1981 Texas Longhorns football team

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1981 Texas Longhorns football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 2
Record10–1–1 (6–1–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Toman (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLeon Fuller (5th season)
Home stadiumTexas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 77,809)
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 SMU $ 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 2 Texas 6 – 1 – 1 10 – 1 – 1
Houston 5 – 2 – 1 7 – 4 – 1
Arkansas 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Texas A&M 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Rice 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Baylor 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
TCU 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 2
Texas Tech 0 – 7 – 1 1 – 9 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–1–1 record and defeated Alabama in the 1982 Cotton Bowl Classic.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 127:00 p.m.RiceNo. 8
W 31–368,497
September 197:00 p.m.North Texas State*No. 6
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 23–1058,638
September 267:00 p.m.No. 14 Miami (FL)*No. 4
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 14–774,653
October 1011:30 a.m.vs. No. 10 Oklahoma*No. 3
ABCW 34–1475,587
October 172:30 p.m.at ArkansasNo. 1
ABCL 11–4244,031
October 241:30 p.m.at No. 8 SMUNo. 10
W 9–760,777
October 311:00 p.m.Texas TechNo. 6
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 26–956,439
November 77:30 p.m.at HoustonNo. 5
T 14–1452,589
November 141:00 p.m.TCUNo. 10
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 31–1560,038
November 211:00 p.m.BaylorNo. 8
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 34–1272,806
November 262:00 p.m.at Texas A&MNo. 7
CBSW 21–1371,731
January 1, 19821:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 Alabama*No. 6
CBSW 14–1273,243
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Baylor

Baylor at #8 Texas
1 234Total
Baylor 0 1200 12
• Texas 20 0014 34
Scoring summary
1TEXClark 9-yard run (Allegre kick)TEX 7-0
1TEXJones 67-yard run (Allegre kick)TEX 14-0
1TEXWalker 1-yard run (kick blocked)TEX 20-0
2BAYJimmerson 30-yard field goalTEX 20-3
2BAYMcNeil 30-yard pass from Jeffrey (kick failed)TEX 20-9
2BAYJimmerson 22-yard field goalTEX 20-12
4TEXBrewer 1-yard run (Allegre kick)TEX 27-12
4TEXBrewer 1-yard run (Allegre kick)TEX 34-12

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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