1982 Texas Longhorns football team

American college football season

1982 Texas Longhorns football
Sun Bowl, L 10–26 vs. North Carolina
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 17
Record9–3 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach
  • Fred Akers (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorRon Toman (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid McWilliams (1st season)
Home stadiumTexas Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Southwest Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 SMU $ 7 0 1 11 0 1
No. 17 Texas 7 1 0 9 3 0
No. 9 Arkansas 5 2 1 9 2 1
Houston 4 3 1 5 5 1
Baylor 3 4 1 4 6 1
Texas Tech 3 5 0 4 7 0
Texas A&M 3 5 0 5 6 0
TCU 2 6 0 3 8 0
Rice 0 8 0 0 11 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and lost to North Carolina in the Sun Bowl.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 187:00 p.m.Utah*No. 18W 21–1270,158
September 257:00 p.m.Missouri*No. 17
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 21–076,438
October 27:30 p.m.at RiceNo. 15
W 34–750,000
October 92:00 p.m.vs. Oklahoma*No. 13CBSL 22–2875,587
October 232:30 p.m.No. 4 SMUNo. 19
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
ABCL 17–3080,157
October 302:00 p.m.at Texas TechW 27–052,041
November 61:00 p.m.Houston
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 50–076,657
November 132:00 p.m.at TCUNo. 20W 38–2122,468
November 202:00 p.m.at BaylorNo. 17
W 31–2338,000
November 251:00 p.m.Texas A&MNo. 14
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 53–1672,368
December 42:30 p.m.No. 6 ArkansasNo. 12
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
ABCW 33–767,903
December 252:00 p.m.vs. North Carolina*No. 8CBSL 10–2631,359[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns
Period 1 2 34Total
Texas 0 10 01222
Oklahoma 7 7 7728

at Cotton Bowl • Dallas, Texas

  • Date: October 9
  • Game time: 2:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy; 67 °F (19 °C); wind 17 mph (27 km/h) N
  • Game attendance: 75,587
  • Referee: Vance Carlson
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Game information
Texas
  • Robert Brewer
    18/34, 235 Yds, 2 TD, INT
  • Darryl Clark
    18 Rush, 66 Yds
  • Carl Robinson
    5 Rec, 53 Yds
Oklahoma

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP TEX OU
1 1:20 4 80 1:42 Oklahoma Dupree 63-yard touchdown run, Keeling kick good 0 7
2 11:08 12 80 5:12 Texas Walls 6-yard touchdown reception from Brewer, Allegre kick good 7 7
2 3:03 17 80 8:05 Oklahoma Wilson 3-yard touchdown run, Keeling kick good 7 14
2 1:35 8 65 1:28 Texas 32-yard field goal by Allegre 10 14
3 10:52 4 69 1:39 Oklahoma Ledbetter 59-yard touchdown run, Keeling kick good 10 21
4 14:57 10 65 3:57 Texas Walker 3-yard touchdown run, Allegre kick no good 16 21
4 12:30 6 80 2:27 Oklahoma Ledbetter 6-yard touchdown run, Keeling kick good 16 28
4 11:04 6 69 1:26 Texas Walls 27-yard touchdown reception from Brewer, 2-point pass failed 22 28
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 22 28

References

  1. ^ "North Carolina basks in Sun 26–10". The El Paso Times. December 26, 1982. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "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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