1949 Texas Longhorns football team

1949 Texas Longhorns football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	6–4 (3–3 SWC)
Head coach	Blair Cherry (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130)

1949 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Rice $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Baylor	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
TCU	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Texas	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
SMU	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	5	–	1			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas in the 1949 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	Texas Tech*		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 43–0	28,000
September 24	at Temple*		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 54–0
October 1	Idaho*		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 56–7
October 8	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*	No. 12	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 14–20
October 15	Arkansas	No. 16	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	W 27–14
October 22	No. 9 Rice	No. 10	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 15–17
October 29	at No. 11 SMU	No. 19	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 6–7
November 5	No. 6 Baylor		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 20–0
November 12	TCU	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 13–14
November 24	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	W 42–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game