1971 Texas Longhorns football team
American college football season
| 1971 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Southwest Conference champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 6–30 vs. Penn State | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 12 |
| AP | No. 18 |
| Record | 8–3 (6–1 SWC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Emory Bellard (6th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Wishbone |
| Defensive coordinator | Mike Campbell (15th season) |
| Base defense | 4-4 |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 18 Texas $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Arkansas | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1971 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.
Texas' hopes for a third consecutive national championship were squashed with back-to-back one-sided losses in October to its two biggest rivals, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The Longhorns recovered to win their fourth consecutive Southwest Conference championship and returned to the Cotton Bowl, where they were routed 30-6 by Penn State.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 18 | 3:30 p.m. | at UCLA* | No. 3 | ABC | W 28–10 | 36,504 | |
| September 25 | 4:00 p.m. | Texas Tech | No. 3 | W 28–0 | 76,639 | ||
| October 2 | 4:00 p.m. | Oregon* | No. 3 |
| W 35–7 | 66,500 | |
| October 9 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. No. 9 Oklahoma* | No. 3 |
| CBS | L 27–48 | 73,580 |
| October 16 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Arkansas | No. 10 |
| ABC | L 7–31 | 54,446 |
| October 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Rice | No. 16 |
| W 39–10 | 61,000 | |
| October 30 | 2:00 p.m. | at SMU | No. 14 |
| W 22–18 | 40,551 | |
| November 6 | 2:00 p.m. | Baylor | No. 15 |
| W 24–0 | 54,500 | |
| November 13 | 2:00 p.m. | TCU | No. 13 |
| W 31–0 | 63,500 | |
| November 25 | 1:30 p.m. | at Texas A&M | No. 12 | W 34–14 | 52,090 | ||
| January 1, 1972 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. No. 10 Penn State* | No. 12 |
| CBS | L 6–30 | 72,000 |
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Personnel
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Offense
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Season summary
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TCU
TCU Horned Frogs (4–3) at #13 Texas Longhorns (6–2)
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| TCU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
at Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
- Date: November 13
- Game time: 2:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C)
- Game attendance: 63,500
- Box Score
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NFL Draft
Two seniors from the 1971 Longhorns were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft:[3]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Jim Bertelsen | RB | 2 | 30 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Eddie Phillips | QB | 4 | 95 | Los Angeles Rams |
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Cawood, Neil (October 3, 1971). "Oregon overpowered by Longhorns, 35-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
- ^ Pro Football Reference.com Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine - 1972 NFL Draft
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