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1979 Texas Longhorns football
Sun Bowl, L 7–14 vs. Washington
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 12
Record9–3 (6–2 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Leon Manley (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Leon Fuller (3rd season)
Home stadium Texas Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1978
1980 →
1979 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Houston + 7 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Arkansas + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Texas 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 14 Baylor 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Texas A&M 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
SMU 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Texas Tech 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 2
TCU 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 8 – 1
Rice 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and lost to Washington in the Sun Bowl.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 227:00 p.m. Iowa State*No. 4
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 17–973,652
September 291:30 p.m.at No. 5 Missouri*No. 4
W 21–075,136
October 67:00 p.m. RiceNo. 4
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX ( rivalry)
W 26–965,227
October 133:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*No. 4
 ABCW 16–772,032
October 203:00 p.m.at No. 10 ArkansasNo. 2
ABCL 14–1755,838
October 271:30 p.m.at SMUNo. 9
W 30–653,327
November 32:00 p.m. Texas TechNo. 8
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX ( rivalry)
W 14–677,809
November 107:30 p.m.at No. 5 HoustonNo. 8
W 21–1353,650
November 172:00 p.m. TCUNo. 6
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX ( rivalry)
W 35–1061,597
November 242:00 p.m.No. 17 BaylorNo. 6
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 13–063,288
December 11:30 p.m.at Texas A&MNo. 6
L 7–1369,017
December 2212:30 p.m.vs. No. 13 Washington*No. 11
 CBSL 7–1433,412
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1979 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
C 54 Mike Baab
WR 26 Lam Jones Sr
QB 1 Donnie Little
G 79 Terry Tausch
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 99 Steve McMichael
LB 51 Bruce Scholtz
DE 77 Kenneth Sims
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)


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