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1918 Texas Longhorns football
SWC champion
Conference Southwest Conference
Record9–0 (4–0 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Clark Field
Seasons
←  1917
1919 →
1918 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Oklahoma 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
Texas A&M 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Rice 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
SMU 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Arkansas 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 2 – 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Baylor 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 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 12Penn 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

References

  1. ^ http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
  2. ^ "1918 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "Longhorns Down Christians in Hard Fought Battle After Coach Tipton's Men Threaten In First Period". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. September 29, 1918. p. 28. Retrieved August 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ a b "Longhorns defeat Radios in rather slow game 22 to 7". The Austin American. October 27, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Longhorns defeated Park Place Aviators". The Houston Daily Post. November 3, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Many fumbles give Texas game". The Daily Oklahoman. November 10, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Camp Mabry defeated by Longhorns". The Statesman. November 14, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Luckless Rice holds Texas to 2 touchdowns". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 17, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Texas U. beats S.M.U. 32 to 0 on soggy field". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 24, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Texas championship in football is won by Austin Longhorns". The Austin American. November 29, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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