1958 Texas Longhorns football team

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1958 Texas Longhorns football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record7–3 (3–3 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1957
1959  
1958 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 TCU $ 5 1 08 2 1
No. 18 SMU 4 2 06 4 0
Rice 4 2 05 5 0
Texas 3 3 07 3 0
Arkansas 2 4 04 6 0
Texas A&M 2 4 04 6 0
Baylor 1 5 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 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 1958 college football season. In their second year under head coach Darrell Royal, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 7–3, with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished fourth in the SWC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Georgia *No. 11W 13–832,000 [2]
September 27at Tulane *W 21–2035,000 [3]
October 4 Texas Tech *No. 17
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 12–732,000 [4]
October 11vs. No. 2 Oklahoma *No. 16W 15–1475,000 [5]
October 18 Arkansas No. 7
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 24–645,000 [6]
October 25at Rice No. 4L 7–3472,000 [7]
November 1 SMU No. 16
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 10–2658,000 [8]
November 8at Baylor W 20–1528,000 [9]
November 15at No. 9 TCU L 8–2239,000 [10]
November 27 Texas A&M
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 27–052,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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