1971 Texas Longhorns football team

1971 Texas Longhorns football

SWC champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 6–30 vs. Penn State
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 18
1971 record	8–3 (6–1 SWC)
Head coach	Darrell Royal
Offensive coordinator	Emory Bellard
Defensive coordinator	Mike Campbell
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 77,809)

1971 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#18 Texas $	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
#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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 18	3:30 PM	at UCLA*	No. 3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 28–10	36,504
September 25	4:00 PM	Texas Tech	No. 3	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry)		W 28–0	76,639
October 2	4:00 PM	Oregon*	No. 3	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 35–7	66,500
October 9	2:00 PM	vs. No. 9 Oklahoma*	No. 3	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	CBS	L 27–48	73,580
October 16	3:00 PM	at No. 16 Arkansas	No. 10	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR (Rivalry)	ABC	L 7–31	54,446
October 23	2:00 PM	Rice	No. 16	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 39–10	61,000
October 30	2:00 PM	at SMU	No. 14	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX		W 22–18	40,551
November 6	2:00 PM	Baylor	No. 15	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 24–0	54,500
November 13	2:00 PM	TCU	No. 13	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 31–0	63,500
November 25	1:30 PM	at Texas A&M	No. 12	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry)		W 34–14	53,000
January 1	1:00 PM	vs. No. 10 Penn State*	No. 12	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 6–30	72,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon	0	0	0	7	7
• Texas	7	7	7	14	35

Scoring summary

1	11:04	TEX	Callison 1-yard run (Valek kick)	TEX 7-0

2	2:17	TEX	Wigginton 3-yard run (Valek kick)	TEX 14-0

3	6:59	TEX	Wigginton 5-yard run (Valek kick)	TEX 21-0

4	12:45	TEX	Ladd 1-yard run (Valek kick)	TEX 28-0

4	6:32	TEX	Ladd 2-yard run (Valek kick)	TEX 35-0

4	5:30	ORE	Glass 45-yard pass from Winn (Battle kick)	TEX 35-7

Texas Longhorns football

Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Oklahoma: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat) Nebraska Texas A&M Texas Tech (Chancellor's Spurs) Rice

Culture & lore	All-time greatest games Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" Hex Rally 1969 "Game of the Century" Marching band Godzillatron The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2005 Oklahoma game 2005 Texas A&M game 2007 Oklahoma State game 2008 Oklahoma game 2008 Texas Tech game 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draft

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Southwest Conference football champions

Oklahoma & Baylor (1915) Texas (1916) Texas A&M (1917) Texas & Oklahoma (1918) Texas A&M (1919) Texas (1920) Texas A&M (1921) Baylor (1922) SMU (1923) Baylor (1924) Texas A&M (1925) SMU (1926) Texas A&M (1927) Texas (1928) TCU (1929) Texas (1930) SMU (1931) TCU (1932) Arkansas (1933) Rice (1934) SMU (1935) Arkansas (1936) Rice (1937) TCU (1938) Texas A&M (1939) Texas A&M & SMU & (1940) Texas A&M (1941) Texas (1942) Texas (1943) TCU (1944) Texas (1945) Rice & Arkansas (1946) SMU (1947) SMU (1948) Rice (1949) Texas (1950) TCU (1951) Texas (1952) Rice & Texas (1953) Arkansas (1954) TCU (1955) Texas A&M (1956) Rice (1957) TCU (1958) Arkansas, Texas, & TCU (1959) Arkansas (1960) Texas & Arkansas (1961) Texas (1962) Texas (1963) Arkansas (1964) Arkansas (1965) SMU (1966) Texas A&M (1967) Arkansas & Texas (1968) Texas (1969) Texas (1970) Texas (1971) Texas (1972) Texas (1973) Baylor (1974) Arkansas, Texas & Texas A&M (1975) Houston & Texas Tech (1976) Texas (1977) Houston (1978) Arkansas & Houston (1979) Baylor (1980) SMU (1981) SMU (1982) Texas (1983) SMU & Houston (1984) Texas A&M (1985) Texas A&M (1986) Texas A&M (1987) Arkansas (1988) Arkansas (1989) Texas (1990) Texas A&M (1991) Texas A&M (1992) Texas A&M (1993) Texas A&M (1994) Texas (1995)

National championships in bold

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