texas Longhorns football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	4–7 (2–5 SWC)
Head coach	David McWilliams (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	John Mize (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Jette (2nd season)
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 77,809)

1988 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Arkansas $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M*	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
No. 18 Houston	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Baylor	2	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Texas	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
TCU	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Rice	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion *- Ineligible for conference championship and postseason bowl games due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the season with a 4–7 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	7:00 p.m.	at No. 8 BYU*	No. 3	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN	L 6–47	64,249
September 17	7:00 p.m.	New Mexico*	No. 24	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	HSE	W 47–0	55,630
September 24	7:00 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 21	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	HSE	W 27–24	60,152
October 1	6:00 p.m.	at Rice	No. 18	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)		W 20–13	35,000
October 8	1:30 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*	No. 15	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	CBS	L 13–28	75,587
October 15	1:00 p.m.	No. 6 Arkansas	No. 25	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	HSE	L 24–27	73,451
October 29	12:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	L 32–33	49,682
November 5	12:00 p.m.	Houston		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	L 15–66	69,600
November 12	12:00 p.m.	at TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 30–21	29,083
November 19	1:00 p.m.	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX		L 14–17	30,142
November 24	7:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Texas A&M		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	L 24–28	77,809
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Longhorns	3	0	0	3	6
#8 Cougars	17	0	20	10	47