American college football season
The 1977 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season . The Longhorns finished the regular season with an 11–0 record. Earl Campbell won the Heisman Trophy in 1977 and led the nation in rushing with 1,744 yards. In 1977, he became the first recipient of the Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy , which was awarded to the most outstanding player in the now-defunct Southwest Conference . He was selected as the Southwest Conference running back of the year in each of his college seasons and finished with 4,444 career rushing yards. Rothman (FACT), a mathematical rating system in use since 1968 and NCAA-designated major selector, selected Texas as co-national champions with Notre Dame and Arkansas.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 10 4:00 p.m. Boston College * No. 18 W 44–050,000
September 17 4:00 p.m. Virginia * No. 9 Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX W 68–041,000 [1]
October 1 4:00 p.m. Rice No. 8 Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry ) W 72–1547,500
October 8 2:00 p.m. vs. No. 2 Oklahoma * No. 5 W 13–672,032
October 15 12:00 p.m. at No. 8 Arkansas No. 2 ABC W 13–944,296
October 22 1:30 p.m. at SMU No. 2 W 30–1436,151
October 29 2:00 p.m. No. 14 Texas Tech No. 1 Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry ) W 26–078,809
November 5 2:00 p.m. at Houston No. 1 W 35–2172,124
November 12 2:00 p.m. TCU No. 1 Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry ) W 44–1450,150
November 19 3:00 p.m. Baylor No. 1 Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ABC W 29–760,000
November 26 1:30 p.m. at No. 12 Texas A&M No. 1 W 57–2857,443
January 2, 1978 1:00 p.m. vs. No. 5 Notre Dame * No. 1 CBS L 10–3876,701
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Roster
1977 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries
Oklahoma
#2 Oklahoma vs. #5 Texas
1
2 3 4 Total
Sooners
3
0 3 0
6
• Longhorns
0
10 0 3
13
Date: October 9Location: Cotton Bowl Game attendance: 72,000
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At Arkansas
At Texas A&M
#1 Texas at Texas A&M
1
2 3 4 Total
• Longhorns
14
19 7 17
57
Aggies
7
7 14 0
28
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Notre Dame (Cotton Bowl)
1
2 3 4 Total
• Fighting Irish
3
21 7 7
38
Longhorns
3
7 0 0
10
Rankings
Awards and honors
1977 team players in the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
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References
^ "Texas bombards Virginia, 68–0" . Del Rio News Herald . September 18, 1977. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football, All-Time Results" . mackbrown-texasfootball.com . Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012 .
^ "Texas Knocks Off Oklahoma." Palm Beach Post. 1977 Oct 8. Retrieved 2014-Nov-27.
^ "Campbell, Texas Overpowering." Palm Beach Post. 1977 Nov 27. Retrieved 2014-Dec-04.
^ "Heisman Winners" . heisman.com . Archived from the original on April 11, 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2007 .
^ a b "2010 NCAA Football Records" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletics Association.
^ "1978 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.
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