1981 Texas Longhorns football team

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.

1981 Texas Longhorns football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 2
1981 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)
1981 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 127:00 p.m.RiceNo. 8W 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. 3ABCW 34–1475,587
October 172:30 p.m.at ArkansasNo. 1ABCL 11–4244,031
October 241:30 p.m.at No. 8 SMUNo. 10W 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. 5T 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. 7CBSW 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

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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