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1971 Texas Longhorns football
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 18 Texas $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 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 NCAA University Division football season.

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
 ABCW 28–1036,504
September 254:00 p.m. Texas TechNo. 3
W 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
 CBSL 27–4873,580
October 163:00 p.m.at No. 16 ArkansasNo. 10
ABCL 7–3154,446
October 232:00 p.m. RiceNo. 16
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX ( rivalry)
W 39–1061,000
October 302:00 p.m.at SMUNo. 14
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
W 22–1840,551
November 62:00 p.m. BaylorNo. 15
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 24–054,500
November 132:00 p.m. TCUNo. 13
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX ( rivalry)
W 31–063,500
November 251:30 p.m.at Texas A&MNo. 12
W 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
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 35 Jim Bertelsen Sr
RB 26 Dennis Ladd So
QB 14 Eddie Phillips Sr
QB 18 Donnie Wigginton Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB, K 38 Glenn Gaspard So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 7 Steve Valek So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2021-Jan-08

Season summary

Oregon

1 234Total
Oregon 0 007 7
• Texas 7 7714 35
Scoring summary
111:04TEXCallison 1-yard run (Valek kick)TEX 7-0
22:17TEXWigginton 3-yard run (Valek kick)TEX 14-0
36:59TEXWigginton 5-yard run (Valek kick)TEX 21-0
412:45TEXLadd 1-yard run (Valek kick)TEX 28-0
46:32TEXLadd 2-yard run (Valek kick)TEX 35-0
45:30OREGlass 45-yard pass from Winn (Battle kick)TEX 35-7

Source: [2]

TCU

TCU Horned Frogs (4–3) at #13 Texas Longhorns (6–2)
Period 1 2 34Total
TCU 0 0 000
Texas 0 7 71731

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]

Player Position Round   Pick   Franchise
Jim Bertelsen RB 2 30 Los Angeles Rams
Eddie Phillips QB 4 95 Los Angeles Rams

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


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