1971 Texas Longhorns football team

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1971 Texas Longhorns football
Texas Longhorns logo.svg
Southwest Conference champion
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 18
Record8–3 (6–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Emory Bellard (6th season)
Offensive scheme Wishbone
Defensive coordinator Mike Campbell (15th season)
Base defense 4-4
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1970
1972  
1971 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Texas $ 6 1 08 3 0
No. 16 Arkansas 5 1 18 3 1
TCU 5 2 06 4 1
Texas A&M 4 3 05 6 0
SMU 3 4 04 7 0
Rice 2 4 13 7 1
Texas Tech 2 5 04 7 0
Baylor 0 7 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.

Contents

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 183:30 p.m.at UCLA *No. 3 ABC W 28–1036,504
September 254:00 p.m. Texas Tech No. 3W 28–076,639
October 24:00 p.m. Oregon *No. 3
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 35–766,500
October 92:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 Oklahoma *No. 3 CBS L 27–4873,580
October 163:00 p.m.at No. 16 Arkansas No. 10ABCL 7–3154,446
October 232:00 p.m. Rice No. 16
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 39–1061,000
October 302:00 p.m.at SMU No. 14
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
W 22–1840,551
November 62:00 p.m. Baylor No. 15
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 24–054,500
November 132:00 p.m. TCU No. 13
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 31–063,500
November 251:30 p.m.at Texas A&M No. 12W 34–1452,090
January 1, 19721:00 p.m.vs. No. 10 Penn State *No. 12
CBSL 6–3072,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Personnel

1971 Texas Longhorns football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 35 Jim Bertelsen Sr
RB 26Dennis LaddSo
QB 14Eddie PhillipsSr
OT 76 Jerry Sisemore Jr
QB 18Donnie WiggintonSr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB, K 38Glenn GaspardSo
DT 31Greg PloetzSr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 7Steve ValekSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2021-Jan-08

Season summary

Oregon

1234Total
Oregon00077
Texas7771435

Source: [2]

TCU

TCU Horned Frogs (4–3) at #13 Texas Longhorns (6–2)
Period1234Total
TCU 00000
Texas 0771731

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
Game information

NFL Draft

Two seniors from the 1971 Longhorns were selected in the 1972 NFL draft: [3]

PlayerPositionRound Pick Franchise
Jim Bertelsen RB 230 Los Angeles Rams
Eddie Phillips QB 495Los Angeles Rams

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Cawood, Neil (October 3, 1971). "Oregon overpowered by Longhorns, 35-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  3. Pro Football Reference.com Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine - 1972 NFL Draft