1980 Texas Longhorns football team
The 1980 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 7–4 record and lost to North Carolina in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 1 |
8:00 PM |
No. 6 Arkansas |
No. 10 |
Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry) |
ABC |
W 23-17 |
70,000 |
September 20 |
7:00 PM |
Utah State* |
No. 7 |
Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX |
|
W 35-17 |
63,000 |
September 27 |
7:00 PM |
Oregon State* |
No. 7 |
Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX |
|
W 35-0 |
60,381 |
October 4 |
7:30 PM |
at Rice |
No. 5 |
Rice Stadium • Houston, TX |
|
W 41-28 |
63,163 |
October 11 |
11:30 AM |
vs. No. 12 Oklahoma* |
No. 3 |
Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) |
ABC |
W 20-13 |
72,032 |
October 25 |
1:00 PM |
SMU |
No. 2 |
Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX |
ABC |
L 6-20 |
73,535 |
November 1 |
2:00 PM |
at Texas Tech |
No. 12 |
Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX (Rivalry) |
|
L 20-24 |
50,132 |
November 8 |
1:00 PM |
Houston |
|
Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX |
|
W 15-13 |
79,154 |
November 15 |
2:00 PM |
at TCU |
|
Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX |
|
W 51-26 |
20,569 |
November 22 |
2:00 PM |
at No. 11 Baylor |
No. 20 |
Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX |
|
L 0-16 |
48,500 |
November 29 |
1:00 PM |
Texas A&M |
|
Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry) |
|
L 14-24 |
72,537 |
December 31 |
7:00 PM |
vs. No. 13 North Carolina* |
|
Astrodome • Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl) |
Mizlou |
L 7-16 |
36,669 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. |
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Game summaries
Oregon State
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Oregon St |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
• Texas |
14 |
7 | 7 | 7 |
35 |
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Scoring summary |
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1 |
9:57 | TEX | Jones 8-yard run (Goodson kick) | TEX 7-0 |
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1 |
5:29 | TEX | McCooney 26-yard pass from Little (Goodson kick) | TEX 14-0 |
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2 |
10:30 | TEX | Little 15-yard run (Goodson kick) | TEX 21-0 |
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3 |
9:26 | TEX | Jones 3-yard run (Goodson kick) | TEX 28-0 |
|
4 |
14:22 | TEX | Orr 9-yard run (Goodson kick) | TEX 35-0 |
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