1979 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1979 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and lost to Washington in the Sun Bowl.

1979 Texas Longhorns football
Sun Bowl, L 7–14 vs. Washington
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 12
1979 record9–3 (6–2 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLeon Manley (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorLeon Fuller (3rd season)
Home stadiumTexas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 77,809)
1979 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Houston + 7 1 0  11 1 0
No. 8 Arkansas + 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 12 Texas 6 2 0  9 3 0
No. 14 Baylor 5 3 0  8 4 0
Texas A&M 4 4 0  6 5 0
SMU 3 5 0  5 6 0
Texas Tech 2 5 1  3 6 2
TCU 1 6 1  2 8 1
Rice 0 8 0  1 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 227:00 p.m.Iowa State*No. 4
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 17–973,652
September 291:30 p.m.at No. 5 Missouri*No. 4W 21–075,136
October 67:00 p.m.RiceNo. 4
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 26–965,227
October 133:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*No. 4ABCW 16–772,032
October 203:00 p.m.at No. 10 ArkansasNo. 2ABCL 14–1755,838
October 271:30 p.m.at SMUNo. 9W 30–653,327
November 32:00 p.m.Texas TechNo. 8
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 14–677,809
November 107:30 p.m.at No. 5 HoustonNo. 8W 21–1353,650
November 172:00 p.m.TCUNo. 6
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 35–1061,597
November 242:00 p.m.No. 17 BaylorNo. 6
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 13–063,288
December 11:30 p.m.at Texas A&MNo. 6L 7–1369,017
December 2212:30 p.m.vs. No. 13 Washington*No. 11CBSL 7–1433,412
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1979 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 26 Lam Jones Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 99 Steve McMichael
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

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


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