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1989 Texas Longhorns football
1989 Texas Longhorns football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 SWC)
Head coach	David McWilliams (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Lynn Amedee (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Leon Fuller (6th season)
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Arkansas $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 14 Houston	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Baylor	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1
SMU	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the season with a 5–6 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	6:30 p.m.	at No. 14 Colorado*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ESPN	L 6–27	47,269
September 23	12:00 p.m.	at SMU		Ownby Stadium Dallas, TX	Raycom	W 45–13	27,773
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Penn State*		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	HSE	L 10–16	75,232
October 7	7:00 p.m.	Rice		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ( rivalry)		W 31–30	57,038
October 14	2:00 p.m.	vs. No. 15 Oklahoma*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX ( Red River Shootout)	Prime	W 28–24	75,587
October 21	12:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Arkansas	No. 24	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR ( rivalry)	Raycom	W 24–20	53,818
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 22	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ( rivalry)	HSE	L 17–24	81,826
November 11	4:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Houston		Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	HSE	L 9–47	45,586
November 18	12:00 p.m.	TCU		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ( rivalry)	Raycom	W 31–17	50,882
November 25	12:00 p.m.	Baylor		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		L 7–50	49,081
December 2	3:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Texas A&M		Kyle Field College Station, TX ( rivalry)	ESPN	L 10–21	76,803
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

At Colorado

At SMU

Penn State

Rice

vs Oklahoma

#15 Oklahoma Sooners (4–1) vs. Texas Longhorns (2–2)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	7	0	7	10	24
Texas	15	6	0	7	28

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

Date: October 14, 1989
Game weather: Partly cloudy, 86 °F (30 °C)
Game attendance: 75,587
Referee: George Hayward
TV: PSN
Box Score, Box Score

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Oklahoma	Passing
	Rushing	Mike Gaddis	14 Rush, 130 Yds, TD
	Receiving
Texas	Passing	Peter Gardere	15/23, 144 Yds, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Adrian Walker	16 Rush, 71 Yds
	Receiving	Johnny Walker	5 Rec, 62 Yds, TD

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	OU	UT
1	10:02	11	80	4:58	Texas	Tony Jones 7-yard touchdown reception from Peter Gardere, Wayne Clements kick good	0	7
1	8:22	3	71	1:40	Oklahoma	Mike Gaddis 62-yard touchdown run, R.D. Lashar kick good	7	7
1	1:56				Texas	Fumble recovery returned 44 yards for touchdown by Mical Padgett, 2-point pass good	7	15
2	9:39	4	-13	1:07	Texas	42-yard field goal by Wayne Clements	7	18
2	1:16	7	31	2:49	Texas	49-yard field goal by Wayne Clements	7	21
3	6:20	9	83	2:22	Oklahoma	Artie Guess 41-yard touchdown reception from Tink Collins, R.D. Lashar kick good	14	21
4	11:44	5	50	2:08	Oklahoma	44-yard field goal by R.D. Lashar	17	21
4	3:42	8	51	3:10	Oklahoma	Ike Lewis 1-yard touchdown run, R.D. Lashar kick good	24	21
4	1:33	7	66	2:09	Texas	Johnny Walker 25-yard touchdown reception from Peter Gardere, Wayne Clements kick good	24	28
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							24	28

At Arkansas

Texas Longhorns (3–2) at #7 Arkansas Razorbacks (5–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	3	10	8	3	24
Arkansas	7	7	0	6	20

at Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Date: October 21, 1989
Game weather: Partly cloudy, 60 °F (16 °C)
Game attendance: 53,818
Referee: Frank Sheppard
TV: Raycom
Box Score

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas	Passing	Peter Gardere	16/20, 247 Yds, TD
	Rushing	Chris Samuels	12 Rush, 55 Yds
	Receiving	Tony Jones	4 Rec, 114 Yds, TD
Arkansas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	UT	AU
1	9:52	10	63	5:00	Texas	34-yard field goal by Wayne Clements	3	0
1	0:21	1	6	0:03	Arkansas	E.D. Jackson 6-yard touchdown run, Todd Wright kick good	3	7
2	11:50	1	61	0:09	Texas	Tony Jones 61-yard touchdown reception from Peter Gardere, Wayne Clements kick good	10	7
2	8:21	7	80	3:29	Arkansas	Billy Winston 9-yard touchdown reception from Quinn Grovey, Todd Wright kick good	10	14
2	3:03	11	74	5:18	Texas	24-yard field goal by Wayne Clements	13	14
3	8:24	14	80	6:25	Texas	Winfred Tubbs 1-yard touchdown run, 2-point run good	21	14
3	13:24	9	36	3:53	Texas	42-yard field goal by Wayne Clements	24	14
3	0:14	12	80	4:50	Arkansas	Barry Foster 10-yard touchdown run, 2-point run failed	24	20
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							24	20

Texas Tech

At Houston

TCU

Baylor

Baylor Bears (4–6) at Texas Longhorns (5–4)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	10	7	26	7	50
Texas	0	0	0	7	7

at Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas

Date: November 25, 1989
Game time: 12:00 p.m.
Game weather: Cloudy, 68 °F (20 °C)
Game attendance: 49,081
Referee: Joe Thomas
TV: None
Box Score

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Baylor	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas	Passing	Donovan Forbes	7/11, 86 Yds, 2 INT
	Rushing	Adrian Walker	26 Rush, 65 Yds, TD
	Receiving	Kerry Cash	4 Rec, 56 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	BU	UT
1	11:20				Baylor	50-yard field goal by Jeff Ireland	3	0
1	9:36				Baylor	Interception returned 20 yards for touchdown by Robert Blackmon, Jeff Ireland kick good	10	0
2	11:42				Baylor	Interception returned 35 yards for touchdown by Robert Blackmon, Jeff Ireland kick good	17	0
3	13:23				Baylor	Eldwin Raphel 6-yard touchdown run, Jeff Ireland kick no good	23	0
3	8:29				Baylor	David Mims 8-yard touchdown run, Jeff Ireland kick good	30	0
3	4:12				Baylor	24-yard field goal by Jeff Ireland	33	0
3	2:18				Baylor	47-yard field goal by Jeff Ireland	36	0
3	1:11				Baylor	Anthony Ray 2-yard touchdown run, Jeff Ireland kick good	43	0
4	13:06				Texas	Adrian Walker 1-yard touchdown run, Wayne Clements kick good	43	7
4	4:51				Baylor	Mike McKenzie 33-yard touchdown reception from Ricky Vestal, Jeff Ireland kick good	50	7
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							50	7

At Texas A&M

Personnel

1989 Texas Longhorns football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL	`58`	Jeff Boyd	Fr
RB		James Burleson
WR	`11`	Keith Cash	Jr
TE	`19`	Kerry Cash	Jr
RB	`33`	Deon Cockrell	Jr
OL		Ed Cunningham
WR	`48`	Darrick Duke	Fr
RB	`34`	Andre Eaddy	Fr
QB		Donovan Forbes
RB	`7`	Lemel Foreman	Fr
QB	`10`	Peter Gardere	Fr
WR		Curtis Govan
OL	`79`	Chuck Johnson	So
WR		Tony Jones
OL		Patrick McFarlin
OL	`53`	Duane Miller	Jr
QB	`5`	Mark Murdock	So
RB	`23`	Chris Samuels	Jr
RB		Bubba Smith
OL	`50`	Todd Smith	Jr
OL	`51`	Stan Thomas	Jr
TE		Thomas Thrift
RB	`44`	Winfred Tubbs	Fr
RB	`36`	Adrian Walker	Fr
WR	`1`	Johnny Walker	Jr
OL	`70`	Kevin Wiley	Jr
RB	`39`	Patrick Wilson	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL		Rocky Allen
DB	`9`	Mark Berry	So
DB	`21`	Grady Cavness	Fr
LB	`42`	Anthony Curl	Fr
DL	`81`	Shane Dronett	Fr
LB		Duane Duncam
DB	`17`	Willie Mack Garza	Fr
DL	`95`	Oscar Giles	Jr
DB	`16`	Lance Gunn	Fr
DL		Ken Hackemack
LB	`60`	Brian Jones	Jr
DB	`8`	Van Malone	Fr
DL	`92`	James Patton	So
LB		Boone Powell
DB	`18`	Stanley Richard	Jr
DL		Mark Steed

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Wayne Clements
P		Bobby Lilljedahl
P	`80`	Alex Waits	Jr

Head coach

David McWilliams

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References

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