1975 Texas Longhorns football team

1975 Texas Longhorns football

Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion Southwest Conference co-champion
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, W 38–21 vs. Colorado
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#7
AP	#6
1975 record	10–2 (6–1 SWC)
Head coach	Darrell Royal
Offensive coordinator	Don Breaux
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Mike Campbell
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium

1975 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 Arkansas +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#6 Texas +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#11 Texas A&M +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Baylor	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	2
SMU	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and defeated #10 Colorado in the 1975 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, 38–21.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	6:30 PM	Colorado State*	#12	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 46-0	46,400
September 20	2:30 PM	at Washington*	#8	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		W 28-10	56,000
September 27	6:30 PM	Texas Tech	#6	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry)		W 42-18	77,809
October 4	6:30 PM	Utah State*	#7	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 61-7	40,130
October 11	1:00 PM	vs. #2 Oklahoma*	#5	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)		L 17-24	72,204
October 18	2:30 PM	at #20 Arkansas	#8	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (Rivalry)	ABC	W 24-18	43,860
October 25	6:30 PM	Rice	#8	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 41-9	55,000
November 1	2:00 PM	at SMU	#8	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX		W 30-22	35,010
November 8	1:00 PM	Baylor	#7	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 37-21	75,500
November 15	2:30 PM	TCU	#7	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 27-11	34,500
November 28	2:30 PM	at #2 Texas A&M	#5	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry)	ABC	L 10-20	56,679
December 27	2:30 PM	vs. #10 Colorado*	#9	Astrodome • Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)	ABC	W 38-21	52,748
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Game summaries

TCU

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	0	3	0	8	11
• Texas	14	0	6	7	27

Date: November 15
Location: Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX
Game weather: Sunny

Scoring summary

Q1	TEX	Walker 20 yard run (Erxleben kick)	TEX 7–0

Q1	TEX	Campbell 7 yard run (Erxleben kick)	TEX 14–0

Q2	TCU	Biasatti 27 yard field goal	TEX 14–3

Q3	TEX	Erxleben 48 yard field goal	TEX 17–3

Q3	TEX	Erxleben 22 yard field goal	TEX 20–3

Q4	TEX	Wyatt 13 yard run (Erxleben kick)	TEX 27–3

Q4	TCU	Cook 1 yard run (Cook run)	TEX 27–11

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1975 team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Bob Simmons	Guard	3	77	New Orleans Saints
Marty Akins	Defensive Back	11	315	St. Louis Cardinals
Will Wilcox	Guard	13	365	Buffalo Bills
Rick Thurman	Tackle	14	388	Kansas City Chiefs

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Awards and honors

Bob Simmons, Tackle, Consensus All-American^[4]

References

Texas Longhorns football

Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Oklahoma: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat) Nebraska Texas A&M Texas Tech (Chancellor's Spurs)

Culture & lore	All-time greatest games Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" 1969 "Game of the Century" Marching band Godzillatron The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2005 Oklahoma game 2005 Texas A&M game 2007 Oklahoma State game 2008 Oklahoma game 2008 Texas Tech game 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draft

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Southwest Conference football champions

Oklahoma & Baylor (1915) Texas (1916) Texas A&M (1917) Texas & Oklahoma (1918) Texas A&M (1919) Texas (1920) Texas A&M (1921) Baylor (1922) SMU (1923) Baylor (1924) Texas A&M (1925) SMU (1926) Texas A&M (1927) Texas (1928) TCU (1929) Texas (1930) SMU (1931) TCU (1932) Arkansas (1933) Rice (1934) SMU (1935) Arkansas (1936) Rice (1937) TCU (1938) Texas A&M (1939) Texas A&M (1940) Texas A&M (1941) Texas (1942) Texas (1943) TCU (1944) Texas (1945) Rice & Arkansas (1946) SMU (1947) SMU (1948) Rice (1949) Texas (1950) TCU (1951) Texas (1952) Rice & Texas (1953) Arkansas (1954) TCU (1955) Texas A&M (1956) Rice (1957) TCU (1958) Arkansas, Texas, & TCU (1959) Arkansas (1960) Texas & Arkansas (1961) Texas (1962) Texas (1963) Arkansas (1964) Arkansas (1965) SMU (1966) Texas A&M (1967) Arkansas & Texas (1968) Texas (1969) Texas (1970) Texas (1971) Texas (1972) Texas (1973) Baylor (1974) Arkansas, Texas & Texas A&M (1975) Houston & Texas Tech (1976) Texas (1977) Houston (1978) Arkansas & Houston (1979) Baylor (1980) SMU (1981) SMU (1982) Texas (1983) SMU & Houston (1984) Texas A&M (1985) Texas A&M (1986) Texas A&M (1987) Arkansas (1988) Arkansas (1989) Texas (1990) Texas A&M (1991) Texas A&M (1992) Texas A&M (1993) Texas A&M (1994) Texas (1995)

National championships in bold

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