American college football season
The 1971 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season .
Texas' hopes for a third consecutive national championship were squashed with back-to-back one-sided losses in October to its two biggest rivals, Oklahoma and Arkansas . The Longhorns recovered to win their fourth consecutive Southwest Conference championship and returned to the Cotton Bowl , where they were routed 30-6 by Penn State .
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 18 3:30 p.m. at UCLA * No. 3 ABC W 28–1036,504 September 25 4:00 p.m. Texas Tech No. 3 W 28–076,639 October 2 4:00 p.m. Oregon * No. 3 Memorial Stadium Austin, TX W 35–766,500 October 9 2:00 p.m. vs. No. 9 Oklahoma * No. 3 CBS L 27–4873,580 October 16 3:00 p.m. at No. 16 Arkansas No. 10 ABC L 7–3154,446 October 23 2:00 p.m. Rice No. 16 Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry ) W 39–1061,000 October 30 2:00 p.m. at SMU No. 14 W 22–1840,551 November 6 2:00 p.m. Baylor No. 15 Memorial Stadium Austin, TX W 24–054,500 November 13 2:00 p.m. TCU No. 13 Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry ) W 31–063,500 November 25 1:30 p.m. at Texas A&M No. 12 W 34–1452,090 January 1, 1972 1:00 p.m. vs. No. 10 Penn State * No. 12 CBS L 6–3072,000 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Personnel [ edit ] 1971 Texas Longhorns football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Pos. # Name Class LB , K 38 Glenn Gaspard So DT 31 Greg Ploetz Sr
Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 7 Steve Valek So
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2021-Jan-08
Season summary [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Oregon 0 0 0 7 7 • Texas 7 7 7 14 35
Scoring summary 1 11:04 TEX Callison 1-yard run (Valek kick) TEX 7-0 2 2:17 TEX Wigginton 3-yard run (Valek kick) TEX 14-0 3 6:59 TEX Wigginton 5-yard run (Valek kick) TEX 21-0 4 12:45 TEX Ladd 1-yard run (Valek kick) TEX 28-0 4 6:32 TEX Ladd 2-yard run (Valek kick) TEX 35-0 4 5:30 ORE Glass 45-yard pass from Winn (Battle kick) TEX 35-7
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TCU Horned Frogs (4–3) at #13 Texas Longhorns (6–2)
Period 1 2 3 4 Total TCU 0 0 0 0 0 Texas 0 7 7 17 31
at Memorial Stadium , Austin, Texas
Date : November 13Game time : 2:00 p.m. CSTGame weather : 81 °F (27 °C)Game attendance : 63,500Box Score
Game information First quarter
Second quarter
TEX – Dennis Ladd 3-yard run (Glen Gaspard kick), 5:55. Texas 7–0. Drive: 17 plays, 80 yards, 7:48. Third quarter
TEX – Donnie Wigginton 5-yard run (Glen Gaspard kick), 11:52. Texas 14–0. Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 3:08. Fourth quarter
TEX – Dennis Ladd 1-yard run (Glen Gaspard kick), 11:20. Texas 21–0. Drive: 13 plays, 87 yards, 5:02. TEX – Steve Valek 47-yard field goal, 8:12. Texas 24–0. Drive: 4 plays, 36 yards, 1:36. TEX – Donnie Wigginton 1-yard run (Glen Gaspard kick), 5:42. Texas 31–0. Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards, 1:45. Top passers TCU TEX – Donnie Wigginton – 1/2, 21 yards Top rushers Top receivers TCU TEX – Rick Davis – 1 reception, 21 yards
NFL Draft [ edit ] Two seniors from the 1971 Longhorns were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft :[3]
References [ edit ]
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