1951 Texas Longhorns football team

1951 Texas Longhorns football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	7–3 (3–3 SWC)
Head coach	Ed Price (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130)

1951 Southwest Conference football standings

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

The 1951 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas in the 1951 college football season. The November 10 win by the Baylor Bears would be their last victory in Austin until November 25, 1989.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 22	No. 6 Kentucky*	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 7–6	47,000
September 29	at Purdue*	No. 11	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 14–0	31,000
October 6	North Carolina*	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 45–20	32,000
October 13	vs. Oklahoma*	No. 6	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	W 9–7	75,347
October 20	at Arkansas	No. 4	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	L 14–16	18,000
October 27	Rice	No. 10	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 14–6	50,000
November 3	at SMU	No. 12	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 20–13	72,000
November 10	No. 16 Baylor	No. 10	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 6–18	58,000
November 17	No. 13 TCU	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 32–21	55,000
November 29	at Texas A&M	No. 16	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 21–22	40,500
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game