1918 Texas Longhorns football team

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1918 Texas Longhorns football
SWC champion, TIAA Champion
Conference Southwest Conference
Record9–0 (4–0 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Clark Field
Seasons
  1917
1919  
1918 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas 4 0 09 0 0
Oklahoma 2 0 06 0 0
Texas A&M 1 1 06 1 0
Rice 1 1 01 5 1
SMU 1 2 04 2 0
Arkansas 0 1 03 2 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 2 04 2 0
Baylor 0 2 00 6 0
  • No champion recognized [1]

The 1918 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1918 college football season. In their second year under head coach William Juneau, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 9–0, and 4–0 in conference, and finished as SWC champion. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28 TCU *W 19–0 [3]
October 12 Penn Radio School *
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 25–0 [4]
October 26Penn Radio School*
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 22–7 [4]
November 2 Ream Field *
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 26–2 [5]
November 9 Oklahoma A&M
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 27–5 [6]
November 13 Camp Mabry *
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 22–0 [7]
November 16at Rice W 14–0 [8]
November 23 SMU
  • Clark Field
  • Austin, TX
W 32–0 [9]
November 28 Texas A&M
W 7–0 [10]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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