1974 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1974 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Gator Bowl, L 3–27 vs. Auburn | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 17 |
| Record | 8–4 (5–2 SWC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Fred Akers |
| Defensive coordinator | Mike Campbell |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 77,809) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Baylor $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Texas | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Texas A&M | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1974 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with an 8–3 record and lost to Auburn in the 1974 Gator Bowl. This was the first season where Texas, alongside Ohio State, Army, and Notre Dame, played an 11-game regular season schedule. Many schools had been playing 11 games since it was first permitted by the NCAA in 1970.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 14 | 6:30 p.m. | at Boston College* | No. 10 | W 42–19 | 32,227 | |||
| September 21 | 7:00 p.m. | Wyoming* | No. 9 | W 34–7 | 52,800 | [1] | ||
| September 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at Texas Tech | No. 6 | ABC | L 3–26 | 51,082 | ||
| October 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Washington* | No. 19 |
| W 35–21 | 50,250 | ||
| October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. No. 2 Oklahoma* | No. 17 | L 13–16 | 72,032 | |||
| October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | Arkansas | No. 16 |
| ABC | W 38–7 | 66,700 | |
| October 26 | 7:30 p.m. | at Rice | No. 13 | W 27–6 | 56,500 | |||
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | SMU | No. 12 |
| W 35–15 | 58,500 | ||
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Baylor | No. 12 | L 24–34 | 48,300 | |||
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at TCU | W 81–16 | 30,000 | ||||
| November 29 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 8 Texas A&M | No. 17 |
| ABC | W 32–3 | 77,584 | |
| December 30 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. No. 6 Auburn* | No. 11 | ABC | L 3–27 | 63,811 | [2] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Texas, leaks wallop Wyoming 34–7". Winston-Salem Journal. September 22, 1974. Retrieved October 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gargis leads Auburn to 27–3 rout". Birmingham Post-Herald. December 31, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
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